 The main character is a woman with a bowl cut and a collarless red jacket, and she really has that Jessica Fletcher demeanor. No nonsense, infinitely capable, but she's not a crime writer like Jessica Fletcher. She's the former chancellor of Germany, you know, Angela Merkel. She's an actor portraying Angela Merkel, but she's very convincing, and the Miss Merkel mysteries, two 90-minute movies with a third in the works, are delighting European TV viewers.