Private investigators, palmistry and the well-scripted plot of Death Lends a Hand

A football team manager (Robert Culp) concocts an ice-cold cover story for murder, but slips up on a killer detail

Go go gadget! Columbo inspects when a murder is caught on tape – but playback proves all is not as it seems

A food writer has been cooking the books, and will kill to keep it under wraps

A photographer clicks on to the perfect murder, only to be undone by his own ‘negative reaction’

A killer with a short fuse – and an exploding cigar box – must watch his plans go up in smoke