Religion: not determined yet
Name: Preston Giles
Classification:
supporting character
villain
Publisher(s): 
First Appearance: Murder, She Wrote - Season 1, Episode 0 (30 Sep. 1984): "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes: Pilot"
Creators: Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson, William Link, Corey Allen, Arthur Hill (actor)
Number of Appearances: 2
Enemy of: Jessica Fletcher, Dexter Baxendale
Allies: Jessica Fletcher, Peter Brill, Caleb McCallum
Occupation: publisher
Worked for: Coventry House Publishing Company
Location: New Holvang, Long Island, New York, USA; New York City, New York, USA
Race: white
Gender: male
Note: murderer Jessica Fletcher caught in her first case
Preston Giles was a successful publisher who ran the Coventry House publishing company. He published Jessic Fletcher's first mystery novel. He was also the murderer in the first real-life case that she solved.
Years later, Preston Giles himself was murdered. Fletcher solved his murder as well.
Murder, She Wrote - Season 1, Episode 0 (30 Sep. 1984): "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes: Pilot"
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://murdershewrote.wikia.com/wiki/Preston_Giles
- http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0239672/
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087757/
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087757/reviews
- http://murdershewrote.wikia.com/wiki/The_Murder_of_Sherlock_Holmes