AsMurder,SheWrotesauntersthroughitssixth(ofaneventual12)season,starAngelaLansburymaintainshereternallybuoyantandinquisitiveairasJessicaFletcher,professionalwriterandamateursleuth.ThoughJessicacontinuedtoinvestigatemurdersinherhometownofCabotCoveandelsewhere(intheworldsofhighfinance,opera,andvoodoo,amongothersettings),thisseasonbeganthepracticeofguestdetectiveepisodes,introducedbyJessicaaseitherastoryshewroteorataletoldbyafriend,butstarringavarietyofquirkyinvestigators:Anex-footballplayer(KenHoward,TheWhiteShadow)pairedwithacleverpoodle;atelevisioncrime-showproducerwhosolvedcrimeinreallife(DianaCanova,Soap);astoutIrishdetective(longtimecharacteractorPatHingle);anabrasivehomicidecop(BarryNewman,VanishingPoint);aswellasrecurringMurder,SheWrotecharacterslikeformerjewelthiefDennisStanton(KeithMichell)andBritishsecretagentMichaelHaggerty(LenCariou).TheproducerswereobviouslyhopingtouseMurder,SheWrote'spopularitytospin-offnewseries,butnothin