<P> Series producers Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link thought Lansbury would be perfect for the part of Jessica Fletcher but did not think that she would be interested in a television series . Earlier, she had acted in two film adaptations of Agatha Christie's mystery novels: as Salome Otterbourne in Death on the Nile and as the famous sleuth Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd (1980). When the latter film did poorly--despite an all star cast including Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, and Tony Curtis--the offer for Lansbury to reprise Miss Marple in three more films never materialized . </P> <P> When she made it known she would be available if the right project came along, the trio of creators sent her the script and almost immediately, Lansbury felt she could do something with the role of Jessica Fletcher . With Murder, She Wrote debuting on Sunday, September 30, 1984, the producers were able to parlay their "mystery writer / amateur detective" premise into a 12 - year hit for CBS . It also made Lansbury, known previously for her motion picture and Broadway stage work, a household name for millions of television viewers . The title comes from Murder, She Said, which was the title of a 1961 film adaptation of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novel 4: 50 from Paddington . </P> <P> The show revolves around the day - to - day life of Jessica Fletcher, a childless, widowed, retired English teacher who becomes a successful mystery writer . Despite fame and fortune, Jessica remains a resident of Cabot Cove, a small coastal community in Maine, and maintains her links with all of her old friends, never letting her success go to her head . Exterior shots of Cabot Cove were filmed in Mendocino, California . The fictional "Cabot Cove" name for the series' coastal town was derived from the name of an actual bay harbor inlet in Kennebunkport, Maine, located near the town's center, on the road where motels and lobster shack dives are located . </P> <P> The show mostly starts with a preview of the episode's events, with Jessica stating: "Tonight on Murder, She Wrote ..." Jessica invariably proves more perceptive than the official investigators of a case, who are almost always willing to arrest the most likely suspect . By carefully piecing the clues together and asking astute questions, she always manages to trap the real murderer . Murder occurred with such regularity in her vicinity that the term "Cabot Cove syndrome" was coined to describe the constant appearance of dead bodies in remote locations . Indeed, if Cabot Cove existed in real life, it would top the FBI's national crime statistics in numerous categories, with some analysis suggesting that the homicide rate in Cabot Cove exceeds even that of the real - life murder capital of the world . Fan theories have even arisen that Jessica herself is murdering these people since there is no better explanation for the sheer number of murders she encounters throughout the long run of the series besides her involvement in all of them . </P>

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