少年符生不谙世事，唯独痴迷医学，非常规的行医手段让城中百姓对他又爱又怕。一桩突如其来的“百医之死”案，不仅令他痛失父亲，更使他蒙上弑父凶手的污名。绝境之中，幸得前来寻医的西川郡主文珏与仗义游侠顾天出手搭救，这才死里逃生。为报救命之恩，符生答应随文珏前往西川救治其父。而在整理父亲遗物时，符生意外发现一个秘密，原来这世间竟藏有一件关乎社稷安稳之物——天书宝藏。百医惨死之局，正是因它而起。更令他心惊的是，宝藏所藏之地，正指向西川；而开启一切的钥匙，竟就在自己手中。为查明真相、也为守护百姓安宁，符生与文珏、顾天并肩踏上寻找“天书”的险途。谜案环环相扣，奇诡之事接连不断，三人在这热血与阴谋交织的旅途中步步为营。然而符生并不知道，他这一步步入局，已在西川城中掀起暗涌波澜……
As Murder, She Wrote saunters through its sixth (of an eventual 12) season, star Angela Lansbury maintains her eternally buoyant and inquisitive air as Jessica Fletcher, professional writer and amateur sleuth. Though Jessica continued to investigate murders in her home town of Cabot Cove and elsewhere (in the worlds of high finance, opera, and voodoo, among other settings), this season began the practice of guest detective episodes, introduced by Jessica as either a story she wrote or a tale told by a friend, but starring a variety of quirky investigators: An ex-football player (Ken Howard, The White Shadow) paired with a clever poodle; a television crime-show producer who solved crime in real life (Diana Canova, Soap); a stout Irish detective (longtime character actor Pat Hingle); an abrasive homicide cop (Barry Newman, Vanishing Point); as well as recurring Murder, She Wrote characters like former jewel thief Dennis Stanton (Keith Michell) and British secret agent Michael Haggerty (Len Cariou). The producers were obviously hoping to use Murder, She Wrote's popularity to spin-off new series, but nothing from this season took off and viewer resistance soon brought the practice to an end. Executives must have been surprised to discover that, though murder mysteries are plot-driven, this show's success depends heavily on the undeniable charm of star Lansbury. Still, these one-off episodes are of a consistent quality with Lansbury's, and viewers open to variety will enjoy them just as much. The rest of the season features the usual astonishing array of guests, including movie stars old (Donald O'Connor, Singin' in the Rain) and recent (Elliott Gould, The Long Goodbye), television stalwarts (Shirley Jones, The Partridge Family; Jerry Stiller, The King of Queens; Doris Roberts, Everyone Loves Raymond; Kevin Tighe, Battlestar Galactica; and Gavin McLeod, The Love Boat), and D-list celebrities to die for (Dack Rambo, Morgan Brittany, Susan Anton, and more).
