The Corpse Danced at Midnight

Published April 1984 by Coventry House, New York
J.B. Fletcher’s first novel

Jessica taking in her first success in S1 E1: “The Murder of Sherlock Holmes”
Jessica at a book signing to promote her debut novel in S1 E1: “The Murder of Sherlock Holmes”
David Tolliver reads J.B. Fletcher’s first novel in S1 E6: “Lovers and Other Killers”

In the first episode of the series, “The Murder of Sherlock Holmes,” one of Jessica’s television interviewers reveals that in The Corpse Danced at Midnight the killer is a pregnant ballerina.

In S1 E4: “Hooray for Homicide,” we learn a little bit about another character in the novel, Johnny:

It’s also implied that Corpse was about 200 pages long. This might seem a bit short, but actually would make it similar in length to typical works by Agatha Christie and Rex Stout.

In S1 E4: “Hooray for Homicide,” Corpse is *almost* made into a movie.

A poster for the ill-fated film version.