num_pages: 203
description: There are two exciting parts to this novel covering a week or so in the life of mystery writer Jessica Fletcher.The first? When multi-millionaire Stephen Earl is reported lost at sea near Cabot Cove, it seems a tragic accident. Then Jessica talks to Earl's daughters who were travelling on the family yacht with their father. She discovers that things are not what they seem. Soon she finds herself on the trail of cold-blooded killer...The second? We all know that Jessica's first novel turned out to be a tremendous success. So much so that Hollywood came calling. A well-known producer bought the rights to turn 'The Corpse Danced at Midnight' into a movie. A horror movie! Our author is appalled and travels to California to convince him to kill the project. Unfortunately for the producer, the killing was done not to the movie, but to him!Librarian's note #1: "Hooray for Homicide" is a novelization of the 2nd and 4th episodes of the first season of the hit TV series.Librarian's note #2: the original "Murder She Wrote" series by James Anderson and David Deutsch has 4 volumes: #1, The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1985); #2, Hooray for Homicide (1985); #3, Lovers and Other Killers (1986); and #4, Murder in Two Acts (1986). Anderson wrote the first three and Deutsch, the fourth.Librarian's note #3: the current "Murder She Wrote" series by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain began in 1989 with #1, Gin &amp; Daggers (there was a 2nd edition in 2000). There are 56 volumes in the current series to date (May 2023).
language: English
title: Murder, She Wrote (Original): Hooray for Homicide
titlecomplete: Murder, She Wrote (Original): Hooray for Homicide (Jessica Fletcher, #2)
characters: Kitt Donovan, Elinor Riggs, The security guard (Hooray for Homicide), Brian Shelby, Jessica Fletcher, Martin Strindberg, Cecil B. DeMille (Cheap Shot), Marta Quintessa, Jerry Lydecker, Lisa Earl-Shelby, Eve Crystal, Nan Earl, Norman Lester, Ethan Cragg, Ralph (Murder, She Wrote: Hooray for Homicide), Sergeant Brody, Grace Earl-Lamont, Stephen Earl, Ted (Hooray for Homicide), Sheriff Tupper, Allan Gebhart, Scott (Hooray for Homicide), Maggie Earl, Mary Parsons, Frank Fletcher (Murder on the QE2), Mike Hernandez, Sherlock Holmes (The Murder of Sherlock Holmes), Terry Jones (Hooray for Homicide), Darryl F. Zanuck (Hooray for Homicide), Marilyn Dean, Ross Hayley, Samuel Goldwyn (Hooray for Homicide), Letitia (Hooray for Homicide), Marge (Hooray for Homicide), Elias Cobb, Grady Fletcher (The Murder of Sherlock Holmes), Nils Andersen
genres: Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Mystery
ratings_count: 84
places: Cabot Cove, Maine, Los Angeles, California
series: Jessica Fletcher
publisher: Avon Books