Knock 'Em Dead

When one of her mystery books, "Knock Em' Dead," is turned into a Broadway play, Jessica is thrilled and hits the Big Apple to help launch the production.But then, as the play is in rehearsal, dead bodies offstage start upstaging the performers onstage! As has happened before, it's up to Jess to drop the curtain on a killer! The show must go on. But will the play, the actors, and Jessica make it to opening night in one piece?Librarian's note #1: the first 15 books in the current Jessica Fletcher / Donald Bain "Murder She Wrote" series are #1, Gin & Daggers (1989) with a 2nd edition in (2000); #2, Manhattans & Murder (1994); #3, Rum & Razors (1995); #4, Brandy & Bullets (1995); #5, Martinis & Mayhem (1995); #6, A Deadly Judgment (1996); #7, A Palette for Murder (1996); #8, The Highland Fling Murders (1997); #9, Murder on the QE2 (1997); #10, Murder in Moscow (1998); #11, A Little Yuletide Murder (1998); #12, Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch (1999); #13, Knock 'Em Dead (1999); #14, Trick or Treachery (2000); and #15, Blood on the Vine (2001).Librarian's note #2: there is an earlier MSW series by James Anderson and David Deutsch. Novelizations of TV episodes. This original series 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).