Los Angeles, Feb 3 (.) CBS’s acclaimed procedural Elsbeth continues to bolster its third season with high-profile guest appearances, announcing that Mark Linn-Baker, Joanna Gleason and Didi Conn will feature prominently in an upcoming episode.
The actors will appear together in Episode 16, alongside Griffin Dunne, in a storyline that blends literary rivalry with lethal consequences. The episode promises a literary-flavoured mystery that spirals into deadly territory, staying true to the show’s penchant for high-society crimes with unexpected twists.
Gleason will play Maura Davidoff, Elliott Bishop’s brilliant first wife, who wrote her own tell-all about her marriage to a literary legend.
Dunne’s character Elliott is a world-famous novelist with a massive ego and a thin skin. When a childhood acquaintance and book critic points out the flaws in Elliott’s latest opus, the plot turns deadly, reports DEADLINE.
Based on the character featured in The Good Wife and The Good Fight, Elsbeth Tascioni (Carrie Preston) is the astute but unconventional consent decree attorney working with the NYPD to catch New York’s well-heeled murderers, utilizing her unique perspective. Wendell Pierce also stars as Captain Charles Wallace (C. W.) Wagner. . . .