 It was Grady who, after secretly reading Jessica's first novel "The Corpse Danced at Midnight", had it published.Although Jessica seems to have a neverending collection of nieces and nephews, it is Grady that could be easily considered the closest thing she has to a son.In the series viewers learn that Grady was raised in part by Jessica and her husband Frank, after Grady's parents were killed in a car accident.