James W. Ziskin

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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2013
  • Latest Book:
    December 2022
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Full Series List in Order

An Ellie Stone Mystery

1 - Styx & Stone (Oct-2013)
2 - No Stone Unturned (Jun-2014)
3 - Stone Cold Dead (May-2015)
4 - Heart of Stone (Jun-2016)
5 - Cast the First Stone (Jun-2017)
6 - A Stone's Throw (Jun-2018)

Book List in Order: 9 titles

  • Styx & Stone

    An Ellie Stone Mystery - 1

    Ellie Stone is a professed modern girl in 1960s' New York City, playing by her own rules and breaking boundaries while searching for a killer among the renowned scholars in Columbia University's Italian Department. "If you were a man, you'd make a go...

  • No Stone Unturned

    An Ellie Stone Mystery - 2

    In her second mystery, Ellie Stone -- a young reporter in 1960s’ upstate New York -- plays by her own rules while searching for a killer, putting her own life at risk. A dead girl in the woods. Three little oil spots on the dirt road. A Dr. Pepper ...

  • Stone Cold Dead

    An Ellie Stone Mystery - 3

    December 21, 1960, the shortest day of the year: Fifteen-year-old Darleen Hicks slips away from her school bus as it idles in the junior-high parking lot, waiting to depart. Moments later the bus rumbles away without her, and she is never seen again....

  • Heart of Stone

    An Ellie Stone Mystery - 4

    WINNER OF THE ANTHONY AWARD® for Best Paperback Original! WINNER OF THE MACAVITY SUE FEDER MEMORIAL AWARD for Best Historical Fiction! A 2017 EDGAR AWARD® NOMINEE! In the waning days of a lazy August holiday, Ellie Stone is enjoying a bright Adiron...

  • Cast the First Stone

    An Ellie Stone Mystery - 5

    February 1962: Tony Eberle has just scored his first role in a Hollywood movie, and the publisher of his hometown newspaper in upstate New York wants a profile of the local boy who's made good. Reporter Ellie Stone is dispatched to Los Angeles for th...

  • A Stone's Throw

    An Ellie Stone Mystery - 6

    Ellie Stone, a young newspaper reporter in 1960s' upstate New York, investigates a double murder at an abandoned stud farm near glamorous Saratoga Springs. August 1962. A suspicious fire claims a tumbledown foaling barn on the grounds of the once-pro...

  • Turn to Stone

    This 1960s-era locked-room mystery takes Ellie Stone to Florence, Italy--a seemingly idyllic setting, which in this case has sinister undertones. Florence, Italy, August 1963. In Italy to accept a posthumous award for her late father's academic work,...

  • The 25 Year Engagement

    in In League with Sherlock Holmes

    The latest entry in Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger’s popular Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery series, featuring fifteen talented authors and a multitude of new cases for Arthur Conan Doyle’s most acclaimed detective.Sherlock Holmes ...

  • Bombay Monsoon

    It's 1975 and Danny Jacobs, an ambitious American journalist, has arrived in Bombay on a new assignment. Timing couldn't be worse -- or for a journalist -- better. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, fearing a coup, has declared a state of emergency. Throw...



Award-Winning Books by James W. Ziskin

Heart of Stone
2017 Macavity Award -- Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery
Turn to Stone
2021 Macavity Award -- Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

James W. Ziskin has published 9 books.

James W. Ziskin does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Bombay Monsoon, was published in December 2022.

The first book by James W. Ziskin, Styx & Stone, was published in October 2013.

Yes. James W. Ziskin has 1 series.
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