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

    The last thing Danny wants to see published is his obituary The year is 1975. Danny Jacobs is an ambitious, young American journalist who's just arrived in Bombay for a new assignment. He's soon caught up in the chaos of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi'...



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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