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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 good detective."Ellie is sure that Sgt. McKeever meant that as a compliment, but that identity-a girl wanting to do a man's job-has throttled her for too long. It's 1960, and Ellie doesn't want to blaze any trails for women; she just wants to be a reporter, one who doesn't need to swat hands off her behind at every turn.Adrift in her career, Ellie is back in New York City after receiving news that her estranged father, a renowned Dante scholar and distinguished professor, is near death after a savage bludgeoning in his home. The police suspect a routine burglary, but Ellie has her doubts. When a second attempt is made on her father's life, in the form of an "accident" in the hospital's ICU, Ellie's suspicions are confirmed.Then another professor turns up dead, and Ellie's investigation turns to her father's university colleagues, their ambitions, jealousies, and secret lives. Ellie embarks on a thorny journey of discovery and reconciliation, as she pursues an investigation that offers her both a chance at redemption in her father's eyes, and the risk of losing him forever.
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Winner of the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original and the Macavity Award for Best Historical Novel (Sue Feder Memorial) , James W. Ziskin is the author of the Ellie Stone Mysteries. His books have also been finalists for the Edgar, Barry, and Lefty awards.A STONE'S THROW, finalist for the 2018 Anthony Award for Best Paperback OriginalA STONE'S THROW, finalist for the 2018 Lefty Award for Best MysteryCAST THE FIRST STONE, finalist for the 2018 Anthony Award for Best Paperback OriginalCAST THE FIRST STONE, finalist for the 2018 Lefty Award for Best MysteryCAST THE FIRST STONE, finalist for the 2018 Macavity Award for Historical Novel (Sue Feder Memorial) HEART OF STONE, winner of the 2017 Anthony Award for Best Paperback OriginalHEART OF STONE, winner of the 2017 Macavity Award for Best Historical Novel (Sue Feder Memorial) HEART OF STONE, finalist for the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Paperback OriginalHEART OF STONE, finalist for the 2017 Lefty Award for Best MysterySTONE COLD DEAD, finalist for the 2016 Anthony Award for Best Paperback OriginalSTONE COLD DEAD, finalist for the 2016 Barry Award for Best Paperback OriginalSTONE COLD DEAD, finalist for the 2016 Lefty Award for Best World Mystery NovelNO STONE UNTURNED, finalist for the 2015 Anthony Award for Best Paperback OriginalHe is represented by William Reiss of John Hawkins and Associates.
