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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 the story. But when she arrives on set to meet her subject, Tony has vanished. The director is apoplectic, Tony's agent is stumped, and the producer is found murdered. Ellie is on the story, diving headfirst into a treacherous demimonde of Hollywood wannabes, beautiful young men, desperately ambitious ingnues, panderers, and pornography hobbyists. Then there are some real movie stars with reputations to protect. To find the killer, Ellie must separate the lies from the truth, unearthing secrets no one wants revealed along the way.



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James W. Ziskin

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.



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