Best David Ellis Books

The Black Book

Billy Harney • Book 1

by James Patterson, David Ellis

Detective Billy Harney awakens in a luxury hotel room with three dead bodies, no memory of the night before, and evidence pointing directly at him.

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Detective Billy Harney awakens in a luxury hotel room with three dead bodies, no memory of the night before, and evidence pointing directly at him.

Escape

Billy Harney • Book 3

by James Patterson, David Ellis

Chicago detective Billy Harney knows money isn't everything when investigating a jailed billionaire with twenty million left to spend. Patterson and Ellis explore how wealth becomes a weapon when freedom hangs in the balance.

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Chicago detective Billy Harney knows money isn't everything when investigating a jailed billionaire with twenty million left to spend. Patterson and Ellis explore how wealth becomes a weapon when freedom hangs in the balance.

Invisible

Invisible • Book 1

by James Patterson, David Ellis

Patterson weaves together seemingly random crimes across America as obsessive FBI researcher Emmy discovers a serial killer whose victims share one terrifying connection she's only beginning to understand.

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Patterson weaves together seemingly random crimes across America as obsessive FBI researcher Emmy discovers a serial killer whose victims share one terrifying connection she's only beginning to understand.

The Last Alibi

Jason Kolarich • Book 4

by David Ellis

A paranoid loner hires defense attorney Jason Kolarich after two women he knows turn up murdered, convinced he's next on the killer's list. Ellis weaves a psychological web where paranoia might be justified.

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A paranoid loner hires defense attorney Jason Kolarich after two women he knows turn up murdered, convinced he's next on the killer's list. Ellis weaves a psychological web where paranoia might be justified.

Guilty Wives

by James Patterson, David Ellis

Abbie and three friends enjoy a luxury Monte Carlo weekend until they wake up charged with murder, facing a foreign legal system and planted evidence.

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Abbie and three friends enjoy a luxury Monte Carlo weekend until they wake up charged with murder, facing a foreign legal system and planted evidence.

The Wrong Man

Jason Kolarich • Book 3

by David Ellis

What starts as an obvious PTSD defense for a homeless Iraq veteran accused of murder becomes a race to prove his innocence before execution.

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What starts as an obvious PTSD defense for a homeless Iraq veteran accused of murder becomes a race to prove his innocence before execution.

Breach of Trust

Jason Kolarich • Book 2

by David Ellis

Personal grief meets professional duty when attorney Jason Kolarich's confidential informant turns up dead, exposing corruption that killed his own family. Ellis weaves legal thriller with revenge tale as past and present cases collide.

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Personal grief meets professional duty when attorney Jason Kolarich's confidential informant turns up dead, exposing corruption that killed his own family. Ellis weaves legal thriller with revenge tale as past and present cases collide.

Line of Vision

by David Ellis

Young Marty Kalish drowns in his obsession with married Rachel until her husband's disappearance makes him suspect number one. We know his motive, his presence that night—but murder requires proof beyond guilt of loving unwisely.

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Young Marty Kalish drowns in his obsession with married Rachel until her husband's disappearance makes him suspect number one. We know his motive, his presence that night—but murder requires proof beyond guilt of loving unwisely.

Eye of the Beholder

by David Ellis

Paul Riley's career-making prosecution of serial killer Terry Burgos comes back to haunt him when copycat murders make him both investigator and suspect.

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Paul Riley's career-making prosecution of serial killer Terry Burgos comes back to haunt him when copycat murders make him both investigator and suspect.