Author
David Ellis
David Ellis is the American legal thriller writer and current Illinois Appellate Court justice who debuted with the Edgar-winning Line of Vision in 2001. He writes both his own standalones (the Jason Kolarich Chicago legal series) and several of James Patterson's collaboration thrillers (Invisible, The Murder House, The Black Book).
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5
Books on file
6
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Years active
2005-2015
Reviewed
Our reviews of David Ellis's work
Eye of the Beholder
by David Ellis
David Ellis's 2007 thriller. A childhood friendship, a serial killer, and one of the cleanest psychological-thriller structures of its decade.
In The Company Of Liars
by David Ellis
David Ellis's 2005 reverse-chronology thriller. A widow on trial for murder, told backwards in time. Structurally daring, genuinely moving.
Invisible
by David Ellis
Invisible by David Ellis and James Patterson 2014 review. An FBI researcher with an obsessive-detail diagnosis sees a serial-arson pattern her bureau will not. Then she has to convince them.
The Hidden Man
by David Ellis
The Hidden Man by David Ellis 2009 review. A Chicago defense attorney walks his oldest friend through a child-murder trial. Twenty-seven years ago, the victim was the attorney’s own kidnapped sister.
The Murder House
by David Ellis
The Murder House by David Ellis and James Patterson 2015 review. A Bridgehampton detective with a tarnished badge investigates a brutal mansion killing that mirrors a sixty-year-old open case.
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David Ellis's 2007 thriller. A childhood friendship, a serial killer, and one of the cleanest psychological-thriller structures of its decade.
Invisible by David Ellis and James Patterson 2014 review. An FBI researcher with an obsessive-detail diagnosis sees a serial-arson pattern her bureau will not. Then she has to convince them.
The Hidden Man by David Ellis 2009 review. A Chicago defense attorney walks his oldest friend through a child-murder trial. Twenty-seven years ago, the victim was the attorney’s own kidnapped sister.
The Murder House by David Ellis and James Patterson 2015 review. A Bridgehampton detective with a tarnished badge investigates a brutal mansion killing that mirrors a sixty-year-old open case.
David Ellis's 2005 reverse-chronology thriller. A widow on trial for murder, told backwards in time. Structurally daring, genuinely moving.
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