Ellie Foreman Books in Order

In Chicago's Jewish Lawndale neighborhood in 1938, teenager Jake Foreman develops a crush on actress Miriam Hirsch. Her attachment to a possible gangster frustrates his hopes, until her sudden disappearance turns his fascination into a troubling mystery.

Documentary filmmaker Ellie Foreman receives a letter linking her to a recently deceased stranger. When his landlady also dies and his possessions are stolen, Ellie investigates connections between contemporary Chicago politics and events in wartime Prague.

Filmmaker Ellie Foreman recognizes a murder defendant in unused footage that could establish his innocence. When interference ruins the apparent alibi, surveillance, mob attention, and FBI questioning suggest that her video has exposed something larger than the killing.

A video of a young woman's murder arrives at Ellie Foreman's home, prompting her to investigate with police officer Georgia Davis. The victim's work as a diamond courier leads them toward Eastern European secrets, money laundering, and shady property deals.

After speaking with a woman at a Wisconsin rest stop, filmmaker Ellie Foreman witnesses her fatal shooting. The victim's family asks about her final moments, drawing Ellie into a resort's history and an influential family's secrets.

An executive abruptly cancels Ellie Foreman's corporate video, apparently alarmed by a man captured in her footage. His subsequent death and a concealed flash drive draw the filmmaker into surveillance, espionage allegations, and a dangerous aerospace company's secrets.