Gerald Elias Books in Order

When a priceless child-size Stradivarius disappears during a Carnegie Hall competition, blind violin teacher Daniel Jacobus becomes both investigator and suspect. With Nathaniel Williams and young violinist Yumi Shinagawa beside him, he follows a case shaped by ambition and old wounds.

A young violinist sits on death row for killing his famous mentor, but Daniel Jacobus begins to doubt the verdict. With little time left, the blind teacher follows clues through New York's music world and confronts the case that still haunts him.

A Carnegie Hall performance by a troubled string quartet is threatened when its first violinist vanishes after a trip to Peru. With a severed finger left behind, Daniel Jacobus and Nathaniel Williams must sort through rivalries, lawsuits, and dangerous secrets.

A feared conductor has terrorized musicians for decades, and his latest target turns to Daniel Jacobus for help. As a major orchestra prepares to open a new hall, Jacobus digs into the maestro's past and finds trouble far beyond artistic temperament.

On Christmas night, a violin repairer's workshop burns down and the man disappears. Daniel Jacobus follows the trail from the snowy Berkshires to Italy, uncovering stolen instruments, forged Stradivarius records, and a dangerous fraud that refuses to stay buried.

Daniel Jacobus is a last-minute guest at a struggling conservatory's Baroque festival, where his blunt manner upsets both faculty and students. When a staff member is murdered in a practice room, the blind violinist must untangle a nest of resentments.

Violinist Gerald Elias looks back on the Boston Symphony's 2014 Far East tour, mixing travel memories with orchestra life, history, and humor. It is a behind-the-scenes account of the pleasures, pressures, tedium, and surprises of touring as a musician.

This two-novel edition brings together Daniel Jacobus's first cases. In *Devil's Trill*, he hunts a stolen Stradivarius. In *Danse Macabre*, he reopens a murder case to save a condemned young violinist from execution.

Cassandra is a young harpist who dreams of becoming a professional musician after hearing the symphony. When practicing becomes lonely, she finds companionship in a music-loving potbellied pig she names Maestro, beginning an unusual friendship.

Three compact mysteries, *Sleeping Beauty*, *Head in the Sand*, and *Make Mine a Double*, open this short-story series. Each tale delivers a fresh setup, a puzzle to solve, and the quick, uneasy turn that makes a good mystery linger.

This second set gathers three mystery stories: *Buffaloed*, *Circle of Fifths*, and *Viral*. Elias shifts between different characters and situations, keeping the stories brisk while leaving room for deception, suspicion, and surprising answers.

Three new short mysteries, *Tutti Frutti*, *Brotherhood*, and *A Family Plot*, make up Volume 3. The stories offer quick changes of setting and mood, with small clues and private motives leading characters into trouble.

Volume 4 collects *Pea Soup*, *Oh, Give Me a Home*, and *Asparagus*. These compact mysteries trade one recurring hero for varied situations, inviting readers to follow the details, question appearances, and enjoy a sharp final turn.

Three short mysteries, *Christmas Concerto*, *Where the Buffaloes Roam*, and *Fool Me Once...*, fill this collection. The stories move quickly through crimes and complications, pairing everyday settings with secrets that are rarely as harmless as they first seem.

The final volume gathers *Where Seldom Is Heard a Discouraging Word*, *The Case of the Burqa-ed Busker*, and *The Day After Memorial Day*. Each short mystery offers a distinct cast, a compact problem, and a carefully timed reveal.

This collection brings together 28 short mysteries, including Daniel Jacobus stories and standalone tales. The settings range from the arts world to New England and beyond, with crimes, odd encounters, and endings built to leave readers unsettled.

Fleeing an ethnic war, factory worker Pavlovic hopes to start over in America and then Costa Rica. Instead, disappointment and isolation deepen until his search for escape takes a dark, unsettling turn in the jungle.

Blind violin teacher Daniel Jacobus travels to Utah to hear his protege Yumi Shinagawa at a festival on Antelope Island. A freak storm cuts the island off from the mainland, then two administrators are found dead, leaving Yumi in danger.

At a London performance of Mahler's Sixth Symphony, young violinist Natasha Conrad is shot before a packed Royal Albert Hall. Grief-stricken Yumi Shinagawa calls on Daniel Jacobus and Nathaniel Williams to find the killer amid rivalries and musical secrets.