Cast the First Stone

by James W. Ziskin

Series: Ellie Stone Series (5)

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Fiction. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML: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 ingénues, 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. But before she can solve the producer's murder, she must locate Tony Eberl… (more)

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Hometown boy Tony Eberle is making it big on the West Coast, set to be the second lead in a new movie. The New Holland Republic sends Ellie Stone out to Los Angeles to interview him for the paper. This is the fifth Ellie Stone book by Ziskin, and the first I have read in this mystery series, set in the early 60's. The time period lends itself well to the hard boiled nature of the story--plus Ellie winds up doing a lot of things the old fashioned way, both in pursuing her story and the mystery of the missing Tony. She is both savvy and naïve, the atmosphere of Hollywood is still somewhat circumspect to the goings on in dark clubs and private parties. (

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ethel55 | May 2, 2018 |

I won this ARC in a GOODREADS giveaway - Cast the First Stone by James W. Ziskin - a good mystery that you can't put down. Set in 1962; it read like a classic! -- keep your eye out for this author; in fact, you probably already have something of JWZ's on your shelf! (

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tenamouse67 | Jan 6, 2018 |

Potential Hollywood star Tony Eberle is missing. Protagonist Ellie Stone is sent to Los Angeles to get the story. Of course, if you are a reader of the series, you know Ellie will soon be on the trail of what happened to Tony. The 5th book in Ziskin’s series floats along like riding in the middle of a marauding river. You’re happy to go wherever he wants to take you. And when you get to the rapids, you are prepared to be tossed from one clue to the next, a missing person to murder—on an exciting, refreshing ride to the dock and safety.
--Le Coeur de l'Artiste

DJadamson | Jan 4, 2018 |

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Fiction. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML: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 ingénues, 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. But before she can solve the producer's murder, she must locate Tony Eberl

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