About this book
Life Sentence (2003) followed David Ellis's Edgar Award-winning debut Line of Vision, continuing his run of standalone legal thrillers before he launched the Jason Kolarich series later in the decade. It runs 400 pages.
Key facts about Life Sentence
David Ellis wrote Life Sentence, a book on our list. It has been out since 1 January 2003. The book has 400 pages.
We list 1 edition of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780399149795 to find the main one.
David Ellis has 20 books on our list. 9 of them belong to a series, while 11 stand alone. All 20 are out now. Other books by David Ellis on file include The Best Lies (2024), Look Closer (2022), Escape (2022) and The Red Book (2021).
Earlier, Line of Vision came out in 2001. After it came Jury of One in 2004. Since then, our list has added 18 more books by David Ellis.
David Ellis has 3 series on file, such as Jason Kolarich, Invisible and Billy Harney. Those series sit on our legal thriller and thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Keep Them Close is the latest published David Ellis book on file, from 30 June 2026.
About David Ellis
David Ellis is an American novelist and judge, currently serving on the Illinois Appellate Court, whose legal career runs alongside a long fiction-writing career that began with the Edgar Award-winning courtroom thriller Line of Vision. His experience as a prosecutor and defense attorney gives his legal thrillers, including the Jack McCoy-adjacent standalone novels and character-driven courtroom dramas, a level of procedural authenticity uncommon in the genre. See every David Ellis book in order.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780399149795