About this book
Line of Vision (2001) is David Ellis's debut novel, and it won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. Running 422 pages, it launched the legal-thriller writing career Ellis pursued alongside his work as an Illinois Appellate Court justice, ahead of Life Sentence and his later Jason Kolarich series.
Key facts about Line of Vision
David Ellis wrote Line of Vision, a book on our list. It has been out since 1 January 2001. The book has 422 pages.
We list 1 edition of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780425183762 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).
After it came Life Sentence in 2003. Since then, our list has added 19 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 9780425183762