Zig & Nola · Book 1

The Escape Artist

Published
6 March 2018
Pages
434
ISBN-13
9781455559503
Type
novel
Cover of The Escape Artist

About this book

The Escape Artist opens the series in March 2018 at 434 pages, pairing Dover Air Force Base mortician Zig Zigarowski with reclusive Army artist-in-residence Nola Brown when Zig realizes the woman in a casket isn't who the paperwork says she is.

Key facts about The Escape Artist

Brad Meltzer wrote The Escape Artist, a novel on our list. It has been out since 6 March 2018. The book has 434 pages.

We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781455559503 to find the main one.

The Escape Artist is book 1 of 3 in the Zig & Nola series. The series has 3 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. The Viper is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 6 January 2026.

That series sits on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, The Viper is the latest published Brad Meltzer book on file, from 6 January 2026.

About Brad Meltzer

Brad Meltzer is a #1 New York Times bestselling American thriller writer, born in Brooklyn in 1970 and raised largely in Miami, Florida. See every Brad Meltzer book in order.

Its place in Zig & Nola

The Escape Artist is book 1 in the Zig & Nola series. It is followed by The Lightning Rod. See the full Zig & Nola reading order.

Also marketed under its first book's title as the "Escape Artist" series, this trilogy pairs Jim "Zig" Zigarowski, a mortician at the U.S. military's official mortuary at Dover Air Force Base who prepares America's war dead and quietly investigates anything that looks wrong about a death, with Nola Brown, the U.S. Army's reclusive artist-in-residence, whose sketchbook skills mask a far more dangerous set of talents and a past she works hard to keep buried. The Escape Artist opens when a body arrives at Dover for…

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