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Ellie Foreman evolved from the first short story I wrote: "The Day Miriam Hirsch Disappeared."  I was surprised and gratified that, for a first story, it won a couple of contests. It was historical: set in the late 1930s in Chicago’s Lawndale, at the time a thriving Jewish neighborhood. It featured a teen boy named Jake Foreman.

Writing a novel, however, is quite a different kettle of fish. I had no idea what to write about. After several punishing weeks of writers' block, I finally had a “Eureka” moment. I would move Jake Foreman forward in time seven decades or so. By then he would have an adult daughter whose name would be Ellie. She would have her own daughter, Rachel. Jake wouldn’t live in Lawndale anymore—he would have moved up to Skokie to be near Ellie who lives on Chicago's North Shore.  

And so, I had my characters. Six novels later, they have some stories they’d like to tell you. 

The Complete Set

Get the complete set of six Ellie Foreman Mystery novels in Ebook, Paperback, or Audiobook.

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Two-book Bundles

  • Meet Ellie Foreman

    Publishers Weekly called Ellie's debut novel "a masterful blend of history, politics and suspense." And the Chicago Tribune said of Guilt: "Hellmann knows what people are willing to die for and that knowledge makes her work shine."

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  • Friends, Lovers, Enemies

    Georgia Davis makes a wintry entrance in a case set partially in a strip joint. Does Ellie's boyfriend, David, make an exit? And murder follows Ellie to a Lake Geneva resort where she's producing a video.

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  • High Stakes Business

    Elliie, fired from producing a video for a huge aeronautics company, finds a flash drive hidden in a cigarette pack in a dead man's coat. A few years later, she and her daughter, Rachel, work on a case together.

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Three-book Bundles

  • What Readers Say

    "A brilliant debut mystery." (An Eye For Murder)
    "A perfect book with suspense so real it borders on scary.” (A Picture of Guilt)

    "Captivating and well done. Read Libby Fischer Hellmann” (An Image of Death)

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  • What Readers Say

    "The plot has more layers than a Vidalia onion but Hellmann handles them adroitly.”(A Shot to Die For)

    "A chilling tale that may be all too close to the truth." (Jump Cut, Starred Review, PW)

    "Well written book with strong story lines." (Virtually Undetectable)

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