The Ellie Foreman Mysteries - Box Set Bks 1-6 (Paperback)

The inspiration for The Ellie Foreman Mysteries came 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 and did very well. It was a historical story, set in the late ‘30s in Chicago’s Lawndale, at the time a thriving Jewish neighborhood, and featured a young man named Jake Foreman.

Writing a novel, however, was a different kettle of fish. I had no idea what to write about except a woman solving mysteries. After several punishing weeks of writers block, I finally had a “eureka” moment. I would move Jake 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 lived on the North Shore.
     

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