Gerald Elias

Gerald Elias is a Yale graduate with an extensive background in music, though his foray into the literary arena has garnered him quite the reputation as well. +Biography Gerald Elias is, first and foremost, a violinist. Elias graduated from Yale after which he began to pursue music with quite a passion. If you have never heard of Gerald Elias, it is probably because he gives himself to music more than anything else.

The best place to start is the Daniel Jacobus Mystery series, the earliest of Gerald Elias's multi-book series: it opens with Devil's Trill (2009) and runs to 8 books across 2009–2023, ending with Murder at the Royal Albert (2023). Gerald Elias's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Gerald Elias has 23 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2009 and 2026. 14 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Daniel Jacobus Mystery series with 8 books — and 9 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Gerald Elias's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Daniel Jacobus Mystery (2009–2023, 8 books) and Mister E's Mysteries (2018, 6 books).

This guide splits Gerald Elias's 23 books into 2 named series and 9 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Daniel Jacobus Mystery (8 books, 2009–2023); Mister E's Mysteries (6 books, 2018).