Reading order · 2 books · 2018 to 2023 · Set in various places
Zig and Nola Books in Order
Jim “Zig” Zigarowski is a mortician who prepares the bodies of fallen soldiers at Dover Air Force Base, and Nola Brown is an army artist with a mysterious past.
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Series facts
- Books
- 2
- Published
- 2018 to 2023
- First book
- The Escape Artist
- Latest
- The Lightning Rod (2023)
- Setting
- Set in various places
The reading order
Every Zig and Nola book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
2 books · Set in various places
- 1The Escape Artist2018With Jim "Zig" Zigarowski and Nola BrownJim “Zig” Zigarowski, a mortician at Dover Air Force Base, is preparing the body of an army artist, Nola Brown, the daughter of a friend, and realises it is not her.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Lightning Rod2023With Jim "Zig" Zigarowski and Nola BrownPreparing the body of a soldier killed in a home robbery, mortician Zig Zigarowski finds a clue that leads him to Nola Brown and a secret Cold War military facility.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read The Escape Artist first, then The Lightning Rod.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Jim "Zig" Zigarowski | Nola Brown |
|---|---|---|
| 1 The Escape Artist | LLead | LLead |
| 2 The Lightning Rod | LLead | LLead |
Characters in the Zig and Nola books
2 characters from Brad Meltzer’s chart, with the number of Zig and Nola books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Jim "Zig" ZigarowskiMortician at Dover Air Force Base | 2 | The Escape Artist 2018 |
| Nola BrownArmy artist | 2 | The Escape Artist 2018 |