Lone Star

Ed Ifkovic, David Morrell

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Poisoned Pen Press
07 March 2017

Historical mysteries

Series: Edna Ferber Mysteries

It's 1955, and Edna Ferber is basking in the success of her blockbuster novel Giant. Headed to Los Angeles, where director George Stevens and Warner Brothers Studio are in the final days of filming her Texas oil epic, she is looking forward to meeting Rock Hudson, Liz Taylor, and especially the young James Dean.

But there is trouble brewing. Dean, the new box-office sensation and teen heartthrob, has been accused of fathering a child with an unstable (and recently fired) extra named Carisa Krausse. The studio fears the negative publicity will jeopardize the release of the movie. Then the actress is murdered, and James Dean is the prime suspect. He was seen at her apartment moments before Carisa's death. The police are ready to arrest him.

With actress Mercedes McCambridge as her sympathetic sidekick, Edna investigates, determined to clear Dean's name. Soon Edna finds herself exploring the troubled lives of Dean's circle of disparate friends. As she delves into Hollywood's dark side she discovers a powerful studio obsessed with a cover-up and a solution she doesn't want to accept-a solution that she, in fact, dreads.

By: Ed Ifkovic
Foreword by: David Morrell
Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Reissue
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9781464208607
ISBN 10: 1464208603
Series: Edna Ferber Mysteries
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 07 March 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ed Ifkovic taught literature and creative writing at a community college in Connecticut for over three decades. His short stories and essays have appeared in the Village Voice, America, Hartford Monthly, and Journal of Popular Culture. A longtime devotee of mystery novels, he fondly recalls discovering Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason series in a family bookcase, and his immediate obsession with the whodunit world. www.edifkovic.com

Reviews for Lone Star

Ifkovic handles the mystery plot competently, but the main pleasure is looking beneath the surface of the movie business to see the stars as people, in particular the doomed Dean. - Publishers Weekly Ferber makes an appealing if unlikely detective and Jimmy Dean a splendidly charismatic enigma. - Publishers Weekly A pure delight. - Jeffery Deaver, award-winning author of The Bodies Left Behind A promising debut in what could be a long-running and highly entertaining series. - Booklist

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