Chasing Starlight

Name: Chasing Starlight
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Teri Bailey Black
ISBN: 9781705001530

Author: Teri Bailey Black

Narrator: Suzy Jackson

Unabridged: 11 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/11/2020

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Romance, Historical Fiction, United States

Synopsis

Movies, mansions, and murder in the Golden Age of Hollywood! Teri Bailey Black's Chasing Starlight is a historical mystery from the author of Girl at the Grave, winner of the Thriller Award for Best Young Adult Novel. 1938. The Golden Age of Hollywood. Palm trees and movie stars. Film studios pumping out musicals and gangster films at a furious pace. Everyone wants to be a star―except society girl and aspiring astronomer Kate Hildebrand. She’s already famous after a childhood tragedy turned her into a newspaper headline. What she craves now is stability. But when Kate has to move to Hollywood to live with her washed-up silent film star grandfather, she walks into a murder scene and finds herself on the front page again. She suspects one of the young men boarding in her grandfather’s run-down mansion is the killer―or maybe even her grandfather. Now, Kate must discover the killer while working on the set of a musical―and falling in love. Will her stars align so she can catch the murderer and live the dream in Old Hollywood? Or will she find that she’s just chasing starlight?

About Teri Bailey Black

TERI BAILEY BLACK may write about troubled people in dark places, but she grew up in a large, happy family, surrounded by books, art, and California sunshine. She's happiest when she's creating things, whether it's with words, fabric, or chocolate. Her debut, Girl at the Grave (Tor Teen), won the Thriller Award for Best Young Adult Novel. She and her husband have four children and live in Orange County, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Camilla

First of all, this book was badass. Very much like the Netflix minisseries "Hollywood", this was full of characters that were inspiring and ahead of their time. Chasing Starlight is about Kate, a girl who goes to Hollywood to move in with her grandfather and gets into some adventures with these str......more

Goodreads review by Pipsprite

Thank you Netgalley and Macmillian for the arc! Chasing Starlight is an amazing mystery and coming of age story. Kate makes it very clear that no matter what she is in charge and she will make everything better. The story is centered around her relationships with her grandfather and the guys he lives......more

Goodreads review by Emma☀️

3.5 stars This was a really fun read! What really caught my attention was that this was a murder mystery set in old Hollywood, one of the things I didn’t know I needed! However, I had hoped the mystery element was handled better. It was slightly predictable and the movie-making process overshadowed t......more

Goodreads review by Aly

4.25/5 stars Yes. Also, please tell me I'm not the only one who actually likes the cover?? I'm usually not a fan of covers like these, but I actually like this one! Gives me a sort of modern-day Jessica Rabbit/Marilyn Monroe feel to it. I dunno, might be me. Anyways, this was a really well done myster......more