Chasing Starlight

Written by Teri Bailey Black

Narrated by Suzy Jackson

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?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 11, 2020
• ISBN: 9781705001530

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 for Chasing Starlight

[pardamustang · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Chasing Starlight by Teri Bailey Black is a trip back to the glitz and glamour of Old Hollywood, with a mystery equally mesmerising. Kate Hildebrand is sent to live with her grandfather, silent film star Oliver Banks, when her aunt goes off to get married. Kate lost her parents in the tragic finale to a horrible series of events prompted by her father's criminal behaviour. But when Kate arrives to find her grandfather had no idea she was coming, and that he has a group of male boarders, she sends to her aunt to be allowed to return home. Her new step-uncle has no interest in helping her, so Kate funds herself stuck. It doesn't take long before Kate funds herself with a new, exciting job working for Falcon Pictures, and caught up in a dark mystery following one of the boarders' deaths. I loved the writing style! Black weaves beautiful vivid description that made me feel as if I were there. This is adjacent to the Victorian period, and Prohibition, two favourite hist fic timeframes for me, and I found myself falling even more in love with the Gilded Age. I adored how no-nonsense Kate was when it came to certain things. She clearly has a problem-solving mind, giving her an edge as Tad's assistance. She was a good choice, even if the studio initially only wanted to capitalise on her name. Reading this book made me want to read the author's other work. In fact, I ordered it already!***Many thanks to the author and publisher for providing an egalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. Reviewed for JBN Book Tours.

[sennebec · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A mix of mystery and romance that truly feels authentic. I could feel the ghost of Bogy musing about the Maltese Falcon while reading it. Great cast of characters, nice red herrings and plenty of action. A definite should add for school and public libraries, not only for the story quality, but because of the way it portrays how women were treated in that era.