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Shooting Star
First Published: 1958 Publisher: Ace Books Format: Paperback |
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Summary: Mark Clayburn is a one-eyed jack-of-all-trades: literary agent, notary public, and private investigator. He is hired by Hollywood talent agent Harry Bannock to look into the now cold case murder of a former client: cowboy film star, Dick Ryan. Bannock needs Ryan’s reputation—soiled from an alleged drug scandal link—cleared in order to profit from ownership of Ryan’s film catalog. As Clayburn investigates, former associates of the late actor who might have knowledge into the truth are themselves murdered. Clayburn must stop the killer before the killer stops him.
Bloch: “While I’m in a contrite mood, let me also apologize to both of the readers who bought a paperback containing my short story collection, Terror in the Night combined with an original novel titled Shooting Star. I have no particular qualms regarding the stories, but the novel is one of a dozen or more of my worst.”
Note: Published bound with Bloch's Terror in the Night collection (seven stories first printed in various digest-sized mystery magazines).
Bloch: “While I’m in a contrite mood, let me also apologize to both of the readers who bought a paperback containing my short story collection, Terror in the Night combined with an original novel titled Shooting Star. I have no particular qualms regarding the stories, but the novel is one of a dozen or more of my worst.”
Note: Published bound with Bloch's Terror in the Night collection (seven stories first printed in various digest-sized mystery magazines).
Bibliography
US: Ace Books (w/Terror in the Night); omnibus pb 1958
Australia: pb 1959; nfd
Japan: Hayakawa ("Terror in the Night"); pb 1960
Belgium: Gerard & Co. ("Etoiles Filantes"); pb 1961
France: Marabout ("Etoiles Filantes"); pb 1961
Italy: Editrice Vita; pb 1964; nfd
Germany: Desch ("Ein Mysterioso Tod"); pb 1968
France: NEO ("Etoiles Filantes"); pb 1983
US: Hard Case Crime (w/Spiderweb); omnibus pb 2008
Germany: Rotbuch pb 2009
US: Hard Case Crime (w/Spiderweb); omnibus pb 2011
US: Hard Case Crime (w/Spiderweb); omnibus ebook 2011
Australia: pb 1959; nfd
Japan: Hayakawa ("Terror in the Night"); pb 1960
Belgium: Gerard & Co. ("Etoiles Filantes"); pb 1961
France: Marabout ("Etoiles Filantes"); pb 1961
Italy: Editrice Vita; pb 1964; nfd
Germany: Desch ("Ein Mysterioso Tod"); pb 1968
France: NEO ("Etoiles Filantes"); pb 1983
US: Hard Case Crime (w/Spiderweb); omnibus pb 2008
Germany: Rotbuch pb 2009
US: Hard Case Crime (w/Spiderweb); omnibus pb 2011
US: Hard Case Crime (w/Spiderweb); omnibus ebook 2011