Lone Star: An Edna Ferber Mystery
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In 1955, grande dame authoress Edna Ferber is visiting LA for the filming of her epic novel, Giant. Edna is looking forward to meeting Rock Hudson, Liz Taylor, and especially the filmâs gifted young breakout star, James Dean.
A charismatic rebel, Dean attracts attention, devotion, and trouble wherever he goes. Now he is being blackmailed by a young extra from the movie who accuses him of getting her pregnant. The studio fears that the negative publicity will jeopardize the filmâs release. Then the actress is found murdered, and James Dean is the prime suspect.
Employing her honed character instincts and her sharp nose for subtext, Edna decides to investigate the murder, determined to clear Deanâs name. But as she uncovers the dark underside of glittering Hollywood, she fears that the truth may be worse than she could have imagined.
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Ed Ifkovic is the author of seven previous Edna Ferber mysteries, including Lone Star and Cold Morning. Under the pen name Andrew Lanh he publishes the Rick Van Lam mysteries, the latest of which is No Good to Cry. His short stories and essays have appeared in the Village Voice, America, Hartford Monthly, and Journal of Popular Culture.
Bernadette Dunne has been honored to narrate the work of some of the finest fiction and nonfiction writers of our time, including Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates, and Sandra Day O'Connor. The winner of more than a dozen Earphones Awards and a three-time Audie Award nominee, she has voiced countless bestsellers, including Memoirs of a Geisha, The Devil Wears Prada, and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. She studied at The Royal National Theater and lives in New York.
