AustLit logo

AustLit

image of person or book cover 6441500026325083953.jpg
This image has been sourced from online.
y separately published work icon Shooting Star single work   novel   crime  
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Shooting Star
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Latest Issues

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Pat Carson’s old eyes were on me, looking for something.
‘Man is born unto trouble,’ he said.
I said, ‘As the sparks fly upwards.’
Deep lines at the corners of his mouth. ‘Know your Job. Soldier. Policeman. Haven’t been a bloody priest too, have you?’

'Anne Carson: fifteen, beautiful, wayward. Abducted.

'The rich Carsons have closed ranks and summoned Frank Calder, subject to strict instructions. This is not the first kidnapping in the Carson family and hard lessons have been learned.

'But are the two events connected? And is greed the motivation? Revenge? Or could it be something else? To find out, Frank Calder must go beyond his brief.

'And his every step into the darkness may end a girl’s life.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Text ed.).

Notes

  • Dedication : For Nicholas - with thanks for all the joy.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Bantam Books , 1999 .
      image of person or book cover 6441500026325083953.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 259p.
      ISBN: 0733801587 (pbk.)
    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Bantam Books , 2001 .
      image of person or book cover 5631156595302293016.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 259p.
      ISBN: 1863252509
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2007 .
      image of person or book cover 6994347330481172548.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 232p.
      ISBN: 9781921145834
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2008 .
      image of person or book cover 2768821621378863647.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 232p.
      ISBN: 9781921351389
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Quercus ,
      2009 .
      image of person or book cover 623228346105044185.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 361p.
      ISBN: 9781847247636 1847247636
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2010 .
      image of person or book cover 1421400811691890292.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 334p.
      Note/s:
      • May 1st 2010
      ISBN: 9781921799259
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Quercus ,
      2011 .
      image of person or book cover 1987759047044804036.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 361p.
      Note/s:
      • Published August 1st 2011
      ISBN: 9780857383518
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2019 .
      image of person or book cover 7198960847846475800.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 240p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 7 May 2019.

      • Introduction by Adrian McKinty.

      ISBN: 9781925773231
      Series: y separately published work icon Text Classics Text Publishing (publisher), Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2012- Z1851461 2012 series - publisher novel 'Great books by great Australian storytellers.' (Text website.)
Alternative title: Shooting Star : Roman
Language: German
    • Munich,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Bertelsmann ,
      2008 .
      image of person or book cover 542861060887986655.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 288p.
      ISBN: 9783570010068
    • Munich,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Goldmann ,
      2010 .
      image of person or book cover 861151171310382324.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 287p.
      ISBN: 9783442471409

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

Books That Changed Me : David Whish-Wilson David Whish-Wilson , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 13 October 2013; (p. 12)
Australian Crime Fiction Jeff Popple , 2004-2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 3-5)
Afraid of the Dark Stuart Coupe , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 March 2000; (p. 10)

— Review of Shooting Star Peter Temple , 1999 single work novel ; The Taken Tal Chalak , 1997 single work novel ; Dilemma Jon Cleary , 1999 single work novel ; The Other Side of Sorrow : A Cliff Hardy Novel Peter Corris , 1999 single work novel
Cleverness Among the Gunfire Graeme Blundell , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 February 2000; (p. 14)

— Review of The Coroner's Conscience : A Murder Mystery Ian Callinan , 1999 single work novel ; Temple Matthew Reilly , 1999 single work novel ; Shooting Star Peter Temple , 1999 single work novel
Summer Blazers Murray Waldren , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 December 1999; (p. 10)

— Review of White Turtle : A Collection of Short Stories Merlinda Bobis , 1999 selected work short story ; The Beauty of Truth Bruno Bouchet , 1999 single work novel ; A Close Run Thing David Treweek , 1999 single work novel ; Surfing Antarctica : A Novel Liane Shavian , 1999 single work novel ; The Twelfth of Never : A Memoir Louis Nowra , 1999 single work autobiography ; Walk of Fame Sharon Krum , 2000 single work novel ; Shooting Star Peter Temple , 1999 single work novel ; Feeding the Demons Gabrielle Lord , 1999 single work novel ; Jean Devanny : Romantic Revolutionary Carole Ferrier , 1999 single work biography ; Pig's Blood and Other Fluids Peter Robb , 1999 selected work novel ; Firehead Venero Armanno , 1999 single work novel
'Murray Waldren suggests some hot numbers for holiday reading.' (Note below title)
Summer Blazers Murray Waldren , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 December 1999; (p. 10)

— Review of White Turtle : A Collection of Short Stories Merlinda Bobis , 1999 selected work short story ; The Beauty of Truth Bruno Bouchet , 1999 single work novel ; A Close Run Thing David Treweek , 1999 single work novel ; Surfing Antarctica : A Novel Liane Shavian , 1999 single work novel ; The Twelfth of Never : A Memoir Louis Nowra , 1999 single work autobiography ; Walk of Fame Sharon Krum , 2000 single work novel ; Shooting Star Peter Temple , 1999 single work novel ; Feeding the Demons Gabrielle Lord , 1999 single work novel ; Jean Devanny : Romantic Revolutionary Carole Ferrier , 1999 single work biography ; Pig's Blood and Other Fluids Peter Robb , 1999 selected work novel ; Firehead Venero Armanno , 1999 single work novel
'Murray Waldren suggests some hot numbers for holiday reading.' (Note below title)
Still Arresting, 30 Years On Rick Thompson , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 7 November 1999; (p. 11)

— Review of Shooting Star Peter Temple , 1999 single work novel ; Dilemma Jon Cleary , 1999 single work novel
Shooting for Thrills Chris Brice , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 November 1999; (p. 21)

— Review of Shooting Star Peter Temple , 1999 single work novel
Cleverness Among the Gunfire Graeme Blundell , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 February 2000; (p. 14)

— Review of The Coroner's Conscience : A Murder Mystery Ian Callinan , 1999 single work novel ; Temple Matthew Reilly , 1999 single work novel ; Shooting Star Peter Temple , 1999 single work novel
Afraid of the Dark Stuart Coupe , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 March 2000; (p. 10)

— Review of Shooting Star Peter Temple , 1999 single work novel ; The Taken Tal Chalak , 1997 single work novel ; Dilemma Jon Cleary , 1999 single work novel ; The Other Side of Sorrow : A Cliff Hardy Novel Peter Corris , 1999 single work novel
Australian Crime Fiction Jeff Popple , 2004-2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 3-5)
Books That Changed Me : David Whish-Wilson David Whish-Wilson , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 13 October 2013; (p. 12)
Last amended 19 May 2020 08:41:14
X