The Black Star: A Detective Story

by Johnston McCulley

EN·~6 hours·37 chapters

Chapters

37 total

THE BLACK STAR

0:23

CHAPTER I—AN AIDED ESCAPE

14:45

CHAPTER II—THE BLACK STAR

8:23

CHAPTER III—INTO THE PIT

16:33

CHAPTER IV—ROGUE FOR A DAY

12:05

CHAPTER V—MUGGS ON GUARD

8:02

CHAPTER VI—AN UNPROFITABLE AFTERNOON

8:17

CHAPTER VII—IDENTICAL ORDERS

8:15

CHAPTER VIII—THE POLICE GET A TIP

9:41

CHAPTER IX—“CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST”

14:34

Description

A bitter wind sweeps through the city’s steel canyons, rattling windows and scattering the first flakes of winter snow. In a modest, book‑filled apartment

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~6 hours (355K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2011-04-12

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35833

Subjects

Detective and mystery stories American fiction -- 20th century PS

About the author

Johnston McCulley

1883–1958

Best known as the creator of Zorro, this prolific pulp writer turned out hundreds of stories, dozens of novels, and screenplays that helped shape popular adventure fiction. His heroes were fast-moving, masked, and built for pure storytelling momentum.

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