Rick Barron · Book 1
The Prince of Beverly Hills
- Published
- 1 January 2004
- Pages
- 321
- ISBN-13
- 9781587247989
- Type
- novel
About this book
Stuart Woods opened his shortest series, Rick Barron, in 2004 with The Prince of Beverly Hills, a 321-page period piece following an LA detective turned studio security chief building his career amid golden-age Hollywood's glamour and corruption.
Its place in Rick Barron
The Prince of Beverly Hills is book 1 in the Rick Barron series. It is followed by Beverly Hills Dead. See the full Rick Barron reading order.
Rick Barron is a Los Angeles police detective turned studio security chief and eventually studio head at a Hollywood dream factory in 1940s-50s Los Angeles, the lead of Stuart Woods's shortest series and one of his few sustained period pieces. The Prince of Beverly Hills (2004) opens with Barron building his career amid the glamour and corruption of golden-age Hollywood; Beverly Hills Dead (2007) continues his rise against a backdrop of postwar studio politics, blackmail and murder. The two-book series shares its…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781587247989