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Rick Barron

by Stuart Woods

The Rick Barron series by Stuart Woods has 2 known books (2 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with The Prince of Beverly Hills (2004).

Books
2 known books (2 novels)
Published
2
First published
2004
Status
deceased
Shelved under
Thriller
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Start here: The Prince of Beverly Hills (2004) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of The Prince of Beverly Hills

The Prince of Beverly Hills (2004)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. The Prince of Beverly Hills

    Novel

    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.

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  2. Beverly Hills Dead

    Novel

    Beverly Hills Dead continued Rick Barron's rise three years after The Prince of Beverly Hills, in 2007, at 304 pages, set against postwar studio politics, blackmail and murder in golden-age Hollywood. It closes out Stuart Woods's shortest series at two books, with Barron an ancestor of the Barrington family that recurs across Stone Barrington and Woods's wider fictional universe.

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About the Rick Barron series

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 Barrington-family surname connections with Woods's wider fictional universe -- Barron is an ancestor of the Barrington family that recurs across Stone Barrington and other Woods series.

Frequently asked questions

How many Rick Barron books are there?

Two: The Prince of Beverly Hills (2004) and Beverly Hills Dead (2007).

Is the Rick Barron series connected to Stone Barrington?

Yes, loosely -- Rick Barron is presented as part of the extended Barrington family lineage that recurs across Stuart Woods's Stone Barrington universe, though the two-book series is set decades earlier and can be read independently.

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