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Rick Barron
The Rick Barron series by Stuart Woods has 2 known books (2 published). It 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
Start here: The Prince of Beverly Hills (2004)
— then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
The Prince of Beverly Hills
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. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Prince of Beverly Hills - Book 2:
Beverly Hills Dead
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. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Beverly Hills Dead
Key facts about the Rick Barron series
Our list has 2 books in the Rick Barron series. Since all 2 are out now, you can read the whole list today.
Start with The Prince of Beverly Hills, since it opens the publication order in 2004. Beverly Hills Dead is book 2, from 2007.
The list keeps the books in date order, while each title links to its own page. Each book page shows its dates and editions. No next book has a date yet.
The books came out between 2004 and 2007, while their length runs from 304 to 321 pages. That is a run of 3 years.
Stuart Woods has 97 books on our list. Additionally, they write Will Lee, Stone Barrington and Ed Eagle, plus 2 more series. We shelve the books under thriller.
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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