Marie C. reviewed The Prince of Beverly Hills (Rick Barron, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Unabridged) on + 337 more book reviews
Good story. Based during the late 1930's era and Hollywood glam. Unabridged - 6 tapes.
Gail C. (smommer) reviewed The Prince of Beverly Hills (Rick Barron, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Unabridged) on
Enjoyed listening to this with my husband. We both enjoyed it.
Stuart Woods is terrific!
Stuart Woods is terrific!
Audrey A. (Arosea) reviewed The Prince of Beverly Hills (Rick Barron, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Unabridged) on + 392 more book reviews
This is my first Stuart Woods novel. I thoroughly enjoyed it and give it a 3.5. The characters who were good were very very good and the bad were very very bad - except for the protagonist who knows how to be bad when necessary but prefers to wear a white hat. This story is about an detective who sleeps with the wrong person and ends up losing his career. Politics. It happens. He's busted back to a uniform where he will most likely stay forever. Then he witnesses an accident, realizes the victim is a star, and arranges to have it kept quiet. The second in charge of the movie studio is grateful and offers him a job as head of security and a whole new world and people open up to him including rubbing elbows with movie stars and mafia, even though he'd prefer to evade the mafia but it turns out he and one of them butt heads. This was not a deep involving read, but I really liked Rick, the main character and the English actor who is put in his charge. This is not high literature, it's just a very easy ride to go along on. The only part I found myself losing interest is the war information toward the end, but it is brief. He uncovers a blackmail program and puts an end to that and rises to slide into his bosses job. A happy ending - not the way things usually go in real life, but that's why I read fiction.
