The Prince of Beverly Hills.The Prince of Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. Stuart Woods Stuart Woods is an American novelist. Introduction Stuart Woods is an American writer whose works mostly belong to the genre of suspense fiction. His novels are more versatile than those of other crime fiction authors. Putnam Publishing Group ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 0399152202 $25.95 315 pages Recommendation:--***** Woods is BACK!!!! Although I've been disappointed with several of his last offerings, Stuart Woods is back in the game and has hit a home run with THE PRINCE OF BEVERLY HILLS, a lush tale about Hollywood in the late 1930's. Former Beverly Hills detective Rick Barron has been demoted--due to a messy liaison with his boss' niece--and just happens to be in the right place (Sunset Boulevard) at the right time (about 2 in the morning) when a major movie star wrecks his car and, if the press finds out about it, his brilliant career. Barron ends up on the movie studio payroll as the "clean up" guy and finds there is more to films than acting. He has to insure-the movie star finishes his picture, despite a proclivity-for-alcohol.- His predecessor had some pretty smarmy contacts, the remnants of which are left in the studio's safe. Even mobster Bugsy Seagall enters the scene. Toss in a bevy bevy a flock of birds. of beautiful starlets, a lot of interesting story lines and Woods has given his fans a great read. I look forward to more stories about Hollywood's Gilded Age Gilded Age The years between the Civil War and World War I when institutions undertook financial manipulations that went virtually unchecked by government. This era produced many infamous activities in the security markets. and watching Woods develop Rick Barron into a movie mogul. Enjoy! |
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