Beverly Hills Dead, Stuart Woods
Beverly Hills Dead, Stuart Woods
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Beverly Hills Dead

Author: Stuart Woods

Narrator: Tony Roberts

Unabridged: 8 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 01/15/2008

Synopsis

Stuart Woods returns with the sequel to The Prince of Beverly Hills—a page-turning novel of murder, political intrigue, and betrayal set in 1940s Hollywood, the era of the “Red Scare,” when almost anyone could be suspect...

Rick Barron, a former Beverly Hills cop, has risen to the head of production of Centurion pictures, and he’s at the top of his game. But tensions are high in Hollywood, and when Rick’s friend Sidney Brooks, a successful screenwriter, receives a subpoena from the House Un-American Activities Committee, Rick isn’t surprised. The witch hunt is spreading, and those under investigation are Rick’s closest friends—even his wife, the glamorous starlet Glenna Gleason.

About Stuart Woods

The American novelist hailing from Georgia, Stuart Woods, had a long and lustrous career in competition sailing. The interest, maybe obsession, with sailing began after he had spent time in London, then Ireland to write a novel about an old family story which he had heard as a child. He began putting together a crew for sailing competition shortly after he moved to Ireland.

It was in conjunction with a certain race, the MORCRA Azores Race and the OSTAR, Woods met with publishers to trade writing a book about his sailing experiences in return for sponsorship of the races. Golden Harp was launched in 1975, followed by Golden, Golden Apple, Golden Shamrock, Golden Delicious, and Harp.

Wood's novel, Blue Water. Green Skipper was published in 1977. His next book took a different turn and was based on his extensive travels around England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. It was entitled, A Romantic's Guide to the Country Inns of Britain and Ireland. He then followed those two non-fiction books with several series of novels featuring recurring casts of characters and also with characters and their love interests, and frequent use of the New York restaurant Elaine's as a meeting place. Woods has published a memoir, a travel book, and forty-four novels in a thirty-seven year career.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Elizabeth on 2008-09-12 19:00:07

I enjoyed this book immensely and wasn't disappointed. Read reviews that it wasn't as good as The Prince of Beverly Hills. I totally disagree. The book was every bit as interesting. Would recommend reading this book.

AudiobooksNow review by Susan on 2009-12-26 13:19:38

Its hit or miss with Stuart Woods. Some of his books are interesting and great characters and others, like this one, disappointing. This had a good premise 1940 Hollywood, murder and the blacklisting that went on during that era, but not enough plot and storyline. I wouldn't recommend it and just say dont bother

Goodreads review by Jack on October 15, 2023

3 Stars. The late 1940s in Hollywood was a time of difficulty. TV was coming, and with it major changes in the studio business model. Some would not survive but others, like Rick Barron's Centurion, would rise to the challenge. In the real world, a Cold War confronted the West. The Soviet menace was......more

Goodreads review by Keith on August 03, 2012

Set in Hollywood in the early 1950’s Rick Barron is a movie land wunderkind on his way up. And it’s all too easy. Rick is a great guy with an easy going personality that always keeps his word. Glenna is his beautiful and faithful wife that never considers straying. Eddie Harris is his undemanding an......more

Goodreads review by Shirley on April 17, 2011

The profanity, adult situations, and lesbian relationship make this a book that won't be donated to the school library or passed on to friends. The story took place in the 1940s when the House Un-American Activities Committee attempted to weed Communists out of writing, producing, and acting in Holl......more

Goodreads review by Steve on January 04, 2021

January 2021 Ilike that in a murder mystery serious subjects like HUAC and "the red scare" are addressed as a subplot. 2-2018 what I said on 7-1-2013!!!!!! 4-16-2016 still recommend it. 1-12-14 re-re- read. 7-1-2013 I know this is a re-read but I never entered the first reading into Goodreads, probably......more

Goodreads review by Edmond on January 05, 2020

I'm glad I only borrowed this book from someone else's shelf, it came nowhere near to living up to it's promise of a fast-past sexy thriller full of nail biting twists and turns. The pace was okay but it took 3oo pages before anything really happened. The story is an old Hollywood tale about the busi......more

Quotes

"Woods writes with smooth confidence as famous names add spice to a diverting summer read that simmers but never gets hard-boiled." -Kirkus Reviews on The Prince of Beverly Hills

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