“As the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote about his last novel, Capital Crimes, “Woods knows how to deliver a taut, well-told tale . . . The last two paragraphs will make any reader gulp.” In The Prince of Beverly Hills, set in Hollywood’s Golden Age of the 1930s, Woods introduces a new character that possesses the kind of suave confidence, take-charge manner, and clever wit-under-pressure that his fans will recognize and love at first sight.Rick Barron, a sharp, capable detective on the Beverly Hill...s force, finds himself demoted after a run-in with his captain, but soon lands a job on the security detail for Centurion Pictures, one of the hottest studios. As the protector of the studio’s interests, Barron looks after the cream of the crop of filmdom’s stars — Clete Barrow, the British leading man with a penchant for parties; and Glenna Gleason, a peach of a talent on the verge of superstardom. Rick’s easy charm has society columnists dubbing him “the Prince of Beverly Hills,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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