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Rick Barron
The Rick Barron series by Stuart Woods has 2 books and is best read in publication order, starting with The Prince of Beverly Hills (2004).
- Books
- 2 books
- First published
- 2004
- Status
- deceased
- Last checked
Start here: The Prince of Beverly Hills (2004) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
The Prince of Beverly Hills
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Prince of Beverly Hills - Book 2:
Beverly Hills Dead
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Beverly Hills Dead
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.
If you like the Rick Barron series
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