The Prince of Beverly Hills

Light, breezy, this fictional murder-adventure-action features our hero in a rags to riches story. Many big Hollywood heroes of the 1930s are seen in cameo appearances. Fun read.

Unlike some (well, one) reader, I found this book very entertaining. I say this, because during the day, or watching TV at night, I found myself thinking about the fate of the main character, Rick Berron. I thought, why not go back and continue the story instead of watching this TV program? To me, a book that invades my daily routine when I am not reading the book is a good book. Something I can look forward to when I am unable (or unwilling) to stop what I am doing and pick up the story.

It is funny, I was thinking this 'hero' would be flawed in some way, succumb to some temptation, but he, well, I will leave that to the reader. It is definitely worth your time.

Just terrible. I read the first 100 pages in a kind of unbelieving daze: could any full-length novel ostensibly aimed at adult readers be any more dumbed-down, trite and padded than this? I would have quit sooner, but my slack-jawed amazement at this book's awfulness kept me going for at least 50 pages alone.

Good, but not my favorite time period. Anyone who like to old style Holywood flat foot would enjoy this I'm sure.

First of Woods' works that I read. What can I say, I was hooked on a new author -- and I needed to find another since I have such a small collection!

fun, light reading!

Set in Hollywood's Golden Age, Woods's latest work features a suave, new character--Beverly Hills detective Rich Barron who is demoted to security detail at a movie studio only to uncover a murder cover-up and a blackmail scam that may originate with the West Coast mob.