The Prince of Beverly Hills (Rick Barron Novel)
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ISBN: 0451214625 / Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, April 2005
Demoted after a run-in with a superior, Rick Barron, a detective with the Beverly Hills police force, lands a job with the security detail at Centurion Pictures, and uncovers a blackmail scheme that threatens the studio's business.
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<b>Brash detective Rick Barron enters the infamous Hollywood fast lane in this thriller from the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Stone Barrington series.</b><br> <br><i>Los Angeles, 1939</i>. It’s Hollywood’s Golden Age, and Rick Barron is a suave and sharp detective on the Beverly Hills force. After a run-in with his captain, he finds himself demoted, but soon lands a job on the security detail for Centurion Pictures, one of the hottest studios. The white knight of such movie stars as 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 is dubbed “the Prince of Beverly Hills” by society columnists. But when he unearths a murder cover-up and a blackmail scam, he finds himself up against West Coast wise guys whose stakes are do-or-die...
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