Reviews for Beverly Hills Dead (Rick Barron Series #2)

The average rating for Beverly Hills Dead (Rick Barron Series #2) based on 2 reviews is 1.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-09-22 00:00:00 Deborah Duphily Stuart Woods knows how to write compelling novels. This isn't one of them. The story follows the careers of a few movie stars and writers during the Hollywood witch hunts of the House UnAmerican Activities Committee determined to route out Communist sympathizers. The story might have had potential. The execution, however, is unbelievably lackluster with shamefully boring dialogue and wooden characters. Part of me thinks I should've been paid to read it to completion. P.S. This was actually the paperback version I read. I think I might've demanded a refund if I'd paid full price for the hardcover.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-03 00:00:00 Dallas Pennington 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 and trusting boss and the head of the studio who always gives Rick whatever he needs to be more successful---and this is the problem I have with the story---who are these people? I don't think any of them lived in the Hollywood I know. The underlying plot line is about the impact of the HUAC hearings going on during the McCarthy era and the resulting black listing that took place. Of course there's a murder as well but you'll figure out who did it long before any of the novel's characters do. I realize that Woods is a formula writer, and a good one, but I thought we were going to get through this one without a reoccurring character from a previous book but in the end one of them puts in an appearance. As to how and who…I'll save that as the only surprise.