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Bezig met laden... Beverly Hills Dead (2008)door Stuart Woods
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I wondered why Stuart Woods wrote only two novels in this series, then I read the reviews. I must have much lower standards, because I enjoyed the plot and the characters. Set in the late 1940s, the plot brought out HUAC, the hunt for communists in the movie industry. Mostly, it set up a couple of characters that we meet in the Barrington novels. Fun read. ( ) I picked this book up at a resale shop because I have seen this author popularily displayed in bookstores. So, I thought I would give him a try. I like murder mysteries and thought Beverly Hills Dead would be a good one to read. I was very disappointed. The murder occured 3/4 through the book. The main theme is about the movie industry after WW2. I should have researched this author/book more before buying it. Good Grief! Rick Barron must have been on some type of speed this entire book. I’ve never encountered anyone so freaking organized, much less a M.A.N. I needed a vacation just to rest I was so worn out from trying to keep up. Woods does an excellent job of fictionalizing the workings of a movie studio in the late forties. Totally unbelievable, but entertaining none the less. It’s probably a good thing that Woods ended it the way he did, other wise Baron would have had to succumb to exhaustion at some point –no one can have that kind of stamina forever. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Rick Barron (2)
Fiction.
Mystery.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:Stuart Woods returns with the sequel to The Prince of Beverly Hills??a page-turning novel of murder, political intrigue, and betrayal set in 1940s Hollywood, the era of the ??Red Scare,? when almost anyone could be suspect... Rick Barron, a former Beverly Hills cop, has risen to the head of production of Centurion pictures, and he??s at the top of his game. But tensions are high in Hollywood, and when Rick??s friend Sidney Brooks, a successful screenwriter, receives a subpoena from the House Un-American Activities Committee, Rick isn??t surprised. The witch hunt is spreading, and those under investigation are Rick??s closest friends??even his wife, the glamorous Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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