01272cam a2200325 4500 367583264 TxAuBib 20180516120000.0 070709s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780399154690 hc. 0399154698 hc. TxAuBib Woods, Stuart. Beverly Hills dead / Stuart Woods. New York : Putnam's, 2008. 294 p. ; 24 cm. Rick Barron ; 2 Booklist. In the 1940s, former Beverly Hills police officer Rick Barron, now working as head of production at a film studio and directing a Oscar-worthy motion picture, learns that his wife, starlet Glenna Gleason, and screenwriter, Sidney Brooks, are suspected of communism by the U.S. government, setting in motion a series of scandals and murders. Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 20080226. Murder Fiction. Communism United States Fiction. Homicide Fiction. Mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Beverly Hills (Calif) Fiction. Rick Barron ; 2.