Review Beverly Hills Is Burning: A Rail Black Novel Prepared By Neil Russell Presented In Ebook

entire review is pretty much a SPOILER!

To start out, there is some strong language and there are some pretty explicit sex scenes, but these are not a focal point of the story.


I got this book Free for Kindle app, because this is how indie authors make their money, by giving stuff away.
This is bookof the Rail Black series, so Russell did make beer money, because I wanted to read the first two books before this one.
Beverly Hills Burning can be read first, but thest two books give you background information that helps you get a better handle on the characters.


I do not know how rich Rail Black is supposed to be, but suffice it to say, money is never an issue to accomplish his goals.
I also am not sure how tall he is, but Tom Cruise could never play him in a movie, : He is former Delta and has a selfdeprecating sense of humor,

Rail Black likes to help out people with problems, How he does this is what makes all three of these books so good, In this case, we have two really good stories, one with a timeline in thes and the other in the present.
The trick is to connect the two in a plausible manner so it doesn't look contrived, A movie script and huge diamond that is cause for murder in the 's returns to have the same effect in the present time, and it is up to Rail to sort it all out.
This he doe quite masterfully,

This is an ecxellent read, even if you have to pay for it! : "It was just after midnight when the girl in the blue diamond necklace fell out of the sky.
"

In Hollywood, an excon movie producer, fresh out of San Quentin, is lucky if he can get a valet to take his car at The Ivy.
Teddy Chessman got his own studio,

Why Because Teddy controls the most important motion picture property to hit town since agents were invented, And attached to this expected critical and financial bonanza is the biggest female action star in the world, Valentine Jones.


But good plans die horrible deaths, and foolproof ones, worse, And now, the guy who loaned Teddy the money to buy the jointRail Black, a former Delta Force operator with a private fortuneis forced to take possession of Teddy's dream.
And the bad news is just beginning,

Exploding from ninety years in the pastwhen gangsters and movie tycoons roamed Hollywood and scratched each other's walletsRail is sucked into a quicksand of unsettled scores, duplicity and death, where a couple of billion dollars in boxoffice seems like small change.


From Southern California to New York, Venice, Havana, Mexico and Cyprus, Rail must disentangle the past from the present and come to terms with his feelings for Barrie Fontaine, a long dead womanand extraordinarily brave pilothe has never met.


And somewhere, out there, is Matty Aspirins, a hitman on a mission all his own,

Welcome to Beverly Hills is Burning,

There will be no intermission,

"Neil Russell is the king of adventure thrillers, . . BEVERLY HILLS IS BURNING is a tourdeforce of hot action, cool suspense, and steamy sex, a onceinalifetime ride with producers, screenwriters, Mafia hitmen, and money, Lots of money. You'll love this book. "

Gayle Lynds
New York Times Bestselling Author
The Book of Spies

"I just want to tell you what a joy it was to dig into BEVERLY HILLS IS BURNING.
I loved the way the two plot lines dovetailed so effortlessly, Your knowledge of old Hollywood made my favorite era in the town come to life,

I laughed out loud so many times, I couldn't keep count! Your dialogue so reminds me of Raymond Chandler.
I felt he was your "ghost, " Every time I came across one of your many metaphorical gems, I had to post it on Facebook,

I've got you up there as one of my five favorite writers including Chandler, as you already know toss in F.
Scott, Le Carre, and Martin Cruz Smith, and there you have my perfect poker game,

And either you or Chandler would be winner

take all, no doubt about it,

Seriously, you are my new fave regarding dialogue, Smooth as butter, true to character, no matter the gender, personality, or the time period, You had me at the very first lineand kept me until the last word,

Just hope you're working on the next in the series, "

Josie Brown
Bestselling Author
The Housewife Assassin Series
True Hollywood Lives
Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives


I wasnt sure what to expect when I started Beverley Hills is Burning and having finished it I am still at odds at how to describe it.
It is a mans book a wonderful, amazing, intriguing mans book, It doesnt mean woman cant read it I merely mean it all but ebbs and flows with testosterone, There are several parallel and occasionally intersecting plot lines to follow, One is set in and around, Cuba, gangsters and drugs,
Lets just get this out of the way this book is loaded with adult language, adult situations, violence, drug use, sex, bondage, sadomasochism and torture.
It is also filled with gangsters, from modern times and the distant past Hollywood insiders and of the golden screen.

The main character or at least the one who ties all of the separate plot lines together is Rail Black, a multibillionaire, former Delta Force member, private jet owner amp tragic widower.
He is larger than life, his friends are larger than life his house and cars are larger than life,
With all of that said this book is stunningly brilliant, Each event builds on another, sometimes seemingly unrelated until you get to the reveal and BAM! It all comes together.

Neil Russell has hit an outoftheballpark home run with his third installment in the Rail Black saga, Once Russells action prose grabs the reader, its very hard to stop even to sleep or eat, In this latest effort, Russell hooks you from the very beginning, Literally on Page, “It was just after midnight when the girl in the blue diamond necklace fell out of the sky.
” The hero is Rail Black, a physically large exDelta forces vet, British expat, and Hollywood billionaire, He reminds me of Paladin in HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL another military veteran with more money than he could ever spend.
And Russells latest effort combines mob action and Hollywood movie business “history” with some of the greatest historical characters of the last century, moving among New York, Cuba, Hollywood, and Mexico.
There are only brief allusions to a military past as a US Army Deltaforce operator, but this explains Blacks dexterity with weapons and artful dealings with murderers and mobsters.
Rail Black is going to be the next great silverscreen “hero” and I really look forward to the movie version.

I received this book, Beverly Hills Is Burning, by Neil Russell, free in the mail from Goodreads First Reads.
This book is action packed amp the characters are very well thought out, I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good mystery! Interesting premise, I could have lived with a lot less description of woman/woman sex, Neil Russell is the founder and CEO of Hollywood Artists Pictures Corporation HAPCORP, which creates, acquires and licenses intellectual properties for exploitation across all entertainment media.
HAPCORP also produces motion pictures, television and music and has begun publishing books through its Rothington House imprint, Neil acquired his first intellectual property when he was in college, and over the course of his career has acquired the rights to hundreds of books, movies, plays, screenplays, short stories, formats, titles, magazine articles, life stories, songs, pitches and trademarks.
A former executive with Paramount, Columbia, MGM and United Artists, he formed his first company, Horizon Entertainment, in, which was later acq Neil Russell is the founder and CEO of Hollywood Artists Pictures Corporation HAPCORP, which creates, acquires and licenses intellectual properties for exploitation across all entertainment media.
HAPCORP also produces motion pictures, television and music and has begun publishing books through its Rothington House imprint, Neil acquired his first intellectual property when he was in college, and over the course of his career has acquired the rights to hundreds of books, movies, plays, screenplays, short stories, formats, titles, magazine articles, life stories, songs, pitches and trademarks.
A former executive with Paramount, Columbia, MGM and United Artists, he formed his first company, Horizon Entertainment, in, which was later acquired by Carolco Pictures, producers of the Rambo pictures, Terminator, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, etc.
Neil was involved in all facets of Carolco's business, including the acquisition of entertainment properties like Platoon, Terminator and The Last Emperor and companies like De Laurentiis Entertainment, the Vista Organization and the Wilmington Studios.
He was also founder and president of Carolco Television Productions which produced thirty one high profile television motion pictures, In, Neil purchased the assets of CTP and began acquiring intellectual property rights under his own banner, Producing partnerships or licensing arrangements of rights owned or controlled by him have been made with Walt Disney Studios, Fox, Warners, MGM, Sony, Universal, Paramount, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Activision, Georgeville Television, Simon Schuster, HarperCollins, Tribune Entertainment, Scott Free Productions, Heyday Films, ABC Television, Hyde Park Entertainment, F/X Networks and many others.
He also authored the book, Can I Still Kiss You: Answering Your Children's Questions about Cancer and the action/thriller novels, City of War, Wildcase and Beverly Hills is Burning.
Neil works with the major Hollywood agencies, law firms and investment banks, Note: Hollywood Artists Pictures Corporation does not accept unsolicited material, sitelink.