Forever [Hardcover]

Judith Gould (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1992

On the case of a brutal murder, investigative journalist Stephanie Merlin must enter the world of the deViegas, a family whose fabulous wealth puts them above the law. By the author of Never Too Rich. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The bestselling author of Never Too Rich here offers a sticky, implausible narrative blend of intrigue, SF and turgid romance, replete with heaving breasts and robust cliches. In 1950, famed diva and Nazi sympathizer Lili Schneider, supposedly burned fatally and beyond recognition in a fire, was buried in Berlin. But was the body really Lili's? When her biographer asks that question, he winds up hung from a chandelier. His niece, glamorous investigative reporter Stephanie Merlin, vows revenge and soon "dies" in a bomb blast meant to stop her probing. Resurrected in disguise, she whips through a full hand of fake passports while hunting the reclusive de Veigas, Brazilian multimillionaires who may know Lili's whereabouts. After ramming their high-security yacht with a motorboat, Stephanie catapults into the heart and bed of their son Eduardo de Veiga, a macho who never once asks about his new lover's past. The elder de Veigas, who seem to have drained the fountain of youth, keep a rabid ex-CIA man on a very loose leash; support an international charity for needy children, many of whom disappear forever; and report daily for mysterious transfusions to a doctor who did research under the Third Reich. Stilted dialogue and florid narrative touches drown the few sparks Gould manages to strike during a manhunt in the final chapters.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Gould ( Never Too Rich , Dutton, 1991) dishes up intrigue, romance studded with euphemistically explicit sex, a string of murders by an enormous assassin, lifestyles of the megarich, and the quest for eternal youth at an inhumanly high price. When author Carleton Merlin is found dead, an apparent suicide, his TV journalist granddaughter Stephanie suspects foul play connected to his research into the life of German opera star Lili Schneider, who supposedly died in 1950. Stephanie's search for the truth takes her from the arms of her photographer lover and sends her to the capitals of Europe and the Brazilian empire of the world's richest man. The story steamrolls at the start, slows at flowery sex scenes and descriptions of opulence, and ends as might be expected. A guilty pleasure for a certain audience. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 8/92.
- Michele Leber, Fairfax Cty. P.L., Va.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 464 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Adult (December 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0525934952
• ISBN-13: 978-0525934950
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #837,295 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very suspenseful!!!, July 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Forever (Onyx) (Paperback)

This book has it all! Murder, mystery, love, scandal all wrapped into one. If you haven't read a good book in awhile, I reccomend picking this one up. You won't be dissappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointing ending, April 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Forever (Onyx) (Paperback)

the story was great! until the last chapter! it just didn't make any sense!I was truly disappointed

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid this book that insults your intelligence!, February 20, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Forever (Onyx) (Paperback)

You would do yourself a favor to avoid this book that will insult your intelligence. Gould's writing style isn't bad but this yarn is hard to swallow--it includes a supposed "fountain of youth" that keeps two characters perpetually young, and other hard-to-believe things. If it stuck to being more real, it would be a great read.