Three women--including the wife of one of the world's wealthiest men, a gifted arts specialist, and the impoverished Countess of Grafburg--are brought together by a murderer who targets a venerated art auction house's customers. By the author of Sins.
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Although set in locales (Park Avenue, royal castles, the Caribbean island of Mustique) that are nothing but classy, Gould's (Forever; Sins) newest succumbs to being merely trashy. Kenzie Turner is an assistant in the Old Masters Department of Burghley's, a Sotheby's-style auction house in Manhattan. Certain she will be chosen the new head of the department, Kenzie is horrified to learn that Bambi Parker has secured the job by virtue of hours of libidinous overtime in the limo of Burghley's new owner, Robert A. Goldsmith?a corpulent billionaire who made his fortune in discount department stores. Complicating Kenzie's life further are her multiorgasmic affairs with both old flame Charley Ferraro, a detective with the city's art theft squad, and Charley's temporary partner, Nordic-god Interpol detective Hans Hockert. But Kenzie's problems pale beside those of young and beautiful Countess Zandra von Hohenburg-Willemlohe and handsome Prince Karl-Heinz von und zu Engelwiesen. Zandra has taken refuge at Burghley's after fleeing London one step ahead of the goons searching for her deadbeat gambler brother. Prince Karl-Heinz has just turned 40; unless he marries and sires a son before his ailing father dies, the family billions will pass to his nephew. Punctuating the romantic fireworks are cryptic interludes in which mysterious men clad in black plot disaster for Burghley's. Even a surprising and neatly paced conclusion can't redeem this cliched, oversexed saga of the too damn rich and famous.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Could the author of the best-selling Never Too Rich (Dutton, 1990) be apologizing for her earlier novels, which feature an unremitting litany of celebrity lifestyles and rich folks? Probably not, though in Too Damn Rich she does set a murderer to stalking the clients and employees of a glitzy auction house.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent reading for Sunday afternoon under a shady tree,
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This review is from: Too Damn Rich (Paperback)
This was the first book by Judith Gould I had read. Usually I take myself in to the mystery aisles and stay away from romances; however, I was pleasantly surprised and found myself reading this book in 2 days. It is a page turner which anyone will enjoy with a very good ending.
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I really liked this book. I found it a little difficult to follow at the beginning because there were so many characters to keep track of, but once I got into it, it was much better. The story follows the lives of three women. One works for the auction house, one is married to the new highest stakeholder, i.e. man in charge, of the auction house, and the other starts as a friend to the latter but becomes a friend to the former when they end up living and working together. As far as romances go, I really liked the way Ms. Gould wrote about each of the women and their men. As far as the mystery plot goes, I thought it could have been developed a little more, but I'm not sure exactly how without giving away some key things you don't find out until the end. Some of the story was predictable, but written well enough that it didn't matter.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
TOO DAMN GOOD,
By Martin Boucher "Authorfan" (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Too Damn Rich (Paperback)
TOO DAMN RICH is a fun and compelling journey into the world of the super rich, auction style. Judith Gould skillfully weaves a tale of sins and retributions, with a touch of edge-of-your-seat suspense, to create a one and only treat worthy of her name. Her punchy dialogue, plus her direct narrative approach, not to mention her flair for the enticement, make this deliciously all year round keeper a joyous read indeed.-----Martin Boucher
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