Dear Reader,
Sometimes, if you're very lucky, you can
go home again. An earlier version of this
book was titled The Diamond Tiger and
came out in 1993 under the name
Ann Maxwell. When my present publisher
offered me the opportunity of going back to
the novel under the name Elizabeth Lowell,
I admit that I hesitated. In the years since
first publication, the diamond trade has
changed so greatly that it would be
impossible to update the facts in the book without destroying the very story that had
compelled me to write in the first place.
But like the diamond trade, my style of
telling a story has also changed over the
years. I decided to revisit the novel because
I loved it and hoped my new readers would
as well. Death Is Forever is my favorite kind of story, combining elements of danger, greed, trust, secrets, passions, and death. Enjoy!