Roderick Thorp

Nothing Lasts Forever is a 1979 action thriller novel by American author Roderick Thorp, a sequel to his 1966 novel The Detective. It continues the story of detective Joseph Leland, now retired and having divorced from his late wife, as he goes to Los Angeles to reconcile with his estranged daughter, only to be caught up in a hostage crisis at the office complex where she works and fight a team of politically-motivated European terrorists to save her, which severely impairs his mental state. The novel is mostly known through its 1988 film adaptation Die Hard starring Bruce Willis. In 2012, the book was brought back into print and released as an ebook for the 24th anniversary of the film.