Sidney Sheldon

This is a story of intrigue and revenge. Tracy Whitney is young, beautiful and intelligent - and about to marry into wealth and glamour. Until, suddenly, she is betrayed, framed by a ruthless Mafia gang, abandoned by the man she loves. Only her ingenuity saves her and helps her fight back.

A worldwide bestseller first published in 1980, this novel tells the story of Jennifer Parker, a successful lawyer who is loved by two men, one a politician, the other, a mafia don.

The new novel that Sidney Sheldon's millions of fans all over the world have been waiting for. And, like his seventeen previous books, it is destined for a top place on bestseller lists everywhere. In New York, Denver, Paris and Berlin, four people have died separately in apparent accidents. Two women -- the widows of two of the dead -- find themselves under ruthless attack and are drawn together in fear, confusion and for mutual protection. But are they being targeted because one of them is the prosecution witness at a famous criminal trial? Or is there a connection to the mystery behind their husband's deaths? Meanwhile, Tanner Kingsley, Chief Executive of an international Think Tank created only seven years ago, is on the cusp of an amazing discovery which could alter the future of the world. If properly handled, the outcome of this could deliver unbelievable power into the company's hands. But are the mysterious deaths connected to this volatile secret? And can it be further protected? Thrown together, the women could not be more different: Diane Stevens is a well-connected, affluent artist from the Upper East Side. Philadelphia neighbourhood with a new 'uncle' every month, believed she had at last found safety and contentment in Paris, married to a brilliant scientist. Taut with suspense and vivid characterization, and with an unnervingly realistic premise that could alter our lives, ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK is Sheldon at the top of his form.

This classic best-selling thriller races from the White House to the romance of Paris and the shady menace of Cold War Bucharest as a young woman ambessador faces unseen and powerful enemies plotting her and her children's destruction.

He wanted power. Oliver Russell is fated to rise to the pinnacle of power, President of the United States. She wanted revenge. Leslie Stewart is his betrayed fiancee. Amassing her own media empire, on her fortieth birthday, she looks back. What went wrong?

In THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT, they played the ultimate game of love, lust, and death.Now, in MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT, the survivors meet to play one last time...Shadowed by tragedy and burdened by amnesia, a beautiful woman desperately tries to return to reality. She is Catherine Douglas, destined to once again challenge the cruel, charismatic power of Constantin Demiris, the Greek shipping tycoon who murdered Catherine's husband. Now, in the glittering capitals and carefree playgrounds of post-war Europe, Demiris sets his deadly sights on Catherine -- and the single, treacherous secret whose shattering truth is known to her alone...

A power revered by presidents and kings, a fortune unsurpassed by few people on earth: all that ended for Harry Stanford the day he mysteriously — and fatally — plunged from his luxury yacht into the Mediterranean Sea. Then, back home in Boston, as the family gathers to grieve for his memory and to war over his legacy, a stunningly beautiful young woman appears. She claims to be Stanford's long-lost daughter and entitled to her share of his estate. Now, flaming with intrigue and passion through the glamorous preserves of the world's super rich, the ultimate game of wits begins, for stakes too dazzling and deadly to imagine. Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

Lara Cameron is a famous powerful wealthy New York building developer who struggled from brutal poverty in Glace Bay, a banker who took her body as part of her first deal, to Chicago, banker Keller whose love she takes lightly for granted. As her skyscrapers and boutique hotels tower on earth, she is at the top of a male dominated field. She lies and cheats to close a deal, making cruel enemies. She is forty, beautiful, glamorous, insecure, ruthless, vulnerable, secretly generous, rich - and still wants more. She marries an international concert pianist, the Lochinvar of her childhood dreams, but someone puts him in the hospital and threatens to take down her empire.

Dr. Judd Stevens is a psychoanalyst faced with the most critical case of his life. He needs to penetrate the mind of a murderer. If he does not, he will find himself arrested for murder. Or be murdered himself. Two people close to Dr. Stevens have already been killed. Is one of his patients responsible? Someone overwhelmed by problems? A neurotic driven by compulsion? A madman? Before the murderer strikes again, Stevens must strip away the mask of innocence the criminal wears, uncover his or her inner emotions, fears, and desires, and expose the naked face beneath. But who could it be?

Toby Temple is a superstar, the world's funniest man. He gets any woman that he wants, but under the superstar image is a lonely man. Jill Castle is a sensuous starlet. She has a dark and mysterious past and has an ambition even greater than Toby's. Together they rule Hollywood.

OPERATION DOOMSDAY ... ACTIVE ...  Commander Robert Bellamy of US Naval Intelligence is dispatched on a top secret mission. A weather balloon carrying sensitive military information has crashed in Switzerland. Bellamy must locate the ten witnesses to the incident so that they can be sworn to secrecy.  But as he conducts his search Bellamy begins to suspect that he, too, is being hunted, by an unknown lethal force, that what he was told about the balloon was only one part of an almost unbelievable happening...  From Washington to Zurich, Rome and Paris, the story unfolds to reveal Bellamy's past: why the women he loves the most cannot return his love, why his friends become his deadly enemies, and why the world must never learn the incredible secret hidden on the Swiss Alps... 

Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here. Three young doctors-their hopes, their dreams, their unexpected desires... Dr. Paige Taylor: She swore it was euthanasia, but when Paige inherited a million dollars from a patient, the D.A. called it murder. Dr. Kat Hunter: She vowed never to let another man too close again-until she accepted the challenge of a deadly bet. Dr. Honey Taft: To make it in medicine, she knew she'd need something more than the brains God gave her. Racing from the life-and-death decisions of a big major hospital to the tension-packed fireworks of a murder trial, Nothing Lasts Forever lays bare the ambitions and fears of healers and killers, lovers and betrayers.

She had read about stalkers, but they belonged in a different, faraway world. She had no idea who it could be, who would want to harm her. She was trying desperately not to panic, but lately her sleep had been filled with nightmares, and she had awakened each morning with a feeling of impending doom. Thus begins Sidney Sheldon's chilling new novel, Tell Me Your Dreams. Three beautiful young women are suspected of committing a series of brutal murders. The police make an arrest that leads to one of the most bizarre murder trials of the century. Based on actual events, Sheldon's novel races from London to Rome to the city of Quebec to San Francisco, with a climax that will leave the reader stunned.

Paris...Washington...a peaceful Midwestern campus...a fabulous villa in Greece...all part of a terrifying web of intrigue and treachery as a ruthless trio of human beings - an incredibly beautiful film star, a legendary Greek tycoon, a womanizing international adventurer- use an innocent American girl as a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a desperate game of vengeance and betrayal, love and lust, life and death...

One of Sidney Sheldon's most popular and bestselling titles, repackaged and reissued for a new generation of fans. Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. She is an enigma, a woman surrounded by a thousand unanswered questions. Her father was a diamond prospector who struck it rich beyond his wildest dreams. Her mother was the daughter of a crooked Afrikaaner merchant. Her conception was itself an act of hate-filled vengeance. At the extravagent celebrations of her ninetieth birthday, there are toasts from a Supreme Court Judge and a telegram from the White House. And for Kate there are ghosts, ghosts of absent friends and of enemies. Ghosts from a life of blackmail and murder. Ghosts from an empire spawned by naked ambition! Sidney Sheldon is one of the most popular storytellers in the world. This is one of his best-loved novels, a compulsively readable thriller, packed with suspense, intrigue and passion. It will recruit a new generation of fans to his writing.

Sheldon's sweeping saga of greed and betrayal, sabotage and danger, and the ties that can kill...Roffe and Sons is a family firm, an international empire filled with desperate, cash-hungry family members. At its head was one of the wealthiest men in the world, a man who has just died in a mysterious accident and left his only daughter, Elizabeth, in control of the company. Now as this intelligent, tough, and beautiful young woman dares to save -- not sell -- Roffe and Sons, she will have to outwit those who secretly want her power, and the unknown assassin who wants her life.

Four nuns find themselves suddenly thrust into a hostile world they long ago abandoned for the safety of the convent. Unwittingly they become pawns in a battle between the charismatic Jaime Miró, leader of the outlawed Basque nationalists, and the ruthless Colonel Ramón Acoca of the Spanish Army. Four women - and the men they are forbidden to love. Megan - the orphan, who feels an overpowering attraction to Jaime. Lucia - the fiery Sicilian beauty on the run for murder - and Rubio Arzano, the freedom fighter who risks his life to save her. Teresa - whose guilty conscience finally drives her to betray her friends. Graciela - who bears a terrible secret that almost destroys her - and the courageous Ricardo who loves her. From the same author of the books "The Other Side of Midnight", "Rage of Angels", "Bloodline" and "Windmills of the Gods". The book is set in Spain and centres around four nuns and their unwitting involvement with outlawed Basque nationalists and the Spanish Army.

Em A herdeira, de Sidney Sheldon, os rastros da misteriosa morte do empresário Sam Roffe perturbam a vida de sua filha Elizabeth. Após uma série de atitudes suspeitas entre as pessoas ligadas à empresa, é preciso ficar atento aos olhares interessados na fortuna da segunda maior companhia farmacêutica do mundo. A empresa Roffe & Filhos, presente em todas as partes do globo, compreende uma dinastia de muitos milhões de dólares. A capacidade de fundar e administrar esse império empresarial fez com que Sam Roffe ficasse reconhecido mundialmente como um competente homem de negócios. No entanto, sua inesperada e misteriosa morte, somada à crise financeira enfrentada pela companhia, gera uma reviravolta no comportamento de pessoas até então confiáveis. Sempre dinâmico e bem disposto, Sam jamais poderia prever que precisaria de um sucessor tão cedo. E como exigia que os diretores e acionistas da empresa se restringissem aos membros da família, naturalmente sua filha Elizabeth assume a presidência. Porém, a herdeira não imagina que essa decisão pode lhe custar caro. Em meio a essa trama de paixões e conspirações, é necessário mudar as regras, nem que, para isso, seja preciso lançar mão de recursos ilegítimos, inclusive sabotagens e assassinatos.

Jennifer Parker realiza seu sonho ao ingressar na equipe do Promotor Distrital de Manhattan, em Nova York. Sua carreira, no entanto, dura exatamente quatro horas - tempo que leva para cair em uma cilada, durante o primeiro julgamento do qual participa. Acusada de suborno, vê seus projetos irem por água abaixo: além do risco de ter a carteira de advogada cassada. Jennifer pode passar o resto de seus dias na cadeia. Assim começa a história de uma jovem bonita e inteligente e dos homens que influenciam sua vida, entre eles o íntegro Adam Warner, destinado a ser um líder de seu país, e Michael Moretti, um anjo das trevas que procura espalhar suas asas de terror sobre tudo e todos.

A Espanha, com suas paixões ardentes, ainda dilacerada pelos ódios da sangrenta Guerra Civil, é o cenário desse romance. A história se passa logo depois da morte de Francisco Franco, o ditador que governou o país com mão de ferro por quase quarenta anos. Em 1976, o carismático e idealista do proscrito movimento separatista basco, Jamie Miró, liberta da cadeia em Pamplona dois companheiros condenados à morte e foge, perseguido pela polícia e pelo exército. O cruel e vingativo coronel Ramón Acoca, no comando da implacável perseguição, desconfia de que os bascos estão refugiados num convento cisterciense nos arredores de Ávila e resolve invadi-lo. Essa decisão desencadeia acontecimentos que vão repercutir e emocionar as pessoas no mundo inteiro, que por duas semanas acompanharão atentas uma terrível caçada humana. Na pungente beleza da região rural espanhola, o convento cisterciense repousa, em eterna devoção a Deus. Mas mesmo aí os conflitos do mundo eclodem. As freiras dessa ordem, uma das mais rigorosas do mundo, obrigadas ao silêncio e à reclusão absoluta, subitamente expulsas do ambiente aconchegante e seguro do convento, são brutalizadas e levadas para Madri, presas. Mas quatro conseguem escapar e, arremessadas no perigo e na aventura, vêem-se presas de paixões proibidas a que não podem ceder mas que não ousam negar. Irmã Teresa, irmã Lúcia, irmã Graciela, irmã Megan são as principais figuras dessa aventura inesquecível, que combina ação constante e atrações irresistíveis, com um suspense excepcional, as descobertas se sucedendo a todo instante, no ritmo vertiginoso e fascinante que só um autor extraordinário como Sidney Sheldon é capaz de oferecer.

One of Sidney Sheldon’s most popular and bestselling titles, published in ebook format for a new generation of fans. Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. She is an enigma, a woman surrounded by a thousand unanswered questions. Her father was a diamond prospector who struck it rich beyond his wildest dreams. Her mother was the daughter of a crooked Afrikaaner merchant. Her conception was itself an act of hate-filled vengeance. At the extravagent celebrations of her ninetieth birthday, there are toasts from a Supreme Court Judge and a telegram from the White House. And for Kate there are ghosts, ghosts of absent friends and of enemies. Ghosts from a life of blackmail and murder. Ghosts from an empire spawned by naked ambition… Sidney Sheldon is one of the most popular storytellers in the world. This is one of his best-loved novels, a compulsively readable thriller, packed with suspense, intrigue and passion. It will recruit a new generation of fans to his writing.