Sidney Sheldon
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All around the globe, people are being reported dead or missing. In Berlin, a woman vanishes from the city streets. In Paris, a man plunges from the Eiffel Tower. In Denver, a small plane crashes into the mountains. In Manhattan, a body washes ashore from the East River. At first these seem to be random incidents, but the police soon discover that all four of the victims are connected to Kingsley International Group (KIG), the largest think tank in...
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Using her body as well as her wits to climb out of backwater poverty, a beautiful real estate developer amasses international wealth and power with equal success. After she falls in love with a renowned concert pianist, she sets about winning him as she would a prime piece of waterfront property. But her ties to a lawyer with Mafia connections and her shady way of doing business threaten her happiness and her reputation.
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He wants power, and she wants revenge. The Best Laid Plans is full of manipulators, dirty dealers, and dastardly rascals, all snatching at power - political, financial, and sexual, or all of the above.
Against the backdrop of Washington politics and the war in Bosnia, a handsome, charismatic attorney is determined to win the presidency at all costs, while his jilted fiancée is intent on revenge and grows a media empire to destroy him. In a world...
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From the exotic shores of the Mediterranean to post-war London, Memories of Midnight is a passionate, unforgettable story of an innocent woman's fight against a terrifying destiny. The survivors of The Other Side of Midnight come back for one last round of play in this compelling sequel set in post-war Europe. Catherine Douglas, victim of amnesia, is taken in by the world's richest man, Greek shipping tycoon Constantin Demiris. Haunted by faint memories...
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Tracy Whitney is on top of the world. She is young, beautiful, intelligent, and about to marry into wealth and glamour - until, betrayed by her own innocence, she finds herself in prison, framed by a ruthless mafia gang and abandoned by the man she loves. Though beaten and broken, Tracy emerges from her savage ordeal determined to avenge herself. From New Orleans and London to Paris, Madrid, and Amsterdam, Tracy plays for the highest stakes in a deadly...
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Hanson died quickly - with a knife in his back. Carole was next, tortured to death. Now Judd Stevens, a successful Manhattan psychoanalyst, must face a horrific prospect: someone is trying to kill him, and he is being treated as the prime suspect. As two faceless executioners on a murderous mission continue their search for an unknown secret, Judd feels his professional grip slipping. To whom can he turn? To the sharp-witted private eye he hired?...
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A tale of Hollywood betrayal, revenge, and murder, A Stranger in the Mirror tells the story of two star-crossed lovers, Toby Temple - a superstar who struggles to become the world's funniest man - and Jill Castle, a sensuous starlet with a dark, mysterious past. Toby gets any woman that he wants, but under the superstar image is a lonely man. As his success turns him into a super bastard - destroying the careers of anyone in his way - he falls in...
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Kate Blackwell is the symbol of success-a beautiful woman who parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Winner of a unique position among the wealthy and world-renowned, she is also a survivor as indomitable as her father, who returned from the edge of death to wrench a fortune in diamonds from the hard South African soil. As she celebrates her ninetieth birthday, Kate surveys the family she has manipulated, dominated, and loved...
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As the world is on the brink of mutual destruction between the East and the West, Mary Ashley - a bright, young political science professor - is appointed U.S. Ambassador to an Iron Curtain country. Her husband dies in a suspicious car crash, and Mary becomes the target of a mysterious murder plot by unseen and powerful enemies.
Thrust from her comforting life in Kansas, she finds herself lost amongst the political turmoil in a foreign country where...
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In Paris, in Washington, and in Greece, an innocent American becomes a pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal. Catherine Douglas is a woman caught in a web of four lives intertwined by passion as her handsome husband pursues an incredibly beautiful film star, while Constantin Demeris, a legendary Greek tycoon, tightens the strands that control them all. This number-one New York Times best-selling novel by Sidney Sheldon features tortured romantic...
12) Bloodline
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Intelligent, tough, beautiful, and sole heir to a billion-dollar fortune, Elizabeth suddenly finds herself head of an empire after her father mysteriously dies. Surrounded by cash-hungry family members, the young heiress fights to save the family business. And after narrowly escaping death, she realizes that someone is determined to kill her. Unsure of who she can trust, Elizabeth must figure out who the assassin is before it's too late. From the...
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In this medical thriller, three female doctors struggle to survive in a San Francisco hospital's "boy's club," as they encounter the challenges of the medical profession, a murder charge, and a deadly wager.
The only three females in a group of new residents, the women quickly become roommates and friends, face long hours, a frenetic work pace, and unwanted advances from male colleagues. One becomes involved in unsavory underworld activities, another...
14) Rage of Angels
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Jennifer Parker, a brilliant and beautiful young lawyer, survives shattering career setbacks to become one of the most successful defense attorneys in America. Jennifer's strength and beauty win the love of two powerful men but earn her the implacable hatred of a third. Adam Warner, a man of integrity born to lead his country, is tied by honor and obligation to his wife. Mafia boss Michael Moretti nearly destroys Jennifer's career before it begins....