- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; New edition edition (6 Nov 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007101872
- ISBN-13: 978-0007101870
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 579,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Dana Evans, who made her first appearance in Sidney Sheldon's The Best Laid Plans, is a spunky, good-looking, young Washington TV journalist who has recently returned to the nation's capital from the Balkans, where she adopted a handicapped war orphan who is having trouble adjusting to life in America. But that doesn't keep Dana from following a story all over the world, from Washington to Aspen, Nice, Juneau, Dusseldorf, Rome, Brussels, Moscow and Siberia. Each of these brief visits is like a postcard--a local landmark or two, an interesting local restaurant (at least in the European venues) and another piece of the puzzle, which has to do with why every member of a venerable, old Washington dynasty has died a violent death in the last year. It seems strange that in a media-savvy city like Washington, no one but Dana has noticed there is a pattern in the rapid extinction of the Winthrops or even whispered the words family vendetta. But that's why pretty, young girl TV reporters were invented, at least by Sheldon.
As Dana sets out to investigate the distinguished career of the Winthrop family patriarch, her lover Jeff, a sports anchor at her station, is called away to administer aid and succour to his former wife, a beautiful model who has realised, too little and too late, that she never should have dumped him. And Kemal, the 12-year-old orphan, is being drugged by his baby-sitter, who is in cahoots with at least one set of bad guys. Dana hasn't noticed how tractable the temperamental boy has become recently because she's been dressing up like a two-bit Russian tramp to infiltrate a secret weapons base in Siberia... Do you hear the words movie locations? But all's well that ends well, as it usually does for Sheldon's heroines, and in the meantime you've learned where the five-star hotels are and what to order in a famous restaurant in Rome. A slick, commercial, slightly thin tale told by a craftsman of the genre. --Jane Adams
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‘Fast-moving… engrossing… Sidney Sheldon is a master at giving the public what it wants.’
LA Times
'Sheldon is an author working at the height of his power' New York Times
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book isn't exactly the greatest piece of work written but I did enjoy it. I read it over two days on holiday. It's a perfect holiday book - fast paced, easy to read. Nothing too taxing on the brain!
The plot is flawed (a bit of unbelievable!) but interesting as you were kept gripped towards the very end. The characters were interesting enough but there was no great depth to them.
If you're looking to while away a few hours on a flight or at the beach you could do a lot worse. 6/10.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is your typical reporter on a goose-chase suddenly in danger of her life. The writer's style is somewhat contained in a way that he has failed to unleash the true thrill behind this book by what seems to be hurried writing. Slowed down, more depth, could've been great. I finished the book in 3 days, I admit I couldn't put it down, but it lacked style from the author.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am a very big fan of Sidney Sheldon. However, I have found his last few books disappointing in comparison to what he has done before. This one is no exception. Whilst still good compared to the average book that is out there, it is not up to the standard of some of his previous brilliant novels like Master of the Game, Rage of Angels and If Tomorrow Comes. Still worth a read though - but get it out the library.
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shockingly bad
spellbinding? No. Glamour? none. The most badly written book i've read in a long time.This was my first Sidney Sheldon book. Read more
Published 14 months ago by mrsmum
Sheldon's worst book!
I wasn't a Dana Evans fan to start with when she appeared in Best Laid Plans, but I bought this book as I own all the others and loved them. Read more
Published on 19 Dec 2008 by DebzM
Disappointing
Having seen his books on sale many times, I thought I would finally buy one. I wish I hadn't bothered. Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2008 by bookie
Predictable Sheldonian Fun
Sheldon is improbable, silly and sometimes frustrating. One of the lines that made me laugh out loud was "she warmed herself in the summer of his arms. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2008 by Graceann Macleod
Irritating
I wish I hadn't bothered reading this book.
The writing style irritated me enormously.
There are hundreds of unecessary so-called scene changes. Read more
The writing style irritated me enormously.
There are hundreds of unecessary so-called scene changes. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2008 by S. Panrucker
The Sky isn't the only thing falling...
I haven't read a Sheldon book in a few years, but those I did (Nothing Lasts Forever, The Stars Shine Down, and another about a lawyer) were all engaging page-turners. Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2007 by Moto Moto
Lazily written and poor quality
Did Sheldon write this in his sleep, or what? Seldom have I read such a lazily written book. He can't even be bothered to describe his characters; I should have stopped reading as... Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2002
Good story, could be excellent if written better.
This book is your typical reporter on a goose-chase suddenly in danger of her life. The writer's style is somewhat contained in a way that he has failed to unleash the true thrill... Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2001
A very disappointing novel, not true to form
Having been an avid Sidney Sheldon fan for many years and owning his entire collection to date, it was with great anticipation that I awaited the publication of 'The Sky Is... Read more
Published on 11 Dec 2000 by dave@thomas1.co.uk
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