5 reviews for Are You Afraid Of The Dark?
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Are You Afraid Of The Dark?
by Sidney Sheldon
Description:
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.
About The Author
Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 January 30, 2007) was an American writer and producer.
He came to prominence in the 1930s, first working on Broadway plays and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (1947) which earned him an Academy Award. He went on to work in television, where his works spanned a 20-year period during which he created The Patty Duke Show (196366), I Dream of Jeannie (196570) and Hart to Hart (197984). He became most famous after he turned 50 and began writing best-selling romantic suspense novels, such as Master of the Game (1982), The Other Side of Midnight (1973) and Rage of Angels (1980). He is the seventh best selling fiction writer of all time.
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“Amazing Reading”
Angaan
Are you afraid of the Dark is my third novel by Sidney Sheldon, respectfully. The title of the book first caught my attention and I realized I should give it a try. As expected, I was literally blown away by the plot development as I resumed the reading. The plot development was awesome, in it’s fair sense. The flashback, which Mr. Sheldon uses became and effective tool in the plot development.The individual qualities and attributes of Mr. Sheldon’s characters give them a true-to-life resemblance of today. That’s what stories are all about. I appreciate his choose of words for the readers and I am looking forward in reading it again since I found the book in a poor condition in our library and I did my best to cure it’s bindings and to perhaps, restore it’s powerful influence and magic to it’s readers.
Vishvesh
I found this story very fascinating and interesting the story was very good and had a lot of suspense in it, at instance I read the whole book within a day, the story is about two women whose husbands were murdered and after sometime they were also tried to kill the two women escaped from death and helped each other to face troubles.At last they planned in such a way that whosoever was behind their life got killed
Shrawan
Of all the authors I have read so far…Sidney Sheldon is the one who has never disappointed me.He always comes up with breathtaking unputdownable suspense. The moment one thinks that this is it, there won’t be any more surprises BOOM!! and the biggest secret is revealed to you.The ending of his novels are always unpredictable and I simply love them for this very reason…this novel just carries his legacy forward.There is one thing that caught my attention this time; the title of the novel. I love the way he has woven the story around the title and not just given a title according to the story and BTW I just simply love the dark!!
Anupama
It seems that I’m in a Sidney Sheldon marathon this January. This is my second Sheldon novel for the month; I had Morning, Noon & Night last week. What I appreciate about Sidney Sheldon is that his books are always page-turners, the kind that makes you not want to drop the book until you get to the last page. This is the reason why I was able to finish the each of the books above for only one day.I have some problems, though, with the way Sheldon peppered the book with quite a number of flashbacks. It somehow added to my confusion especially that there are a lot of names of the characters that I have to remember.Nonetheless, this is a story pregnant with much suspense and action, and the revelation towards the ending is a strong probability worthy of discussion.