The 11 best Sidney Sheldon novels

American writer and Hollywood producer, Sidney Sheldon has been a master thriller writer, an unsurpassed favourite among millions of readers. Popular for his racy thrillers that are studded with mystery, crime, passion, and lust, Sidney Sheldon’s novels have been claimed to be the most compelling ones in the genre, if not addictive. Here’s presenting 10 of his most sensational novels ever.
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Sheldon’s first novel, The Naked Face follows the psychoanalyst Judd Stevens who must crack into the mind of a murderer or else he will find himself arrested for a murder. Winner of a number of awards, this racy thriller tells the story of a doctor who finds two of his associates killed and Stevens has to track down his patients, one of whom might be responsible for such neurotic behaviour.
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Beautiful and idealistic Tracy Whitney is framed into a 15-year sentence. With her smart wits, she fights back to destroy the untouchable crime lords who put her there. With her dazzling ingenuity, Tracy embarks on a series of extraordinary escapades that sweep her across the globe.
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A saga of greed, betrayal, sabotage, and danger, the book follows the pharmaceutical family company Roffe and Sons, an international empire filled with desperate, money-crazed family members. At its head, one of the wealthiest men in the world, dies in a mysterious accident and leaves his only daughter, Elizabeth, in control of the company, the money vultures swoop in on her for the taste of fortune and inheritance.
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The novel follows computer whiz Ashley Patterson who believes she is being stalked. It’s a story of three people, Ashley, her co-worker, and the beefcake artist Alette Peters who know nothing about each other until they are linked by a murder investigation that will lead to one of the most bizarre trials of the century.
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The story centres around Catherine Douglas, tragedy-stricken and driven with amnesia, who desperately tries to return to reality. With an aim to challenge her husband’s murderer, the dangerous Greek shipping tycoon Constantin Demiris, Cartherine arrives in the carefree playgrounds of post-war Europe, where Demitris too, has his sights on her.
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The rich and powerful Kate Blackwell has parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. An indomitable spirit, Kate has been stopped by nothing that would come between her dreams from coming real. Carrying a dark past and uncompromising future, Kate Blackwell is master of the game each time.
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This medical thriller traces the twisty lives of three female doctors, each having a story of their own. The book races from the life and death decision of a big San Francisco hospital to the tension-packed fireworks of a murder trial. It lays bare the ambitions and fears of healers and killers, lover and betrayers.
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The novel focusses on Jennifer Garner, an attorney whose life takes an unexpected turn when she is wrongly accused of being involved with the Mafia. Trying to save her son’s life, Jennifer gets involved in the unlawful dealings of the Mafia and the head man Moretti himself.
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This racy thriller follows the life of a young professor of Eastern Europe Studies and a mother of two, who is appointed the U.S. Ambassador to an Iron Curtain country. Mary Ashley, the protagonist, soon discovers that someone is out to kill her. She must learn who the assassin is and the motive behind the contract.
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The book features Noelle Page and Catherine Alexander, each coming from different social backgrounds, who at different points in time, end up marrying the same guy. Jealousy, conflict, and vengeance are central to the story where Catherine becomes a bone of contention for Noelle, who having risen high up in social ladder, plans to have Larry all to herself.
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The novel centres around Commander Robert Bellamy of US Naval Intelligence who is dispatched on a top-secret mission. A weather balloon carrying sensitive military information has crashed in Switzerland and Bellamy has to locate the ten witnesses to the incident so that they can be sworn to secrecy.
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