The Sky is Falling - Sidney Sheldon

The Sky is Falling Author: Sydney Sheldon Pages: 394 Sydney Sheldon has written some very popular fiction thrillers including the 'The other side of Midnight', Rage of Angels, Master of the Game, Bloodline, Windmills of the Gods , The Doomsday Conspiracy among the others. Most of his novels have been number one International bestsellers. Some of his books have been made into highly successful Television mini-series. He has also written screenplay for scores of motion pictures including 'Easter Parade' starring Judy Garland. Sydney Sheldon is now included in the Guiness Book of Records as ' The ... more

This is Sidney Sheldon’s latest novel, which has been highly acclaimed by the New York Times. It was first published in hardback form in 2000 and now is widely available in paperback too. It is published by HarperCollins at a recommended retail price of £5.99 but in fact I bought mine from Woolworth’s for £3.84. The story follows Dana Evans, a 27 year- old anchorwoman from an American TV network, who has just returned home to Washington after covering the violence in Sarajevo. With her she brings back Kemal, a Serbian orphan whom she plans to adopt, after her marriage to Jeff, a ... more

If your new to crime and thriller books then Sidney Sheldon is a good place to start. His books aren't full of complicated technical jargon that makes reading slow and heavy going. His books flow nicely and you find yourself reading from cover to cover if time allows you. The Sky is Falling has all the twists and intrigue that you would expect from a crime novel without bogging you down with unneccesary facts and figures. The female main character, Dana Evans is a TV anchorwoman, suffering burnout after months in the field, reporting on war-torn Sarajevo. Now back home along with a 12 year old ... more

A TV anchorwoman from Washington, DC is convinced that a series of murders are linked and she travels the world to prove it. However, the closer she comes to discovering the truth, the closer she comes to endangering her own life. ‘The Sky Is Falling’ is an incredibly easy to read. Since there are huge gaps between the paragraphs, the novel is actually a lot shorter than it appears. In addition, the majority of the plotting is done through dialogue and there are very few descriptive, or even long, paragraphs. To me, it did not ring quite true that this TV anchorwoman could travel ... more

The Sky is Falling, an international best-seller by Sidney Sheldon, elucidates how a TV anchorwoman, Dana Evans, finds it just impalpable that the series of deaths in the legendary Winthrop family, in a short span of a year, is nothing but a mere coincidence! She follows her intuition that there is more to this tragedy than the eye can see! She looks into the intricacies of this enigmatic crisis, endangering her life at every step! She is derided by many…but does not give up!! Does she succeed in her goal? Or is she just a victim of her impulsiveness? This book written by Sidney Sheldon takes ... more