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Sidney Sheldon

    11 février 1917 – 30 janvier 2007

    Cet auteur américain a acquis une renommée grâce à son style narratif distinctif, tissant des intrigues captivantes avec des aperçus profonds de la psyché humaine. Ses œuvres, souvent situées sur fond d'ambition et d'intrigue, explorent les thèmes du pouvoir, de la trahison et de la résilience. La maîtrise de Sheldon dans la création de suspense et le développement de personnages inoubliables a cimenté son statut de conteur prééminent. Les lecteurs sont attirés par sa capacité à les tenir en haleine jusqu'à la dernière page.

    Sidney Sheldon
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    Un plan infaillible
    Matin, midi et soir
    Rien n'est éternel
    Jennifer ou la Fureur des anges
    Quand reviendra le jour
    • Quand reviendra le jour

      • 262pages
      • 10 heures de lecture

      Tracy Whitney est jeune, belle, intelligente et fiancée à un homme de bonne famille. Elle semble avoir tout pour elle, mais sa naïveté la conduit à tomber dans une piège élaboré par un syndicat criminel, et elle se retrouve emprisonnée pour un vol d'œuvres d'art qu'elle n'a pas commis. La vie en prison devient pour elle une école de brutalité, et à sa sortie, elle est profondément changée : désillusionnée et obsédée par la vengeance. Armée de son intelligence et de sa beauté, elle s'engage dans une quête systématique pour anéantir ses ennemis. Cependant, le prix de sa revanche est élevé, car la société lui refuse la possibilité de retrouver une vie normale. Tracy se défend à sa manière, devenant une super-voleuse qui dépouille les riches de leurs biens accumulés. Ni Interpol, qui la traque à travers l'Europe, ni le brillant détective d'assurances Daniel Cooper ne peuvent l'arrêter. Seul Jeff Stevens, un homme aussi fascinant qu'elle, se mesure à elle…

      Quand reviendra le jour
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    • Jennifer ou la Fureur des anges

      • 610pages
      • 22 heures de lecture

      Les aventures d'une jeune et brillante avocate dont l'ascension fulgurante est brisě par l'intervention de la mafia et dont le corps sinon le coeur balance entre un redoutable gangster et un futur pršident des Etats-Unis. Un roman d'amour et de suspense destin ̌au grand public. [SDM].

      Jennifer ou la Fureur des anges
      4,0
    • Paige Taylor a délibérément abrégé la vie d'un de ses malades, à l'hôpital où elle est médecin. Par amitié, par compassion, dit-elle. Oui, mais ce malade, déshéritant sa famille, lui a laissé un million de dollars... Jugée pour meurtre devant le tribunal de San Francisco, elle risque la peine capitale. Mais que s'est-il réellement passé entre elle et le mourant ? Est-il vrai, comme on le murmure, que Paige n'en est pas à sa première victime ? Nous découvrirons les réponses en reparcourant la carrière de Paige et celle de deux autres jeunes femmes médecins, Honey Taft et Hat Hunter. Trois femmes marquées par leur passé, animées par la vocation, dans un monde où l'urgence du quotidien décuple haines et passions... Un thriller médical où se conjuguent l'authenticité et le suspense.

      Rien n'est éternel
      3,9
    • Matin, midi et soir

      • 345pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      La mort du milliardaire Harry Stanford, tombé de son yacht au large de la Corse, provoque la stupeur dans les médias du monde entier. A Boston, lors de la réunion familiale qui suit les obsèques, une jeune femme d'une remarquable beauté vient troubler le jeu de la succession : prétendant être la fille de l'homme d'affaires, elle revendique sa part... Faut-il ajouter foi à ses dires, ou n'est-elle qu'une aventurière ? Dans la course à la vérité qui s'engage, vont apparaître les haines, les chantages, les trafics, les mensonges qui tissent le passé du défunt. De Paris à la Floride, de la Riviera italienne à la haute société de Boston, le romancier de Rien n'est éternel nous mène à un train d'enfer vers des révélations impitoyables sur l'envers de la respectabilité à l'américaine.

      Matin, midi et soir
      3,7
    • Un plan infaillible

      • 318pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      He wanted power. Oliver Russell is fated to rise to the pinnacle of power, President of the United States. She wanted revenge. Leslie Stewart is his betrayed fiancee. Amassing her own media empire, on her fortieth birthday, she looks back. What went wrong?

      Un plan infaillible
      3,7
    • Sélection du livre

      Le gran sillon. Le choix du docteur duncan. Les dames de missalonghi .Un ange aa bucarest

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    • Sidney Sheldon's After the Darkness LP

      • 546pages
      • 20 heures de lecture

      Set against a backdrop of love and betrayal, this gripping narrative unfolds a complex story of vengeance and redemption. Building on the legacy of Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game, it promises a thrilling journey filled with unexpected twists that culminate in a shocking and triumphant conclusion. Readers will be captivated by the intense emotions and intricate relationships that drive the plot forward.

      Sidney Sheldon's After the Darkness LP
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    • He wanted power. Oliver Russell is fated to rise to the pinnacle of power, President of the United States. She wanted revenge. Leslie Stewart is his betrayed fiancee. Amassing her own media empire, on her fortieth birthday, she looks back. What went wrong?

      Xbest Laid Plans
      4,0
    • Master of the Game

      • 496pages
      • 18 heures de lecture

      WHO IS KATE BLACKWELL? She is the symbol of success, the beautiful woman who parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Winner of a unique position among the wealthy and world-renowned. And she's a survivor, indomitable as her father, the man who returned from the edge of death to wrench a fortune in diamonds from the bleak South African earth. Now, celebrating her ninetieth birthday, Kate surveys the family she has manipulated, dominated, and loved: the fair and the grotesque, the mad and the mild, the good and the evil -- her winnings in life. Is she the... MASTER OF THE GAME?

      Master of the Game
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    • The master storyteller's legacy continues. An elusive and shadowy killer is on the prowl, codenamed the Angel of Death.

      Sidney Sheldon’s Angel of the Dark
      4,1
    • Tell Me Your Dreams

      • 354pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Ashley Patterson is a beautiful, shy, lonely computer whiz, and is convinced she is being stalked. Coworker Toni Prescott is a gorgeous Brit with a penchant for internet dating and little time for anyone else. And Alette Peters prefers her weekends quiet and in the arms of a beefcake artist. They know virtually nothing about each other -- until the three women are linked by a murder investigation that will lead to one of the most bizarre trials of the century.

      Tell Me Your Dreams
      4,0
    • Windmills of the Gods

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      This classic best-selling thriller races from the White House to the romance of Paris and the shady menace of Cold War Bucharest as a young woman ambessador faces unseen and powerful enemies plotting her and her children's destruction.

      Windmills of the Gods
      3,9
    • The silent widow

      • 448pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      New York Times Bestselling Author Sweeping from Mexico City to the dark underbelly of LA, The Silent Widow has all the trademark glamour, suspense and unexpected twists of a classic Sidney Sheldon novel.

      The silent widow
      3,8
    • Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game

      • 528pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      The spellbinding sequel to Sidney Sheldon's MASTER OF THE GAME, one of the most glamorous and suspenseful tales ever told...

      Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game
      3,8
    • The Other Side of Midnight

      • 608pages
      • 22 heures de lecture

      A beautiful French actress whose craving for passion and vengeance takes her from the gutters of Paris to the bedroom of a powerful billionaire; a dynamic Greek tycoon who never forgets an insult, never forgives an injury; and a handsome war hero lured from his wife by another woman. From Paris to Washington, Hollywood to the islands of Greece, The Other Side of Midnight is the story of four star-crossed lives enmeshed in a deadly ritual of passion, intrigue and corruption.

      The Other Side of Midnight
      3,8
    • Memories of midnight

      • 404pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      In THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT, they played the ultimate game of love, lust, and death. Now, in MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT, the survivors meet to play one last time... Shadowed by tragedy and burdened by amnesia, a beautiful woman desperately tries to return to reality. She is Catherine Douglas, destined to once again challenge the cruel, charismatic power of Constantin Demiris, the Greek shipping tycoon who murdered Catherine's husband. Now, in the glittering capitals and carefree playgrounds of post-war Europe, Demiris sets his deadly sights on Catherine -- and the single, treacherous secret whose shattering truth is known to her alone...

      Memories of midnight
      3,8
    • Sands of Time

      • 292pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Spain. A land of eternal passion and unceasing bloodshed. From the vengeance of a pitiless tyrant, four women flee the sacred, once-safe walls of a convent: LUCIA, the proud survivor harboring a murderous secret from the savage clan wars of Sicily...GRACIELLA, the beauty still unpurged of guilt from one reckless, youthful sin...MEGAN, the orphan seeking perilous refuge in the arms of a defiant Basque rebel...and TERESA, the believer haunted by a faith that mocks her with silence. Leaving innocence but not hope behind, they venture into an alien, dazzling world, where each will encounter an unexpected destiny -- and the truth about herself.

      Sands of Time
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    • Lara Cameron is a famous powerful wealthy New York building developer who struggled from brutal poverty in Glace Bay, a banker who took her body as part of her first deal, to Chicago, banker Keller whose love she takes lightly for granted. As her skyscrapers and boutique hotels tower on earth, she is at the top of a male dominated field. She lies and cheats to close a deal, making cruel enemies. She is forty, beautiful, glamorous, insecure, ruthless, vulnerable, secretly generous, rich - and still wants more. She marries an international concert pianist, the Lochinvar of her childhood dreams, but aomeone puts him in the hospital and threatens to take down her empire.

      The Stars Shine Down
      3,7
    • Are You Afraid of the Dark?

      • 398pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      The new novel from Sidney Sheldon promises to captivate his millions of fans worldwide, destined for bestseller lists like his previous works. In New York, Denver, Paris, and Berlin, four individuals have died in seemingly unrelated accidents. Two widows of the deceased find themselves under relentless attack, leading them to unite in fear and confusion for mutual protection. Their plight raises questions: Are they being targeted due to one woman's role as a prosecution witness in a high-profile criminal trial, or is there a deeper connection to the mysterious circumstances surrounding their husbands' deaths? Concurrently, Tanner Kingsley, the CEO of a rapidly growing international Think Tank, is on the verge of a groundbreaking discovery that could change the world. This revelation holds the potential for immense power, but could it be linked to the recent deaths? The two women, though vastly different—Diane Stevens, a well-connected artist from the Upper East Side, and another with a troubled past—must navigate this perilous situation. With taut suspense and vivid characterization, the story presents an unnervingly realistic premise that could impact our lives, showcasing Sheldon at his finest.

      Are You Afraid of the Dark?
      3,7
    • Sidney Sheldon's Reckless

      • 407pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      #1 New York Times bestselling author Sidney Sheldon s most popular and enduring heroine Tracy Whitney of If Tomorrow Comes and Sidney Sheldon s Chasing Tomorrow is back with another story of heart-stopping twists and breathtaking action. Once upon a time, Tracy Whitney was one of the best thieves in the business. Then she settled down, had a baby, and planned to spend the rest of her days quietly, living anonymously, devoted to her son. But tragic news has forced Tracy to face her greatest nightmare. Now, with nothing left to protect, she returns to the hunt and she s more dangerous than ever. Tracy is not the only woman with a dark and dangerous past. The world faces a new terror threat from a group of global hackers intent on the collapse of capitalism and private wealth and the creation of a new world order. When this group turn to violence, with deadly effect, the mysterious woman pulling their strings becomes the CIA s public enemy number one. Only one clever and ruthless woman is capable of tracking down the terrorist: Tracy. But as Tracy discovers, the truth proves as elusive as her target. Hampered by corruption and enemies masked as allies, Tracy will be pushed to the brink, where she must face her darkest demons. But just how reckless will a person become when she have nothing left to lose?"

      Sidney Sheldon's Reckless
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    • A stranger in the mirror

      • 302pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Toby Temple is a superstar, the world's funniest man. He gets any woman that he wants, but under the superstar image is a lonely man. Jill Castle is a sensuous starlet. She has a dark and mysterious past and has an ambition even greater than Toby's. Together they rule Hollywood.

      A stranger in the mirror
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    • The Sky Is Falling

      • 398pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      The Winthrops are America's royal family, and its Prince Charming is the sexy, charismatic Gary Winthrop. Now the man on his way to becoming the Senate's brightest new star is found murdered in his home-the latest in a series of incidents that have killed five members of the family in a single year. One of the last people to see Gary Winthrop alive is Washington anchorwoman Dana Evans. She makes it her mission to investigate these seemingly random tragedies, little realizing that her search will sweep her across several continents, place her and her young son in grave danger, and lead her to a truth that will astound the world.

      The Sky Is Falling
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    • Sheldon's sweeping saga of greed and betrayal, sabotage and danger, and the ties that can kill... Roffe and Sons is a family firm, an international empire filled with desperate, cash-hungry family members. At its head was one of the wealthiest men in the world, a man who has just died in a mysterious accident and left his only daughter, Elizabeth, in control of the company. Now as this intelligent, tough, and beautiful young woman dares to save -- not sell -- Roffe and Sons, she will have to outwit those who secretly want her power, and the unknown assassin who wants her life.

      Bloodline
      3,6
    • Sidney Sheldon's Chasing Tomorrow

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Tracy Whitney never wanted to settle down. Responsible for some of the world's most astounding heists with her brilliant, charming partner Jeff Stevens, she's enjoyed the danger and relished the intensity of life on the wild side. But she's had enough of conning the rich and corrupt out of their ill-gotten fortunes. The one thing that would make her life complete now is marriage and a child with Jeff. But first, Tracy must finish one last job. An unexpected encounter with an old enemy triggers a series of disturbing events that Tracy never anticipated, raising terrifying ghosts she thought were dead and buried.

      Sidney Sheldon's Chasing Tomorrow
      3,5
    • The Other Side of Me

      • 369pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      A high spirited memoir of Sidney Sheldon's early life that provides as compulsively readable and racy narrative as any of his bestselling novels.

      The Other Side of Me
      3,4
    • The psychiatrist's couch holds many secrets. Can it also hold the key to a series of brutal murders? The thrilling first novel from the internationally bestselling Master of Suspense. Two murders, one victim murdered in the street in a gruesome but apparently arbitrary attack. The other brutally tortured and left to die in agony. Now it's the turn of psychoanalyst Dr Judd Stevens... In a chilling game of cat and mouse, Judd must become the hunter rather than the hunted if he wants to stay alive. Working with the mindset of a detective, he must analyse his patients, searching for a motive, clues, reasons. Could it be Teri Washburn, Hollywood starlet, thrown out of tinsel town in scandal and now addicted to sex? Could it be Harrison Burke, top business man and disturbed paranoiac? Or could it be Alexander Fallon, a crazed evangelist, convinced that God has chosen him to avenge all sin in the world? In this deadly game, there can only be one winner...If Judd is to survive he must play the game to win. This is Sidney Sheldon's first novel - a gripping, intense thriller that brought him fame as a bestselling novelist.

      The naked face
      3,4
    • Navy Commander Bellany is assigned to investigate the crash of a weather balloon in the Swiss Alps. However, for him it is also the beginning of a journey of terror into the incomprehensible.

      The Doomsday conspiracy
      3,4
    • Reader's Digest Im Schatten Der Gotter; Funf Minuten Verspatung; Mutter Macht Geschichten; Zerreissprobe

      Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher
      2,5
    • Meisterdiebin und Racheengel: Ein packender Thriller um eine Frau auf der Suche nach Gerechtigkeit – von Sidney Sheldon, dem Großmeister spannender Unterhaltung. Tracy Whitney ist jung, intelligent, wunderschön und steht kurz vor der Hochzeit mit einem der begehrtesten Junggesellen Philadelphias. Nicht jeder gönnt ihr dieses Glück. Tracy wird Opfer einer hinterhältigen Intrige und schließlich fälschlicherweise des versuchten Mordes bezichtigt und verurteilt. Als sie aus dem Gefängnis entlassen wird, ist sie nicht mehr die unbeschwerte Frau, die sie vorher war. Angetrieben von ihrem sehnsüchtigen Wunsch nach Gerechtigkeit, schmiedet sie einen Racheplan und zeigt ihren Widersachern, mit wem sie sich besser nicht angelegt hätten ...

      Diamanten-Dynastie. Kalte Glut
      3,7
    • "Zeit der Vergeltung" ist eine fesselnde Lektüre, die garantiert Bestsellerlisten erobern wird. Sie zieht die Leser bis zur letzten Seite in ihren Bann und zeigt Sheldons unvergleichliches Talent im Schreiben.

      Zeit der Vergeltung Das Erbe. Zwei Thriller in einem Band
      2,7
    • Yoneo Matsumoto, empresario japones, y su esposa mueren en un accidente de avion en los Estados Unidos. Segun el testamenteo su hijo Masao recibe todos su bienes quedan para Masao. Ese mismo dia, Masao escucha accidentalmente que su tio, planea eliminarlo para quedar al frente de la empresa. Desesperado, Masao huye. Esta solo y sin dinero en un pais desconocido. La persecucion comienza...

      Persecucion
      3,3
    • Geheime dromen

      • 304pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Een jonge Amerikaanse wordt beschuldigd van moord op vijf mannen, maar zij beweert dat ze onschuldig is en hen niet eens allemaal heeft gekend.

      Geheime dromen
    • Robert Bellamy, un comandante della Marina statunitense, riceve l'incarico di indagare sulla caduta di un pallone sonda sulle Alpi svizzere, innanzitutto rintracciando e interrogando i vari testimoni dell'accaduto. Un compito come tanti altri? Nient'affatto. Perché, a partire da questo momento, l'uomo si avventura in un terrorizzante viaggio nell'incomprensibile. Da Washington a Londra, da Zurigo a Roma a Parigi, la vicenda si dipana in un crescendo di sequenze mozzafiato, mettendo a nudo il passato di Bellamy: perché la donna che ama non può ricambiare il suo sentimento? Che cos'ha spinto i suoi migliori amici a trasformarsi in nemici mortali? Come mai non dev'essere svelato al mondo un terribile segreto protetto da una forza misteriosa e letale? Maestro della suspence e affascinante narratore, Sidney Sheldon dimostra, una volta di più, di saper "condurre il gioco" con consumata perizia, creando con questo volume, best-seller negli Stati Uniti, un thriller dal ritmo incalzante e al contempo un'irresistibile storia d'amore.

      La Congiura dell' Apocalisse
    • „Odvrácená strana půlnoci. Vzpomínky na půlnoc“ je soubor knih od autora Sidney Sheldona, který se zaměřuje na napínavé příběhy plné intrik, tajemství a dramatických zvratů. Hlavní postavou je talentovaná a ambiciózní žena, která se snaží prosadit v oblasti showbyznysu. V průběhu příběhu se setkává s různými výzvami a překážkami, které ji nutí čelit nejen vnějšímu světu, ale i vlastním démonům. Kniha se zabývá tématy jako moc, zrada, láska a pomsta, a zkoumá, jak daleko jsou lidé ochotni zajít, aby dosáhli svých cílů. Děj se odehrává v různých prostředích, od glamouru Hollywoodu po nebezpečné situace, které odhalují temné stránky lidské povahy. Postavy jsou komplexní a často se ocitají v morálních dilematech, což přidává na hloubce a napětí vyprávění. Celkově čtenář získá pohled na svět, kde se sny a realita často prolínají, a kde každé rozhodnutí může mít dalekosáhlé následky. Tato knižní sada nabízí zajímavou kombinaci thrilleru a psychologického dramatu.

      Odvrácená strana půlnoci. Vzpomínky na půlnoc
    • Het kille vuur

      • 413pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      Een Zuidafrikaanse familie komt tot grote rijkdom en macht

      Het kille vuur
    • Der Staatsanwalt von San Francisco fordert die Todesstrafe für Dr. Paige Taylor, die beschuldigt wird, einer schwerkranken Krebspatientin Sterbehilfe geleistet zu haben. Ihre Geständnis und das darauf folgende Urteil sorgen für große Aufregung.

      Die Pflicht zu schweigen, Geschenkausgabe.
    • Над этим кланом американских магнатов и политиков словно довлеет проклятие. И теперь убит еще один из членов могущественного семейства... Но кто же оборвал жизнь молодого миллиардера? Точнее - кто из его многочисленных врагов?..

      Рухнувшие небеса (Ruhnuvshie nebesa)
    • Vérvonal

      • 398pages
      • 14 heures de lecture
      Vérvonal
    • Мельницы богов

      • 348pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      A college professor, a naive Kansan, becomes the US ambassador to Romania and learns a lot about life.

      Мельницы богов
    • Сидни Шелдон (родился в 1917 г.) - один из популярнейших современных писателей. Он автор захватывающих романов, ставших бестселлерами более чем в 100 странах. Для широкого круга читателей.

      Полночные воспоминания
    • Звезды светят вниз

      • 414pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      Лара Камерон - само воплощение "американской мечты". Еще вчера у нее было ни цента, а сегодня она - королева строительной империи, одна из самых богатых и красивых женщин страны, законодательница мод

      Звезды светят вниз
    • Ster in het duister

      • 304pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Een jonge vrouw van armoedige afkomst weet in New York een imperium op te bouwen als projectontwikkelaarster.

      Ster in het duister