Best Laid Plans - Sidney Sheldon

The Best Laid Plans is a 358-page long novel (this refers to the hardback edition) that races along at a breathless, suspense-filled pace that will cause most people to not be able to put it down. I know I wasn?t able to put it down until far into the night when I first read it. A brief few words on Sydney Sheldon himself: he is known for his suspense-filled and awesomely-written novels. His novels are very easy to read and always are full of action, delicious details, strong, beautiful and sometimes flawed heroines, and often have plots that are based on someone getting revenge in a truly genius way. Sheldon?s strength is character development - his characters ...

I absolutely love crime/thriller books by Sidney Sheldon. However, this book was an exception! I thought that the characters were quite weak compared to those in his other books such as 'Master of the Game', 'Morning, Noon and Night', etc and the plot was too simple. It started out quite alright and I was glued until I reached the middle where it seemed to drag on aimlessly. Somehow, after getting through that middle, Mr Sheldon started creating subplots and the lead characters seemed to be pushed aside all too suddenly. This is where it got interesting enough for me to finish reading the book. I have to admit though, that the story had a rather ...

In true Sidney Sheldon style, the book keeps you hooked from the first chapter, to the last page. In the modern word of politics remember to never cross a woman. A woman scorned becomes your worst enemy, The lead character is a ambitious man aiming high in his political career, and with the aid of his wife's father, and his money, finds the path to the whitehouse easier than most. However in the midst of his career path is one factor he is unaware of, an ex love, dumped the week before their wedding, she has her own goals to destroy his career and make him pay for the humiliation she suffered at his hands. One of Sheldon's better novels that ...