Book Review: The Sky is Falling

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

The Sky is Falling     Amazon US HC Amazon UK HC Amazon Canada HC
Sidney Sheldon
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Woman Main Character   Thriller
Morrow, Aug 2000, $26.00, 318 pp.

TV journalist Dana Evans looks forward to returning to the DC beat after a harrowing time spent reporting on the atrocities in Sarajevo. Accompanying her back to the States is her newly adopted adolescent son Kemal whose family died during the war in Serbia. Dana knows Kemal psychologically suffers from the horrors of his recent life and feels she must spend quality time with him.

Upon her return, Dana interviews charismatic senatorial candidate Gary Winthrop, but the next day he is found murdered. Dana quickly realizes that he is the fifth member of the wealthy Winthrop scion to die in the last year. Unable to resist such a powerful story of either a vendetta or a conspiracy, Kate begins to investigate. The story takes her around the world leaving her no time for Kemal. As she learns the source of the Winthrop millions, the killers targets Kate and Kemal as future victims.

Best-selling author Sidney Sheldon has another numero uno novel with the exciting THE SKY IS FALLING. The story line never slows down for the audience to catch its breath as Mr. Sheldon sends his heroine careening down one dangerous event after another as Kate travels throughout Europe. The audience will need to believe that in this era of the Internet and cable TV, Kate is the only individual who sees a link between the Winthrop murders. That aside, the plot retains all the tension and excitement that has made Mr. Sheldon a master of entertainment as proven by his being the only person to win an Oscar, a Tony, an Edgar, and a zillion writing awards.

Harriet Klausner

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