The Stars Shine Down is Sidney Sheldons twelfth and most passionate novel, set against the glamorous world of international business and featuring a complex and compelling heroine faced with a series of life-shattering decisions.
Lara Cameron is young and beautiful. Rising from a past she seeks to repress, she achieves her wildest ambition, creating a much envied business empire. Then, overnight, all that has gone before, her fortune, her achievements, and her marriageeverythingis at risk.
Paul Martin, a brilliant but mysterious lawyer who is captivated by Lara, finally is faced with her desire for independence and his own compulsion no to let her go.
Howard Keller, Laras longtime friend and mentor, is torn between loyalty to her and maintaining a terrifying secret, one that must never be revealedespecially to Lara.
It is Philip Adler who offers Lara an exciting new world, but at a devastating price that threatens to destroy them both.
From Scotland to Nova Scotia, New York to London, Rome to Reno, The Stars Shine Down is classic Sidney Sheldon, featuring the startling shocks and amazing surprises millions of readers have come to expect and love. It is also a highlight in a continuum of virtuoso performances by the man everyone turns to for irresistible romance, cliff-hanger suspense, and the totally unexpected.
西德尼·谢尔顿(Sidney Sheldon 1917—2007) 当代美国著名作家。2007年1月30日在洛杉矶逝世,享年89岁。他是世界上唯一集奥斯卡奖、托尼奖和爱伦·坡奖于一身的作家,前17本小说全部登上过《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜的榜首。根据吉尼斯世界纪录的记载,他是世界上被翻译得最多的作家,他的作品被译成51种语言,引介到180个国家和地区,全球总销量超过3亿册。
和西德尼谢尔顿的其他作品一样,这本书是非常成功的畅销书。情节紧凑吸引人,一拿起来就放不下。等飞机、坐地铁的时候看最合适,可以很快的投入进去而感觉不到时间的流逝。 其他的要求就不要太高,思想深度啦,哲学基础啦谈不上;消磨时间,愉悦身心足以。
2013-11
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评分挺喜欢的,女主刚遇到Paul的时候,我想,莫不是和天使的愤怒情节撞了吧。后来才发现并不是,没有作者其他作品那么刺激,但是结局耐人寻味。
评分贷款。盖房子。贷款。盖房子。贷款。盖房子。贷款。盖房子。啊遇到一个老男人!睡他!盖房子!睡他!盖房子!啊遇到一个帅哥!睡他!睡他!睡他!差评!
评分基本上能猜到结局。除了几个主角,最欣赏的人物是Lara的秘书Marian,善良又聪明。“I think i understand her better thanyou do. Lara is maddly in love with you.She would do anyting to hold on to you.""let's forget all this, If you bring this up to her, it won't do any good, and it will only make things worse between the two fo you, i can easily find another job","life is not always fair"