Nothing Lasts Forever
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Racing from the life-and-death decisions of a big San Francisco hospital to the tension-packed fireworks of a murder trial, this story lays bare the ambitions and fears of healers and killers, lovers and betrayers.
The narrative tracks three young female physicians through the grueling routines of Embarcadero County Hospital, revealing how private vulnerabilities collide with lethal emergencies.
Sheldon balances operating-room suspense against legal fireworks, orchestrating an intricate web of deceit that leads straight to the Hall of Justice.
As the book surges toward its unpredictable climax, Sidney Sheldon proves once again that no reader can outguess the master of the unexpected.
- Medical Thriller: In the understaffed trauma wards of Embarcadero County, dedicated residents confront predatory senior staff, stolen narcotics, and botched operations covered up by hospital administrators.
- Crime Thriller: When neurosurgeon Kat Hunter operates on injured mob boss Lou Dinetto, armed enforcers warn that if the patient dies on her table, her family will pay with their lives.
- Legal Thriller: Flamboyant prosecutor Gus Venable demands the death penalty, pitting his circumstantial evidence against defense attorney Alan Penn before no-nonsense Judge Vanessa Young in Courtroom 121.
- Also by This Author: Sidney Sheldon's Chasing Tomorrow, Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory and Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the Dark.
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The late novelist and screenwriter Sidney Sheldon remains one of the world's top bestselling authors, having sold more than 300 million copies of his books. Are You Afraid of the Dark? is his most recent in a long line of huge bestsellers. He is also the only writer to have won an Oscar, a Tony, and an Edgar. The Guinness Book of World Records heralds him as the most translated author in the world.
