For Mary Ashley has been marked for death by the world's most proficient and mysterious assassin, and plunged into a nightmare of espionage, kidnapping and terror. Only two people – both powerfully attractive and ultimately enigmatic men – can offer her help. But soon she comes to believe that one of them is out to kill her.
From Wikipedia:
Mary Ashley, a professor at Kansas State University, is offered an ambassadorship by Paul Ellison, the US president. She rejects the offer because her husband, Dr. Edward Ashley, does not want to leave his medical practice, and she is not willing to be separated from him. She also feels that it is harder to find a good doctor for a small Kansas town than an ambassador to a foreign country. When her husband suddenly dies in a suspicious traffic accident, Ashley accepts the President's offer in order to fill the void in her life. She is sent to Romania, behind the Iron Curtain,
where she finds that everyone is conspiring against her. She's on the
glinting edge of East-West confrontation, a beautiful and accomplished
scholar who has suddenly become the new US ambassador to an Iron Curtain
country, a woman who is about to dramatically change the course of
world events – if she lives. For Mary Ashley has been marked for death
by the world's most proficient and mysterious assassin, and plunged into
a nightmare of espionage, kidnapping and terror.
Review:
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Sidney Sheldon |
A fast – paced thriller novel that stretches across
countries. Sidney
proves yet again that he is the Master in story – telling. The way the
characters are developed, their innocent portrayal are all typical Sidney style. Mary
Ashley, a loving mother and passionate teacher is made the Ambassador to Romania. The
series of events that follow make her run for her death as she is stalked by an
international group. A cold – blooded killer is on the loose and every page
increases the tension of who the killer is. The character of Mike Slade is done
with precision and one would never have thought that he is the one who is
trying to save Mary. Finally in the last few pages, all the characters show
their true faces. Sidney manages to give a feel
of what America and Romania are
like. Both are completely different countries as far as their Governments and
people are concerned. The twists at the end served to increase my passion on
Sidney Sheldon.
A must – read novel for everyone. Please don’t miss it
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