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    The Sky Is Falling
    The Sky Is Falling
    The Sky Is Falling
    Audiobook (abridged)8 hours

    The Sky Is Falling

    Written by Sidney Sheldon

    Narrated by Karen Allen

    4.5/5

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    If America had a royal family, the Taylor Winthrops would wear the crown.The popular, charismatic Winthrops have captured the imagination of the world with their public service, their enormous charity, and their glamorous lives. But in the period of one year, all five members of the are killed in a series of accidents. Beautiful young anchorwoman Dana Evans begines an investigation and stares unraveling compelling evidence that she can hardly believe.

    In her determined pursuit of the truth, Dana never anticipated the cat and mouse chase that leads her through half a dozen countries in surch of a remorseless killer. As she closes in on her suspect, the shocking secrets she uncovers Dana and her young son in dire jeopardy. Can Dana outwit her pursuers and expose the truth that will astound the world?

    A dynamite thriller filled with all the elements that have made his previous works phenomenal bestsellers, The Sky Is Falling is Sidney Sheldon at his sizzling best.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateSep 14, 2004
    ISBN9780060786588
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    Sidney Sheldon

    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.

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    Readers find this title to be a wonderful experience of an audiobook. The plot is awesome and the narrator is great. However, some find the book to be long and dragging with an abrupt end, making it one of Sidney Sheldon's less captivating works. Overall, it is an interesting and good novel by a great author. Readers hope for more audio books from his collection and loved the constant intrigue.

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    • 3/5
      Long and dragging but with an abrupt end, this is certainly one of Sidney Sheldon's less captivating works.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Whilst your typical crime mystery/suspense novel is all about who killed the person or persons in question The Sky Is Falling is about the death of five very rich family members and if they were even murders. And if so, what was the cause? The plot is excellent but I found the novel dithered a little in the second quarter before picking back up in the last half. Part of the problem may have been that you find yourself not only trying to guess what everyone's motives are, but what the heck is even going on. There's so many threads and snippets that it's puzzling as to what's happening as opposed to interesting. That's how I found it anyway.To the writer's credit the threads are all interwoven and come together nicely for a decent ending. Preferred The Naked Face & the pair of Midnight books.

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    • 4/5
      The characters are cardboard, and much of the plot is predictable. Dead bodies are piling up right and left, yet only spunky anchorwoman Dana Evans thinks something's fishy and investigates. She naively trusts everyone even as more people wind up dead. Typical Sidney Sheldon - yet I was riveted.

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    • 5/5
      The whole book was interested a very good novel Sidney Sheldon is great author. I hope you include more audio books from his novels collection
    • 5/5
      Awesome plot, sydney sheldon did it again. Narrator was great.
    • 5/5
      I loved it wonderful experience of audiobook I have ever had.
    • 3/5
      I read this book to prepare for a First Reads book that (perfect timing) arrived yesterday. I have to admit, I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was definitely worth the read, and I wouldn't mind picking it up again for a deeper read. Although, I'm not sure a deeper read is possible. This is a book where the suspense is palpable, but the characters are a little flat. If you're looking for a book where the mystery is intense, this is for you. On the other hand, if you're looking for characters to fall in love with, then put this away for another day.

      Dana Evans, lead investigative reporter for WTN, interviews a very likable philanthropist, and he is then killed in what is supposed to look like a botched art robbery. When she finds that his entire family was killed within the last year, she begins to look deeper into the mystery, finding that this beloved philanthropic family isn't at all what they seem to be... Murder, intrigue, shady men following her around, and even a "Lurch" style butler (a la the Addams Family, for those of you who didn't get the Lurch reference) are only some of the elements found in this book, and they all add to the suspense.

      I found the characters, on the other hand, to be a little dull, not in personality, but in intelligence. They all seemed to have an inability to see the facts staring them straight in the face. I couldn't believe that Dana never realized that she was being followed, or when her neighbors leave, but don't make it to their new home, she doesn't think anything of it but in passing. Meanwhile, her boss, Matt, realizes something is up, but he doesn't look into it either. We seem to have a score of reporters and various news personnel with a lack of curiosity, which I imagine is bad for business.

      Then there is the love interest and his ex-wife... Jeff, Dana's boyfriend/fiance' brings his ex-wife to lunch so the two women can meet. When the ex-wife comes down with cancer, Jeff drops everything to keep her company instead of helping Dana find a killer. But, why was she in the book at all? Her only seeming purpose was to be a distraction, but if that distraction is supposed to explain Dana's inability to see the creepy men watching her every move, then she is the worst investigative reporter I've ever seen.

      Besides, since Dana has a new child she is adopting from war-torn Sarajevo, she doesn't really need any further distractions. Kemal, the new son, doesn't really seem to be much of a distraction anyhow. She seems willing to leave him at the drop of a hat, even though he has only one arm and seems to get into a ton of trouble.

      I suppose, in hindsight, her worry for other people might be enough to keep her from seeing the danger of her situation until it's too late in several instances. For me, it was just a way to add to the suspense, which this book has in spades! I absolutely loved the level of suspense in this story. Each new bit of information leaves a million new questions unanswered, which kept me glued to the story, in spite of the lackluster characters that kept getting in the way.

      Overall, I enjoyed this book, and am looking forward to reading more.
    • 5/5
      Loved the constant intrigue.
    • 4/5
      Very fast thriller. The heroine is a little too naïve and trusting. Also bothered me that she left her young, troubled son too much with other people. Enjoyable book though.
    • 1/5
      Ok. I'd never read a book by Sheldon before, but I've seen them for salefor years. My neighbor loaned me one and I decided to give it a try. The"critics" (who are these people anyway?) on the back cover just raved andraved, calling Sheldon a "master storyteller," "Sheldon has no peer," etc.Okay, they convinced me, so I read it.This story is about a news anchor in Washington named Dana Evans (who isdrop dead gorgeous, sweet as sugar pie, conscientious as she can be, and asdumb as a sack of hammers) who begins to ask questions about the mysteriousdeaths of an entire family. The Winthrop's are as close to royalty asAmerica has, and in the course of twelve short months, every single one ofthem meets an "accidental" death. Okay, that's the whole plot. Sheuncovers this conspiracy that involves Russia and a whole shit load of highranking people all over the world, endangering her own life and the life ofthe poor Yugoslavian orphan boy with one arm that she adopted when shecovered the war in Sarajevo....Yada, yada, yada..... (Yawn)I didn't care one whit about any of these characters. The writing waschoppy and sloppy. Nothing was developed enough to make you give a crapabout it. The "bad guys" were obvious from the beginning.Have you ever had a craving for a ham sandwich? You go into the kitchen andget out the bread, the lettuce and the mayo, getting it all ready for themeat. Then you discover that someone else ate all the ham except for onetiny thin little piece of deli sliced ham...... You can put that on thebread and eat it and it's *almost* a ham sandwich. If you work at it, youmight convince yourself that you are eating a ham sandwich. But yourstomach knows the difference. That's the way it was with this book. It's*almost* a mystery. It looks like a book, you have to *read* it, like abook. But after you finish it, you still feel like you need to read amystery because this just wasn't it.I will NEVER pick up a Sidney Sheldon book again.
    • 5/5
      If America were to have a royal family, the Winthrops would wear the crown. The popular, charismatic Winthrops have captured the imagination of the entire nation, as well as the world with their public service, their myriad acts of altruistic charity, and their glamorous lives. But in a single year, all five members of the family were killed in a series of unexplained accidents.Dana Evans, a beautiful young anchorwoman with a Washington television network, believes there is a more sinister motive behind their deaths. She begins an investigation and starts uncovering compelling evidence that she can hardly believe.In Dana's determined pursuit of the truth, she never anticipated the cat-and-mouse chase that would ultimately lead her through a half dozen countries on the trail of a remorseless killer. As she closes in on her suspect, the shocking secrets Dana then unearths place both herself and her young son in dire jeopardy. In an unexpected turn of events, Dana soon becomes the hunted. Will Dana be able to outwit her pursuers and finally expose the truth that will astound the world? Readers should prepare themselves for skillful twists and turns in the plot of a dynamite thriller that has become Sidney's Sheldon's hallmark.I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. According to Shelfari's synopsis of The Sky is Falling: A Novel by Sidney Sheldon, the character of Dana Evans made her first appearance in The Best Laid Plans. However, this book can be read on its own. I give The Sky is Falling: A Novel an A!
    • 2/5
      Mein gott, what a crappy book.Dana Evans is a t.v. news anchor/former war correspondant who starts investigating the Winthrop family deaths. Um, are t.v. news anchors moonlighting as investigative reporters nowadays? I don't think they're one in the same, are they? News anchors, as far as I know, are just the faces that come on t.v. and read the news. I don't think they often get out there and do some digging around, too. Anyway...Kemal is kind of cool. He's Dana's foster son, a one-armed boy from Sarajevo. But he's pretty much a non-entity for most of the story.I don't know why Jeff and Rachel are in the story... maybe to add some personal dilemma for Dana? If so, weak. The author should've just left them out and developed Dana and Kemal as characters more.Dana thinks that a thief would be stupid to steal art because they'd get caught as soon as they re-sell it to a museum. Hello?! Art is stolen quite often. Have we not heard of underground collectors and the like? Art thiefs wouldn't be in "business" if they couldn't off their stuff somewhere.Why is Dana the ONLY one who suspects foul play when five members of the same family die violent deaths within the space of a year? Even a lay-person would realize that the chances of that happening are astronomical. And then when another person associated with the family falls 30 stories to her death, and still only Dana suspects that something is up? Come on. An author shouldn't make his/her character seem bright by making EVERYONE else in the book an absolute moron.The story finally got a bit more interesting in the last few chapters, but not really enough to redeem it. Pretty much a waste of time.
    • 3/5
      This is the first Sidney Sheldon book I've read. It was good ... reminded me of a Mary Higgins Clark book, really. The only issue I really had was where she is flying all over the place, investigating, and her employers don't even really question her about it. But, maybe that's how it is. I also thought the "boyfriend's ex-wife" subplot was pretty superfluous. In fact, the boyfriend himself was pretty superfluous. But, I'd read more of his books.
    • 3/5
      Summary: Dana Evans, newscaster extraordinaire with the perfect boyfriend and an adoptee from Kosovo, stumbles onto a conspiracy to kill off a family of impeccably behaved philanthropists. Can she figure it out before the bad guys get her?Picked up as part of a huge box lot for £60. One of the more amusing revelations from the box!This contains so many stereotypes that it’s highly entertaining. There is a “royal family” of do-gooders who are indubitably wonderful, but actually one of them had a dark secret. Our heroine is beautiful, talented, generous. Her boyfriend doesn’t get much of a description, but his ex (who is, of course, a model) is still after him. She manages to fly all over the world at a moment’s notice chasing down leads and enlists help at the Pentagon...Trashy it may be, but I thundered through this in about 4 Tube trips and loved it. As long as you’re accepting of the inevitable plot devices (quick trip to a nuclear plant in Russia, anyone?) and can ignore the are-they-aren’t-they bad guys issue, this has a snappy pace, plenty of twists and generally everything that you ask of something to read before 9 a.m.!
    • 4/5
      Good conspiracy story. Typical Sidney Sheldon style with short bursts of writing separated by spaces. Easy to read font. A New York Times Bestseller. The true story of the city of Krasnoyarsk-26 in Siberia is fascinating.