First published 1994
Catherine Douglas wakes with no memory of who she is or what she survived. What she cannot remember is that Constantin Demiris, one of the wealthiest and most ruthless men in Europe, had her husband killed. Demiris knows she carries a secret. She does not know she carries it. That gap is what keeps her alive, for now. As Catherine slowly pieces herself back together, she moves through the glittering cities and resort towns of postwar Europe, unaware that Demiris is watching her every step. He built an empire by eliminating threats before they could act. Catherine is a threat. The question is whether she will recover her memory before he decides she already knows too much. Sidney Sheldon builds the tension through two people moving toward a collision, one calculating every move and one who does not yet know she is in the game. This is a direct sequel to The Other Side of Midnight, but the stakes here are entirely Catherine's own.
Genres: fiction, suspense, mystery, adult, adult-fiction, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, fast-paced, suspenseful, tension-filled
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, dangerous-obsession, unreliable-memory
Setting: Europe, Postwar Europe
Period: Postwar period
392 pages · Paperback · Harper Collins Publisher
Content warnings: death, murder