The master of insipid novels wrote his ultimate masterpiece (if we can call it by this name) in 1973. THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT is a real page-turner, you will read it in two days maximum... Of course, the usual Sheldon's flaws are all there for everyone interested to see (read) them, but I think this book is the benchmark for the expression "guilty pleasure..."

THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT is silly, insipid and over the top. A mess of a book. But an enjoyable mess. So much so it is unputdownable. Sheldon never falters from his high-gloss, nonstop suspense formula and delivers the melodrama goods with panache and style. His unidimensional characters may go through every impossible situation known to man but, boy, are the chapters engrossing. His scenes are as tight as his heroines' perfect attributes. He may not have written the All-American novel, but he has winningly delivered a bubble gum treat worthy of any beach read seeker.-----Martin Boucher

This book was yet another good one from sidney sheldon.The story is about two women ,Noelle and Catherine who both fall in love with the same man Larry.Larry promises noelle that he would marry her but then he has told it to many women.Noelle beleives him and then realises what had happened and then seekes revenge on Larry who is married to Catherine in a different country.Another important character in this story is that of Constantine Demeris who is a very rich Greek man and Noelle uses him without his knowledge to destroy Larry.
Also I would like to point out the mistake that Sidney Sheldon has made : on page 246 in 'the other side of midnight it is told that Melina (Demeris's wife)told her outraged parents that Demeris had many affairs. But in ' memories of midnight' (part two in this two part series) on page 47 it is told that Melina lost both her parents when she was thirteen . How can this be????

This is one of my absolute favorite books. It's one of those that you just cannot put down. I don't want to ruin the end, which is the best part, but it is mind-blowing!

This is Sidney Sheldon at his best, writing about romantic entanglements, reverses of fortune, thrilling suspense, and ultimate justice. Beautiful but poor Parisiene Noelle Page falls madly in love with American flyer Larry Douglas during WWII. When she becomes pregnant, he deserts her, thus setting her on a path of revenge that consumes her very being. Ruthlessly driven, she becomes a supermodel, movie star, and finally, as mistress to mega-rich Constantin Demiris, Noelle is reunited with Larry. Will she make him pay for what he did to her... or will she fall under his spell again?

Noelle, Larry, and his innocent wife, Catherine, are such fascinating, memorable characters that you won't want to stop reading until you find out what happens to them next. The story takes us from a poor French fishing village to Paris, then Hollywood and Athens, and the excitement keeps building and building as Noelle comes closer to tying up lose ends with the dastardly Larry, who proves to be her match when it comes to plotting evil. But don't underestimate Noelle's lover, Demiris, who will use all of his resources to get what he wants.

While this novel is enjoyable on its own, the story continues in Sheldon's "Memories of Midnight."

Kona