Beautiful Catherine is severely traumatised and loses her memory. When she comes to she finds herself in a remote Carmelite convent in Greece. At night she is haunted by nightmares.
When Catherine asks the Mother Superior about her past and identity, the nun is at best evasive. Then out of the blue a limousine is sent to fetch her.
She is delivered to Athens to meet Constantine Demiris, the billionaire shipping magnate who provides for her material needs and a roof under her head. He quizzes her about her memory to make sure she does not remember anything about her past life. He is happy she knows nothing for now.
Later in the day Catherine moves around the city without the knowledge of her mysterious and unlikely benefactor. Fragments of her former life flash through her brain. But before all the puzzle pieces come together, Demiris discovers what she has done. He wrenches her from Athens and sents her to London, where she does not know anyone and no one knows her.
She immerses herself in work at the company owned by Demiris, but unknown to Catherine, the sadistic, vengeful and powerful Demiris has put out a contract on her life.
The hired killer is ready. He is just waiting for the go ahead. He never misses a target.
But first, Catherine's murderer in waiting has special experiences in store for her- pain as she has never known it, for his pleasure.
Sequel to The Other Side of Midnight
Memories of Midnight is a sequel to The Other Side of Midnight.
The Other Side of Midnight introducesthe stunning and hypnotising Noelle Page and her lover, the handsome, charismatic and unforgettable Larry Douglas, who were executed for the murder of Catherine at the instigation of Demiris.
Larry Douglas was married to Catherine. When Larry met Noelle while he worked as Demiris’s pilot, he fell for her. Larry wanted to divorce Catherine to be with Noelle, but Catherine refused to give him a divorce. Noelle and Larry conspired to kill Catherine but their plan failed.
When Noelle and Larry appeared in court accused of murder, Demiris worked behind the scenes to ensure that the two were executed for a crime never committed.
Catherine alive is proof that Demiris committed a serious crime under Greek law. For that reason he cannot allow her to live. But there is another, more personal reason for which Catherine shall die.
In Memories of Midnight Demiris engages every trick of his ruthless and cunning mind to keep his secret buried while he prepares to punish Catherine. Her crime- she is the widow of Larry Douglas, the man who committed the unforgivable crime of stealing Demiris’ mistress Noelle Page.
Memories of Midnight has enough back story covering events that occured inThe Other Side of Midnight. Readers who never read the first book can still enjoy and understand it.
Memories of Midnight is great escapism but Sydney Sheldon has written better books.
More than any of Sydney Sheldon’s novels, Memories of Midnight shows that the author comes from the movie and television script writing with its short scenes and generic descriptions of people and settings.
About Sydney Sheldon
The late Sydney Sheldon was the author of eighteen bestselling novels. He wrote more than 200 television scripts and twenty five movie scripts and six Broadway scripts. He started writing novels at the age of fifty.
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First published in Great Britain by Collins 1990. ISBN 9780006178699. Price UK £6.99 paperback edition.
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