The Stars Shine Down. Sidney Sheldon

      SIDNEY SHELDON

       THE STARS SHINE DOWN

Dedication

       This one is for Morton Janklow,A Man for All Seasons

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Part One

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Part Two

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Part Three

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Chapter Twenty-Two

       Chapter Twenty-Three

       Chapter Twenty-Four

       Chapter Twenty-Five

       Chapter Twenty-Six

       Chapter Twenty-Seven

       Chapter Twenty-Eight

       Chapter Twenty-Nine

       Part Four

       Chapter Thirty

       Chapter Thirty-One

       Chapter Thirty-Two

       Chapter Thirty-Three

       Chapter Thirty-Four

       Chapter Thirty-Five

       Acknowledgements

       Books By Sidney Sheldon

       About the Author

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

Epigraph

      The stars shine down

      And watch us live Our little lives And weep for us.

      MONET NODLEHS

Part One

       Chapter One

       Thursday, September 10, 1992 8:00 p.m.

      The 727 was lost in a sea of cumulus clouds that tossed the plane around like a giant silver feather. The pilot’s worried voice came over the speaker.

      ‘Is your seat belt fastened, Miss Cameron?’

      There was no response.

      ‘Miss Cameron … Miss Cameron …’

      She was shaken out of a deep reverie. ‘Yes.’ Her thoughts had been drifting to happier times, happier places.

      ‘Are you all right? We should be out of this storm soon.’

      ‘I’m fine, Roger.’

      Maybe we’ll get lucky and crash, Lara Cameron thought. It