If Tomorrow Comes – Sidney Sheldon

After much debate between “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and a Sidney Sheldon book, I made my first Kindle purchase, “If Tomorrow Comes” by Sidney Sheldon. I had read his ‘Master of the Game’ about a year ago and I hardly put it down before I finished it. His writing is simple, powerful with sincere thoughts of his characters, and his plots are intriguing.

The first part of ‘If Tomorrow Comes’ was vaguely familiar because the Bollywood movie ‘Ek Hasina Thi’ seemed to be loosely based on it. It took away the anticipation of what would come next. And then there was the development of Tracey Whitney from an intelligent computer operator, who now has a criminal record, to a beautiful, smart, elegant con artist who duped the rich and the famous. At times it felt like there was repetitive sequence of robbery, although it did develop her character as a more daring, challenge-seeking woman.

The relationship between Tracy Whitney and Jeff Stevens is well developed and is a fun read. The later half of the book, although predictable, is interesting and you feel the urge to see it to the end. I hardly got a chance to put the book (or more precisely, my Kindle) down.

As a whole, I wasn’t as impressed as I was after reading the ‘Master of the Game’, but nonetheless, although late, I’ve come to admire Sidney Sheldon as one of the best crime thriller writer. Given that he has sold more than 400 million copies, that should come as no surprise to anyone.

Maybe, I will try and read some of his other works during the winter break, after I get done with heaps of class-work that haunts me every night.

Rating: 3.5/5

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