Are You Afraid of the Dark? PDF
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ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? SIDNEY SHELDON FOR ATANAS AND VERA WITH LOVE My special thanks go to my assistant, Mary Langford, whose contribution was invaluable. Contents PROLOGUE Sonja Verbrugge had no idea that this was going… CHAPTER 1 In Downtown Manhattan, in courtroom… CHAPTER 2 It was dawn before Diane could stop trembling. CHAPTER 3 The Polizeikommandant, Otto Schiffer, two… CHAPTER 4 I’m afraid I have some bad news…killed last… CHAPTER 5 At Orly, a limousine was waiting to take them to… CHAPTER 6 Kelly Harris was a roman candle that had exploded… CHAPTER 7 At four o’clock in the morning, Kelly was… CHAPTER 8 When Kelly turned ten, Ethel put her to… CHAPTER 9 The sound of the plane buzzing low overhead… CHAPTER 10 To Kelly, everything was happening at a… CHAPTER 11 At Reuilly Police Headquarters on Hénard… CHAPTER 12 From the moment people heard of Mark’s… CHAPTER 13 When Mark arrived on Saturday night, he… CHAPTER 14 Tanner Kingsley was reading the headline of… CHAPTER 15 The World Headquarters of Kingsley International… CHAPTER 16 Tanner could not stop brooding about the… CHAPTER 17 Andrew was in his office, looking at a colorful… CHAPTER 18 The following day Tanner was sitting quietly… CHAPTER 19 The words kept echoing through Diane Stevens’s… CHAPTER 20 In the coffee shop across the street from KIG… CHAPTER 21 When Kelly returned to her hotel room,… CHAPTER 22 Kelly alighted from a taxi in front of Diane’s… CHAPTER 23 Harry Flint will take good care of the women,… CHAPTER 24 The Mandarin Hotel was a seedy, two-story… CHAPTER 25 All the morning newspapers were filled with… CHAPTER 26 Harry Flint walked up to the reception desk… CHAPTER 27 When Diane awakened in the morning, Kelly… CHAPTER 28 Kelly was staring at Diane, dumbfounded. CHAPTER 29 Kathy Ordonez walked into Tanner Kingsley’s… CHAPTER 30 As Diane walked through the Delmont Hotel… CHAPTER 31 Kelly and Diane awakened at the same time. CHAPTER 32 The memorial service was being held in KIG… CHAPTER 33 Do you have a passport?” Diane asked. CHAPTER 34 On Lexington Avenue, Diane hailed a cab. CHAPTER 35 Diane and Kelly were at Barajas, the Madrid airport. CHAPTER 36 When Diane arrived in Berlin at the Tempelhof… CHAPTER 37 As Kelly approached the door of Sam Meadows’s… CHAPTER 38 Rockendorf’s is one of the outstanding restaurants… CHAPTER 39 The sound of her cell phone startled her. She… CHAPTER 40 Kelly and Diane made their way down to the… CHAPTER 41 There’s a White Lexus following us,” Kelly said. CHAPTER 42 Flint asked, “What do you want me to do with… CHAPTER 43 Kelly was the first to open her eyes. She was lying… CHAPTER 44 As they drove into White Plains, twenty-five… CHAPTER 45 It was a perfect day for flying. KIG’s 757 was speeding… CHAPTER 46 Kelly and Diane were finishing getting dressed… AFTERWORD The old Adage that everyone talks about the… ABOUT THE AUTHOR BOOKS BY SIDNEY SHELDON CREDITS COVER COPYRIGHT ABOUT THE PUBLISHER Prologue Berlin, Germany S ONJA VERBRUGGE HAD no idea that this was going to be her last day on earth. She was pushing her way through the sea of summer tourists overflowing the busy sidewalks of Unter den Linden. Don’t panic, she told herself. You must keep calm. The instant message on her computer from Franz had been terrifying. Run, Sonja! Go to the Artemisia Hotel. You will be safe there. Wait until you hear from — The message had ended suddenly. Why had Franz not finished it? What could be happening? The night before, she had heard her husband saying to someone on the telephone that Prima must be stopped at all costs. Who was Prima? Frau Verbrugge was nearing Brandenburgische Strasse, where the Artemisia was located, the hotel that catered to women only. I will wait for Franz there and he will explain to me what this is all about. WHEN SONJA VERBRUGGE reached the next corner, the traffic light had turned to red, and as she stopped at the curb, someone in the crowd bumped against her and she stumbled into the street. Verdammt touristen! A limousine that had been double-parked suddenly moved toward her, grazing her just hard enough to knock her down. People began to gather around her. “Is she all right?” “Ist ihr etwas passiert?” “Peut-elle marcher?” At that moment, a passing ambulance stopped. Two attendants from the ambulance hurried over and took charge. “We will take care of her.” Sonja Verbrugge found herself being lifted into the ambulance. The door closed, and a moment later, the vehicle sped away. She was strapped onto a gurney, trying to sit up. “I am fine,” she protested.
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