Book description
One of Sidney Sheldon's most popular and bestselling titles, repackaged and reissued for a new generation of fans.
The daughter of a rich and powerful father, Elizabeth Roffe is young, beautiful - and sole heir to a billion dollar fortune.
Then tragedy strikes. Her father is killed in…
Why read it?
1 author picked Bloodline as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Ok, so this is not technically midcentury (it was published in 1977), but I had to include one of those amazing 1970s yarns. I chose this one because I remember reading this as an adolescent and feeling it was sort of like a more adult, sophisticated Nancy Drew book, replete with cliffhangers at the end of each chapter.
This global potboiler, about a beautiful pharmaceutical heiress marked for murder, has enough twists and turns to keep anyone reading way past bedtime. I think it also planted the seed for me to write my own novels of courageous, Grace Kelly-style heroines…
From Michael's list on beach reads from midcentury America.
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