The novel traces Catherine Alexander from a Carmelite convent in Ioannina, where two nuns shelter her after a near-fatal storm on the lake.
Sheldon places the traumatised young woman in London under the protection of Constantin Demiris, unaware of the billionaire's hidden motives. The London offices of the Hellenic Trade Corporation provide her routine employment, while recurring nightmares torment her with fragments of the past.
Athens remains the dangerous hub of Demiris's global empire, where the ruthless tycoon orchestrates retribution against everyone who crosses him.
The late novelist and screenwriter Sidney Sheldon remains one of the world's top bestselling authors, having sold more than 300 million copies of his books. Are You Afraid of the Dark? is his most recent in a long line of huge bestsellers. He is also the only writer to have won an Oscar, a Tony, and an Edgar. The Guinness Book of World Records heralds him as the most translated author in the world.