Summoned to Rose Hill, the family mansion on Boston's Beacon Hill, the three Stanford siblings reunite in bitter anticipation. For years, Judge Tyler, designer Kendall, and playboy Woody have been estranged from a tyrannical father who used his billions as a weapon.
With hundreds of millions in liquid assets at stake, the attorney reveals that every natural-born descendant shares equally in the fortune. Then the shocking disruption arrives.
A beautiful woman attends a family gathering following the mysterious death of Harry Stanford, claiming to be his long-lost child and stating her rights to a share of the tycoon's estate, in a hypnotic, roller-coaster novel.
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.