This is a story of intrigue and revenge. Tracy Whitney is young, beautiful and intelligent - and about to marry into wealth and glamour. Until, suddenly, she is betrayed, framed by a ruthless Mafia gang, abandoned by the man she loves. Only her ingenuity saves her and helps her fight back.
Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007) was an American writer who won awards in three careers鈥攁 Broadway playwright, a Hollywood TV and movie screenwriter, and a best-selling novelist.
His TV works spanned a twenty-year period during which he created I Dream of Jeannie (1965-70), Hart to Hart (1979-84), and The Patty Duke Show (1963-66), but it was not until after he turned 50 and began writing best-selling novels such as Master of the Game (1982), The Other Side of Midnight (1973) and Rage of Angels (1980) that he became most famous.
I didn't think I should write a review owing to the fact that more than 1000s of reviews were written as to how awesome this book is but I had to point out and pour my heart out about so many things that I couldn't resist myself.
In the present day context, where women are being treated better than in the past, we come across books with female protagonists being entirely SPINELESS, super weak and helpless.
But this book, written around 1985, was able to really highlight the fact that women are not effing dumb little birds. I am not trying to be a 'ranting' feminist or anything but it really bothers me, how women are portrayed in books these days. They piss the shit out of me even. That's why it's surprises me how a book written by MAN in the 80's could make such a beautiful iron hearted woman when these days women writers still write their female characters in a weak vulnerable way. I am not saying all women need be strong or anything like that. What I mean is it would be nice to have protagonists like this in a few popular books. (I am not talking about dysopia. It's the NA genre where I see the trend of doormats.)
Tracy is this women who is framed by mafia gang(who cause the death of her Mother) for a crime she hadn't done. She is then sent to jail and encounters the worst things any woman can ever encounter. The phrase 'Living hell' aptly describes her life in prison. She is determined to avenge herself on those who took away her happy life. But all the events convert her into a con woman, rather a woman ROBIN HOOD. She steals from the people who are greedy and obtain their wealth through wrong means. I MEAN ISN'T THAT A GOOD ENOUGH REASON TO READ THIS BOOK?
Every single con in this book is just enough to make u want to go do the gangnam style in your school canteen,while everyone watches you. It was So unpredictable, exciting and original! She is smart, snarky and BRAVE. She is a woman I want to be. I just fell in love with her more than I did with Jeff (but my love for Tracy comes with ADMIRATION so all of u can stop thinking what u are!)
This book was really long but I was so sad when it ended Sydney Sheldon just writes book so damn well that I don't care if it never ended! I would still go on reading and reading! The story line was so well sequenced, I was so surprised that such a book could even exist. Everything made sense, I for one who takes a little more time than anyone else to understand the logic behind a con understood it with so much ease!
I wouldn't really recommend this book if you are a person who enjoys drama and romance in plots, this book hardly has any of those. But its definitely worth a try!
Sidney Sheldon's writing style is capable of arousing and holding the attention of the reader. This book is no different and kept me engrossed throughout the story. The protagonist, Tracy Whitney, initially seeks justice for the wrongs done to her, only to realize it later that she's been conned by none other than the ones who promised her reparations. Eventually, in the quest to avenge the injustice done to her, she becomes a con woman. This is where the story gets even more gripping and exhorts the reader to reach its culmination, making it an irresistible page-turner.
I fancy a quote from this book: Everything is a matter of psychology.
I've seen the miniseries If Tomorrow Comes several times and I have read this book many years ago. But I wanted to read this book again since I've planned to read the sequel by Tilly Bagshawe. It's just been a couple of months since I saw the miniseries last, so my memory is quite fresh when it comes to the story. I must confess that I do prefer the miniseries, but I still love this book and they have made a very good job with the miniseries because most of the story is there from the book. Of course, there are some differences. Like for instance, Tracy meeting Jeff in the beginning of the miniseries instead on the train in the book. I much prefer how they first met in the miniseries, it feels more like fate than the one in the book. There are things like that in the book, like more heists, more dialog, and a different ending. But it works, the book is terrific and Sheldon really knew how to write an engaging story about a woman who after being framed fights back against those that framed her and then became a brilliant thief. It's just great fun to read this book, well the prison part is not so fun.
In Swedish, the title is Tracy's H盲mnd, Tracy's revenge, but I kind of prefer the English title since there is a point towards the end when the title get's its explanation. And, that is such a wonderful moment.
A wonderful book made into a great miniseries with a very sexy young Tom Berenger!
If Tomorrow Comes, Sidney Sheldon If Tomorrow Comes is a 1985 crime fiction novel by American author Sidney Sheldon. It is a story portraying an ordinary woman who is framed by the Mafia, her subsequent quest for vengeance towards them and her later life as a con artist. The novel was adapted into a three-part TV miniseries with the same name in 1986, starring Madolyn Smith and Tom Berenger. 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 賴賮鬲賲 賲丕賴 跇丕賳賵蹖賴 爻丕賱 2002 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖 毓賳賵丕賳: 丕诏乇 賮乇丿丕 亘賷丕賷丿貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 爻蹖丿賳蹖 卮賱丿賵賳貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲丨賲丿 賯氐丕毓貨 賲卮禺氐丕鬲 賳卮乇: 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 倬蹖讴丕賳貙 1381貙 丿乇 466 氐貙 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 賯乇賳 20 賲 丕诏乇 賮乇丿丕 亘蹖丕蹖丿 賲丕噩乇丕蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 夭賳蹖 亘賴 丕爻賲 鬲乇蹖爻蹖 爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 賵 丌賳诏丕賴 讴賴 丌夭丕丿 賲蹖卮賵丿 丿蹖诏乇 丌賳 夭賳 爻丕丿賴 賳蹖爻鬲貙 賵 倬丕蹖卮 亘賴 丿賳蹖丕蹖 禺賱丕賮 亘丕夭 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲. 丕蹖丿賴 賴丕蹖 匕賴賳蹖 鬲乇蹖爻蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丿夭丿蹖賴丕蹖卮 賲賵囟賵毓 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕诏乇 賮乇丿丕 亘蹖丕蹖丿 丕爻鬲. 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕蹖賳
Another my fave of Sidney Sheldon with impressive 4.8 Stars.
So Tricky.. this is what thief-ish book should be! I love reading the book with thief characters, but I have never read the book that have A LOT of clever robbering plans. The robberies are complicated and very-well planned. I really admire Sheldon of how he can think and create them.
Tracy and Jeff are such intelligent, smart, and sly characters and I love them! I also really enjoy the romance between these two. Tracy and Jeff are like rival for each other, their equal match. They outwit each other in the game of robbery. Yeah, I found myself giggle over their war. It's that cute!!
This book remind me so much of Catspaw by Anne Stuart which the character is also the burglar. I think if you love Catspaw or thief-ish plot, you might also love this book and vice versa. Really recommend! :)
For what it is, it's brilliant. I read this book AGES ago, sometime in my teens. It was the first, and the best, of any Sidney Sheldon books I ever read. And though it is not a literary masterpiece, it is great. Revenge, heists, drama, romance, thrills...I still think it would be a box office hit if it was ever made into a Hollywood movie! If you want a light, entertaining, read that will keep you on the edge of your seat and take you back to the 80's, this is your book. Perfect vacation reading!
Read this one awhile ago and did not love it. If you are new to Sheldon there are better ones out there. This one is about a jewel thief and although it has many twists and turns and was not bad, it was not as memorable as many of his others and I did not go o n to read book two.
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HOW COULD I JUST FORGET TO ADD THIS ONE???!!!! This is apparently the only book by Sidney Sheldon I've ever read in my life. I've no idea why that is so, bcoz I read it about five years ago and liked it a lot. :/
Finally a Sidney Sheldon novel that was really funny and enjoyable! I laughed a lot. Funny is not a word you associate with Sheldon novels. They can be dark, gloomy, thrilling, mysterious and lustful. This book was a bit different from his cliche'd works. Though it begins the usual way, i.e. a naive, innocent young girl gets into trouble, the rest of the novel is rather interesting. While the entire plot of the novel is deeply unrealistic I can say that it is truly entertaining.
When I started reading this book, I couldn't stop thinking how dumb Tracy Whitney was. Maybe the most dumbest female character ever by Sheldon ever. But she changes and the book becomes exciting.
My 4 stars are for the chess match and the Puerto painting ideas. They were brilliant. Ingenious!! I liked the character of Jeff Stevens. He was a lot more interesting and funny and charming than Sheldon's other male characters who were though handsome and charming , fell flat when it came to cracking jokes. They were all moody, serious and gloomy. But Jeff was witty. Good work on that.
Like every other Sheldon novel, this book also has a crazy, weird, maniac who is a really disturbing character. So while the novel is like the rest of his other works, it stands out in certain places. That's the reason why I thought I will write a review.
"She was going to make them pay鈥� Tomorrow, she thought. If tomorrow comes."
If Tomorrow Comes is a crime fiction novel by the Master of the Unexpected, Sidney Sheldon. It is a story about an ordinary woman who is ruthlessly framed by a mafia, her quest for vengeance towards them and then her struggles for a better life as a con artist.
This novel is definitely a thrilling and enjoyable read. Your mind will be blown away exactly how Tracy Whitney's life is drastically revolutionized in the course of twenty-four (24) hours. Aside from the awesome pacing and enthralling characters, the story spans over America and Europe, and it will force your heart and mind to work together and follow the race of a lifetime. And unexpectedly, after you reached the last page, you would wish for more...:3
Another MASTERPIECE from my love, Sidney Sheldon 鈾�
Who run the world? (GIRLS!!) Who run the world? (GIRLS!!) Who run the world? Tracy Whitney! Beyonce's 'Who run the world' song kept playing inside my head while reading this. Hoho
Truly an oldie but a goodie! I read this years ago for the very first time & just reread it a few weeks ago. I remember being obsessed with the series that followed ...
Madolyn Smith (as Tracy) and Tom Berenger (as Jeff) in the 80s ... OMG!!! I feel OLD!!!
I still own the series on VHS (!!!) from all those years ago and recently purchased it on DVD as well.
Awesome characters! Great story! Both [the book and the series] are a must for any Sidney Sheldon fan!
UTTER NONSENSE Sheldon tried to create a plot consisting of a string of unrelated scams pulled by his heroine Tracy White, succeeding in all of them, certainly, this is very difficult to believe by a serious reader. The main character and heroine, Tracy White working for a man named Gunther, becomes a modern Robin Hood ripping off cardboard characters of unsavory reputations with no logical reason at all, just for the sake of doing. The so called story goes superbly fast and the scores of situations popping up get solved in a couple of pages one after another with an abuse of twist and turns but there is no plot after all. I have rated it two stars one goes for the poor quality and another goes for the fun the story sometimes carries on, particularly in the beginning. If this is your first time with Sidney Sheldon, try other Sheldon novels, i.e "Master of the Game".
Well, Sidney Sheldon's style is not exactly my favorite but I thought it was passable, since it was the first Sheldon novel I read. At 16, I was new to this type of novels. 3 years later I read another book by Sheldon and didn't like it. I realized everything was so smooth, so predictable: the woman and the man were beautiful and successful and nothing went wrong for them. Happy ending for the criminals.
In short, there's nothing noticeable, the plots were so boring that the next thing you know is waking up.
There are people I know irl who swear by this. For whom this is the best book they've ever read. I'm just really sorry they haven't ever experienced a Leigh Bardugo level book
Lovely, idealistic Tracy Whitney is framed into a fifteen year sentence in an escape-proof penitentiary. With dazzling ingenuity she fights back to destroy the untouchable crime lords who put her there. With her intelligence and beauty as her only weapons, Tracy embarks on a series of extraordinary escapades that sweep her across the globe. In an explosive confrontation Tracy meets her equal in irresistible Jeff Stevens, whose past is as colorful as Tracy's. You would love this story, I bet.
I remember reading this book years ago!!!! Oh wow this brings back memory.
This book right here is what opened me up to the thrilling rush of angst, crime and deception!! No joke!! I use to rarely read to begin with. When i saw this book laying around, literally covered in dusk, i took it up, read the first page n didnt pick it back up for months!! I don't remember why I was pulled to it then but i was!
Tracy was it? She was a strong willed woman!! OMG I love how she went thru SO MUCH and didn't break... and who doesn't love it when a woman gets revenge on people who did her wrong?? I felt it for her with every step of her journy. From in the court room, to in jail... right down to when she made a notorious name for herself. I felt it all, i screamed in frustration, cried at her loss and her situation, laughed with relieve... I swear my emotions where on high with this book and I. Loved. EVERY. Second!
And on top of that, the rush of fast life, the wittinesss and the fast pace/risky jobs at hand... all bestowed on a WOMAN...!! MAN... I love it - i LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!
Running across this book brings back memory.
I use to only read popular books, and even then, i had to like said popular books so the quantity of books I read was minimized...
Gosh, I love this book so much because I feel like it was the window that opened me to both writing and reading constantly until they not only became an activity, but pure love and literally my way of life.
The master of unexpected twists & turns, that's Sidney Shelton for you :D Went on a interesting journey with Tracy Whitney :D Girl, you're amazing. I loved those pages where cute-innocent Tracy transformed herself into sexy-daring criminal :D Survival of the fittest, I call it. I found myself following her like a shadow in prison, went to places with her to avenge on Joe Ramono, Anthony Orsatti & others. Gunther, Conrad Morgan, Ernestine - You people were icing on the cake ^_^ Jeff Stevens, I did fall in love with you. You're such a caring hottie <3 Danial cooper, the master psychopath detective of America, she's more smarter than you. Screw your lust towards her -_-
501 pages, and I bet, you'll complete it in less than 2 days no matter what your reading speed is. You'll surely forget your own life as you'll be guessing Tracy-Jeff combo's next move. Cant wait anymore to read Chasing tomorrow :D <3