Title: Master of the Game
First published: 1982
Description: **One of Sidney Sheldon's most popular and bestselling titles. Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. She is an enigma, a woman surrounded by a thousand unanswered questions.**

Her father was a diamond prospector who struck it rich beyond his wildest dreams.Her mother was the daughter of a crooked Afrikaner merchant. Her conception was itself an act of hate-filled vengeance. **At the extravagant celebrations of her ninetieth birthday, there are toasts from a Supreme Court Judge and a telegram from the White House.** And for Kate there are ghosts, ghosts of absent friends and of enemies. Ghosts from a life of blackmail and murder. Ghosts from an empire spawned by naked ambition!

**Sidney Sheldon is one of the most popular storytellers in the world. This is one of his best-loved novels, a compulsively readable thriller, packed with suspense, intrigue and passion. It will recruit a new generation of fans to his writing.*--goodreads***


Master of the Game is a novel by Sidney Sheldon, first published in hardback format in 1982. Spanning four generations in the lives of the fictional McGregor/Blackwell family, the critically acclaimed novel spent four weeks at number one on the New York Times Best Seller List, and was later adapted into a 1984 television miniseries.***--Ahmad Sharabiani (goodreads reviewer)***
Subjects: Sidney Sheldon, Adult, American, Crime, Fiction, Literature, Saga, 1984 TV miniseries, Stories, Adventure, Drama, Romanc, Family, Four generations, Wealth, Diamonds, Diamond empire, Ambition, Blackmail, Businesswomen, Detective, Murder, Mystery, Intrigue, Suspense, Thriller, Novela de misterio, Novela policíaca, Fiction, suspense, Large type books, Fiction, thrillers, suspense
Places: South Africa
Time periods: 1982