by Sidney Sheldon · CIRCULO DE LECTORES · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422625759
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«El capricho de los dioses» is the international intrigue novel by Sidney Sheldon, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (301 pages, in Spanish).
The plot, which moves from the White House to Buenos Aires, Paris, Rome and Bucharest, follows Mary Ashley, a professor specialising in Eastern Europe appointed ambassador to a communist country. A murder contract hangs over her and her family, and her two supporters, Mike Slade and Dr Louis Desforges, hide a conspirator.
El capricho de los dioses was originally published in 1987 as Windmills of the Gods; this Spanish edition, translated by Raquel Albornoz, is from 1989.
For readers of international thrillers and suspense with a female protagonist and political backdrop.
Sidney Sheldon was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1940s and 50s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), which earned him an Oscar in 1948. He went on to work in television, where over 20 years he created The Patty Duke Show (1963–66), I Dream of Jeannie (1965–70), and Hart to Hart (1979–84). After turning 50, he began writing best-selling romantic suspense novels, such as The Other Side of Midnight (1973), Master of the Game (1982), and Rage of Angels (1980).
