Sunday 8 June 2014

Summary of The Best Laid Plans by Sidney Sheldon

MAIN CHARACTERS

1. Leslie Stewart: She learns that for some men, power is the greatest aphrodisiac. First she works in an advertising firm, then married to a large scale business man. She bought many newspapers, Tv channels to take grudge on Oliver Stewart who first promised to marry her but later married daughter of  senator Todd Davis so that he could become governor one day.

2. Oliver Russel: handsome man but seems to have a bit more towards women though he has a wife. He was a lawyer, then Todd Davis helped him become the governor and finally the president of United States.

3. Senator Todd Davis: He is a very rich business man who married  who married his daughter to Oliver when he found out that he had the potential to make it into politics. Todd Davis wanted power and he wanted to take control over Oliver

4. Dana Evans: Reporter who was really into the job in which she had real passion. She helped in turning in the culprit of the murders as most people had suspicions over Oliver, Peter Tager being the real culprit

5. Peter Tager: Initially assistant to Todd Davis and then to Oliver. He had lost an eye and wore an eye patch. He tricked women and gave them liquid ecstasy that helped him to have sex but eventually kill them.


A Quick Summary:

Oliver Russel was a lawyer whom senator Todd Davis  appointed as his attorney. The senator watched him closely as he felt he would make a fine governor and keeping that in mind he wanted to marry his daughter to him. Oliver was much interested in making love with women. Todd's daughter Jan knew this but started talking with Oliver as her father had compelled. Soon they got in love. This was the time when Oliver had sex with Jan's best friend and she came to know about it. Jan left for Paris at once. Furiously Senator Todd Davis stopped funding for Oliver's campaign. But then he met Leslie Stewart. She adored him and soon they fall in love. Their marriage was fixed. Oliver felt he could not become governor anymore. Todd tricked him into marrying his daughter and Leslie waited to take grudge on him. She married a rich man and bought presses, television channels etc. Oliver was elected governor and later and eventually was elected the president of the United States. Oliver's assistant Peter Tager used liquid ecstasy to trick women into bed. Once Oliver had a bottle of liquid ecstasy which Peter had given him. He brought it to Leslie which she refused. Those who took it, died.  There were about six deaths. Press under Leslie Stewart printed against Oliver. She thought Oliver was the real culprit who tricked women into bed. Peter Tager's idea was to frame the President for all this. Finally Dana Evans who was a reporter found out that Peter was behind all this and that the president was innocent. Leslie who wrote false news against the President became a laughing stock to the world. President Oliver did many good things like uniting the Arabs, Israel and Iraq.