Sidney Sheldon’s Reckless audiobook

When author Sidney Sheldon passed away in 2007 he was the 7th best-selling author of all-time. His success spanned multiple platforms and earned him an Oscar, a Tony and an Edgar Award. His name was synonymous with crime thrillers and he owned the Best Seller's list throughout the 1970's.Sheldon's work was also as well known for steamy and sultry sex scenes as they were for nail-biting suspense. Through it all, strong women always emerged as the central characters in most of his work. Author Tilly Bagshawe has now picked up the mantel penning a series of novels in Sidney Sheldon's name. The latest Sidney Sheldon inspired thriller is entitled RECKLESS and the cover features a pair of long female legs inside a pair of six-inch high red high heels. Quite simply, sex still sells. However, some may claim false advertising after reading this taut thriller which --- outside of one brief sex scene --- goes straight for the jugular with a timely and relevant story-line that lends itself to the term 'page turner'.Tracy Whitney is the protagonist and a long-time favorite of Sidney Sheldon's work. Tracy is a former con artist and thief who now does her work for the CIA. A terrorist group calling themselves Group 99 include an international base of global hackers out to attack the establishment and big business. Their name comes from the 99% who fall outside of the extremely wealthy 1% who hold most of the world's financial clout.Group 99 appears to have escalated from mere hacking to out and out murder. They execute a British soldier and transmit the murder throughout social media. Additionally, the terrorist faction has kidnapped an American investigative journalist and blown up an international industrialist. Supposedly funding this nefarious activity is a woman known merely as Althea.The CIA tasks Tracy Whitney with assisting to infiltrate and bring down Group 99. Part of this will include finding out why the kidnapped journalist --- Hunter Drexel --- was targeted and what motive he had for running away from the military group who fought to free him from his captors. Tracy's allegiance in this case goes beyond the defense of her country. She believes that some of the people working with Group 99 may have had a hand in the death of her son, Nicholas.Now, Group 99 seems to be targeting billionaire Cameron Crewe who's business plans include fracking efforts that many see as raping the land and poisoning the environment at large. Tracy hooks up with Crewe, in more ways than one, and they both share the tragic loss of their children as a common trait that instantly draws them together. Little does Tracy realize that the death of her son may have been played up by the CIA as a murder to ensure her involvement in this situation.RECKLESS tackles many issues and juggles them all equally well. Both the CIA and MI6 are colored with various shades that highlight more than just the black and white paint brush they are usually seen with. Tilly Bagshawe deftly plots this exciting novel and throws in enough twists and surprises to keep the most astute thriller fans on the edge of their seats.Reviewed by Ray Palen for New Mystery Reader

I have been a fan of Sidney Sheldon books for a long time. I was sad to hear of his passing. When I saw a new book with his name on it I was very curious to see how the writing would be. It had the feel of his unique writing and I became instantly intrigued. We again get to read about Tracy Whitney. She had a gift of being a con artist that she did with ease. She left that behind to work with the CIA. At least she can put her talents to good use now with inside knowledge of how these people think and operate. Tracy has an assignment that could be very dangerous but she is up for the job. She will be trying to get close to Group 99. They are a very tight group of hackers who want to take down corporations and of course the wealthy. Sounds like a simple assignment doesn't it? When it is learned that Group 99 has upped their game by executing a British soldier and kidnapped an Anerican journalist, things take a more serious note. Will Tracy be able to befriend this group? Can she be trusted to do the right thing? Tracy will come in contact with someone from her past that could affect her emotionally. What tragedy does she face that makes this assignment personal? Overall the book was well written and had strong characters. The action was good and I loved the intrigue that developed throughout the story. It is a book that will have you guessing and twists that may surprise you. Don't miss this gripping action packed story. I received a copy of this book from the Goodread Giveaway for an honest review.

Went on a Sidney Sheldon binge. Not proud of it. -_-

It is always a pleasure to read Sidney Sheldon's books.

It could have been a 50-100 pages short.Still a good book to read with a lot of suspense on the way.

Tracey Whitney, former high-end art/jewelry thief and elite con artist is now content to live peacefully in her lovely Colorado home with her bright but precocious son who has become the center of her life. But in the outside world, a new terror group called Group 99 has gained notoriety by hacking the computer accounts of the top one percent of the wealthy and depositing into the accounts of the less fortunate. This Robin Hood approach is celebrated by many but when they turn violent and begin kidnapping and murdering key individuals it is clear they have a new direction. A mysterious woman seems to be pulling the strings and when she drops hints that the CIA should engage Tracey Whitney to catch her, the CIA reluctantly does so.This follow-on novel to Sidney Sheldon's Chasing Tomorrow, (itself a sequel to Sidney Sheldon’s original If Tomorrow Comes) is a nicely-paced thriller with a major mystery plot at its center. I found the concept of Group 99 to be intriguing and when combined with Eco terrorists against fracking, shady characters from the CIA, FBI, and MI-6 and of course, Tracey’s old partner in crime and love, Jeff Stevens, we have a nice potboiler of a story. Plenty of intrigue, action, romance, and chases combined with emotional ups and downs make this a page turner to be sure.There are those that rant against a different author taking over Sidney Sheldon’s characters but Tilly Bagshawe was selected by the Sheldon estate and in my estimation has done a good job of providing sequels for those of us who like to see what happens to some of these characters.

I finally finished the one book that I always wanted to read but left it on the shelf to read later! I was prolonging the journey to meet Tracy Whitney again as the last book Sidney Sheldon's Chasing Tomorrow Chasing tomorrow left me hanging in a void of WHY?? But now after Reckless, I have one sentence, "Dear Author, Please stop killing some important characters, I love them and if this continues, the book will change to Game Of Thrones with the modern version!" First thought: Tracy's Back!!! with more fighting spirit, more darker and with nothing to lose. Second thought: Jeff's back as a partner in crime!! they make a super amazing team and I had missed them both together. Now with the above fascinations declared, I have nothing more to say other than that the book being highly amazing with a twist of cops turning rogue, criminals turning good, con artists saving the cops necks, oil giants dropping dead and the hunt that takes you around the world!

I like crime with passion fiction, so I've always enjoyed Sidney Sheldon. And I think Tilly Bagshawe did a great job by continue to write the way Sidney write his novel. A good book to read on your relax day!

*Received this book in exchange for my review*An thriller packed with action and clever circumstances from start to finish.

A book I enjoyed throughout ❤️ A perfect all time thriller

Group 99 were a self described band of "Robin Hood hackers". Majority of the people admired them as Group 99 targeted only government agencies and MNCs, which contributed to 1℅ of the whole population. They never tortured the rest of 99% who were common people. But sooner, everyone gets terrified, as Group 99 commits a cold blooded murder in front of the whole world. Now the British government and US government have no other option, but to hunt down Group 99 and Althea, who is a driving force in Group 99's objectives. For this, they seek the help of Tracy Whitney, who was once a legendary jewel thief, especially to find Althea. Tracy is now a Homemaker and she has no idea about her role in the whole issue. First of all, the plot was really brilliant. Even though I am not a fan of crime thrillers, I thoroughly enjoyed this one. It's a blend of Crime thriller and spy fiction. The whole book has been divided into three parts and trust me, each part ends with a terrific and suspenseful note. The narration style was really interesting. The only issue I had was that, as there were so many characters I was unable to remember them. So I was forced to write down each and every character. Overall it was a very good read.

Overall rating: very good book. Deserves 5 Stars.But there are few things which comes to your mind while reading it: 1. Why men in Tilly's books are womaniser, whereas all women are Saint? For example: Jeff loves Tracy, but never feels guilty for sleeping with hookers. Hunter loves Sally, loved Kate but needs women for physical intimacy on regular basis. But Tracy feels guilty for just having touched by Cameron, Kate goes crazy over her husband's death. I mean, why this stereotypes.2. About books suspense: I liked the way she keeps it, but you'll get kinda disappointed when you learn it towards the end: it's kinda predictable.3. I liked few of the quotes, especially metaphors. In summary, it's good for once read as opposed to Sydney Sheldon's "if tomorrow comes", which you can read any time and it still amazes you

Another great book! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and it kept me engrossed and completely entertained though it did throw me off that it wasn't to do with the subject matter of the previous books.The author took a detour with this book into terrorism and journalism with Governments pitted against Governments and the various Governmental agencies pitted against each other. Throughout the book I was continuously trying to to figure out who was who and how they fit and who were the bad guys and who were the good guys. I have to admit a couple times I was surprised and a couple times I wasn't. I hope there will be another book included in the series and as always, I love Tilly Bagshawe.

"Hanter Dreksel doživljavao je svet samo kroz ljude. Kroz ljude kao pojedince. Ljudi su važni. Ideje nisu. Hanter je imao više zajedničkog s gledištima i političkim uverenjima Grupe 99 nego sa onim koje je izneo Bob Dejli. Pa ipak, Bob je bio dobar čovek. A Apolon, ili kako god da mu je glasilo pravo ime, spadao je u loše osobe. Na kraju je samo to bilo bitno, a ne oznake pod kojima su i jedan i drugi živeli:Vojnik.Radikal.Terorista.Špijun.Sve su to bile tek prazne reči.""Ko je taj čovek da joj oduzme život? Ko je on, da odluči ko će da živi, a ko da umre? Čiji su životi važni, a čiji nisu? Koje istine traba da se iznesu, a koje da se sakriju?..."

Reckless- It wasn't a smooth start to start with. I am a big fan of Sidney Sheldon. My reading journey started with Sidney Sheldon, so when I saw this book, it excited me. I had this for quite a long time, but every time I read it the first chapter couldn't hook me and I kept it back. However this time somehow I got through the first chapter and the journey was smooth. Reading Tracy Whitney, Jeff Stevens was fun again. And at some point, I was able to predict the antagonist before the twist but it was like a pat on my back. (hehe self appreciation)It's a worthwhile read if I exclude the first chapter (somehow for me, it was dull) and at some places I was getting lost with CIA and MI6. 

This is another installment in the 'Tracy Whitney' storyline. It is set many yrs later. The author was not afraid of including some major tragedy. The plot involved lots of characters which was confusing at the beginning but this might have been partially due to the fact that I was listening to the book while on vacations (so my focus may have been off at the beginning). The characters motivations were interesting and layered. The plot had some nice unexpected twists. This was a fun and interesting novel.

I liked this book. It was entertaining and definitely a interesting storyline. FBI and CIA agents on a chase to take down a terrorist group by having two criminals on the leading end of making that happen. I didn’t predict the ending of this one like I can usually figure out before the book is done. I was pleasantly surprised by the finale. Their were a lot of characters which lead to a long storyline but by no means was it a bad one.