Cynthia SanzAs always, Sheldon's fast-moving prose is addictively readable. -- People
Kirkus ReviewsThe poster boy for schlock (The Best Laid Plans, 1997) calls on the cops, the courts, and the shrinks for his latest soaper, this one based on an actual murder trial. Meet Ashley Patterson, a typical Sheldon nice girl: slim figure, patrician features, and 'a quiet elegance about her.' Only a curmudgeon could dislike Ashley. Is the fact that she lacks spark, style, wit, warmth, warts, edge, or any other at all interesting aspect of personality her fault? Of course not. The fault is Sheldon's, who never came up with a character he couldn't turn into cardboard.
Still, there's a problem: If no one actually dislikes Ashley, then how to explain the scary stalking of Ms.
