I can't believe this book ever existed!!!: I have read this novel maybe 5-6 years ago and it is not the usual page turner the author is well-known for. Totally boring and misleading. The book speaks for itself - Naked - without substance.

Wow!! Is all I could say when I read the first chapter of The Naked Face. This book captures your attention in the first chapter. I picked the book up at the library mainly to get a feel for the author Sidney Sheldon. I own a few of his books and wasn't sure about reading them. After reading The Naked Face I know that I will be reading his other books too.

The Naked Face starts out with a man happy because he is going to be going home to his wife and letting her know that what happened in the past is over with. You wonder what he is happy about and what was it was from his past when he is stabbed in the streets. You are left thinking did his past already catch up to him? You are thrown into a story of suspense and mystery that revolves around Dr. Judd Stevens.

Dr. Stevens is a psychoanalyst. He analyzes people and their behaviors, life style and has them discover who they really are. He doesn't tell them that they are insane or paranoiac. He tries to help them to discover what is really inside them. His patients range from a house wife to a prominent business man. You discover that the person murdered in the first chapter was one of Dr. Stevens patients.

The detectives assigned to the case are Angeli and McGreavy. Dr. Stevens and McGreavy have a history. McGreavy has animosity towards Dr. Stevens. As the story progresses I was trying to figure out who did it and why.

As Dr. Stevens starts to analyze things in his own life you start to wonder if maybe he is a paranoiac. He believes some one is out to kill him when he is hit by a car. Is the doctor going to go to the nut house, or is he sane? That is what I started to ask myself.

The Naked Face is a detective mystery that keeps you glued to the pages of the story. I found myself reading the book in less then 2 days. I will be picking up more of Sidney Sheldon's books ( )

I’m not one to read many mysteries. I read one for a college class and hated it. I’ve never read any Sheldon either, so I didn’t really know what to expect. Why did I pick this one up? Really only because it was on top of a box lot I received recently from eBay. Overall though, it really wasn’t that bad and was a quick read. Not sure if this is a typically book for Sheldon, but I might be convinced to try him again, though I probably won’t go out of my way to read another. Not bad but just not my style either. ( )

Very good ( )

Muito bom. ( )