Morning, Noon and Night is also the name of a Scottish convenience store chain, see Morning, Noon and Night (Convenience Store).
Morning, Noon And Night Morning, Noon And Night Author Sidney Sheldon Country United States Language English Genre(s) Crime novel Publisher Warner Books Publication date 1995 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Pages 375 pp ISBN ISBN 0-446-60221-3 Preceded by
Nothing Lasts Forever Followed by
The Best Laid Plans Plot summary It starts with world's richest man, Harry Stanford's mysterious death by drowning from his luxury yacht into the Mediterranean Sea. Steve Sloan, the lawyer who is the advocate for the family has a tough time bringing the body back to Boston. Later in their family house, as the family gathers to grieve, a beautiful young woman claiming to be Stanford's daughter appears with enough proofs. She stakes her claim to her share of his estate, claiming to be the illegitimate daughter of Harry Stanford. Harry's
father was a chain-grocery store owner, who didn't accept Harry's aggressive view on running business. He sends his father on a tour and when father comes back, Harry has virtually got his father out. Harry's three children, Tyler, the eldest son who's a judge, daughter who's a leading fashion designer, married to a Frenchman and the younger son, who is just a playboy, all refuse to accept she's Julia, the famous illegal child of Harry Stanford, whom no one has seen, but every one knew who existed. Harry was always aware that his kids could do the same to him as he did to his Dad, so he gets all his children to be insecure. He also ensures that kids don't have a bonding between them. He catches young Tyler wooing a boy and threatens to burst his "little dirty secret, that he's a gay". Tyler calls in a private detective, who confirms that the lady is in fact Julia. When Harry's body is needed for DNA testing, the body mysteriously disappears. Before the will can be read out, another lady appears claiming she's Julia. Steve Sloan is asked to get her out of town, but he notices, "She came without proofs", which speaks for the fact that she was sure that she was Julia. He rushes to bus-station and gets her to stay in his house. Steve proves that Tyler tricked a prostitute to act as Julia who came first and a thief to act as a detective. He tricks Tyler to go to his
house and kill Julia and gets him to accept his cheating. Tyler, a judge foils Steve's plan, saying that he was joking and vows to destroy Steve with his billions. After much deliberation, the will is read, which shows that Harry was sunk in loans and in fact the big Boston house also needs to be sold so that banks can recover the debts. Tyler kills himself, while Julia hugs Steve with love.
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