Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a thriller by Sidney Sheldon, first published in 2004 in New York by William Morrow. After four men die in seemingly unrelated accidents, two of their widows uncover a plot tied to a powerful think tank and a project to control the weather.
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- 2
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- William Morrow, New York, 2004
Are You Afraid of the Dark? by Sidney Sheldon was first published in 2004. We track 2 editions.
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- 9 on Open Library, 7 in English
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We track 2 editions of Are You Afraid of the Dark?. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
When was Are You Afraid of the Dark? first published?
Are You Afraid of the Dark? by Sidney Sheldon was first published in 2004.
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- Are You Afraid of the Dark? (novel), Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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