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Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game is a 2009 novel by Tilly Bagshawe. It is the sequel to Sidney Sheldon's critically acclaimed 1982 novel "Master of the Game", which had debuted at number one on the "New York Times" Bestseller List and was later adapted into a 1984 television miniseries. "Mistress of the Game" continues the story of the powerful Blackwell family as the lifelong conflict between twins Eve and Alexandra extends to their children. Following the death of Kate Blackwell, her granddaughters, Eve Blackwell-Webster and Alexandra Blackwell-Templeton, give birth at roughly the same