The Best Laid Plans (novel)

The Best Laid Plans
First edition
AuthorSidney Sheldon
LanguageEnglish
Genresuspense, thriller
PublisherWilliam Morrow
Publication date
Sep 1997
Publication placeUnited States
Pages384
ISBN0-688-14911-1

The Best Laid Plans is a 1997 thriller novel by Sidney Sheldon. The story details the rise of a handsome, charismatic attorney named Oliver Russel, to political fame, while his jilted fiancée, Leslie Stewart, grows a media empire to eventually destroy his career and image. Possible inspiration for the title comes from a paraphrasing of the Robert Burns poem "To a Mouse" into modern English.