“The books form the most detailed and illuminating account of life spent under lock and key since Dostoyevsky.”  

---Mail on Sunday (UK)

“Compelling reading. . . . Archer knows how to tell a story.  He exposes real problems in the penal system.”

---Houston Chronicle on A Prison Diary

“A tale that is not only important but true.”

---The Washington Post on A Prison Diary

“The finest thing that he’s ever written . . . so clear and crisp is the prose, a vivid and almost ‘live’ account that bubbles with Dickensian detail and a Shavian sense of outrage…. Riveting.”

---Independent on Sunday (UK) on A Prison Diary

“Surprisingly effective . . . a devastating critique . . . written simply and directly.”

---Sunday Times (UK) on A Prison Diary

“False Impression…may be a worthy successor to the still bestselling The Da Vinci Code….Sail along from one high crime to the next.”

---Liz Smith, The New York Post

“Archer’s usual plot twists and fast pace make for an enjoyable page-turner.”

---Library Journal (starred review) on False Impression

For many prisoners, it is the time when they first experiment with drugs. To begin with, offered by the dealers for nothing, and when they want more, in exchange for a phone card and an ounce of tobacco. Finally, when they’re hooked, they’ll give anything for a fix---including their life. Heaven, Jeffrey Archer’s final volume in his trilogy of prison diaries, covers the period of his transfer from a medium security prison, HMP Wayland, to his eventual release on parole in July 2003. It includes a shocking account of the traumatic time he spent in the notorious Lincoln jail and the events that led to his incarceration there, and also shines a harsh light on a system that is close to its breaking point.

 Told with humor, compassion, and honesty, the diary closes with a thought-provoking manifesto that will be applauded by reform advocates and the prison population alike.