Synopses & Reviews
International bestselling author Jeffrey Archer has spent the last five years gathering spellbinding stories from around the globe. These fifteen brand-new tales showcase Archers talent for capturing an unforgettable moment in time, whether tragic, comic, or outrageous.
In India, Jamwal and Nisha fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green on the streets of Delhi.
From Germany comes “A Good Eye,” the tale of a priceless oil painting that has remained in the same family for over two hundred years, until...
To the Channel Islands and “Members Only,” where a golf ball falls out of a Christmas cracker, and a young mans life will never be the same...
To Italy and “No Room at the Inn,” where a young man who is trying to book a room at a hotel ends up in bed with the receptionist, unaware that she...
To England, where, in “High Heels,” a woman has to explain to her husband why a pair of designer shoes couldnt have gone up in flames...
Some of these stories will make you laugh while others will bring you to tears but, once again, every one of them will demand that you keep turning the page until you finally discover what happens to this remarkable cast of characters.
Review
Praise for the Short Stories of Jeffrey Archer
“Jeffrey Archer plays a subtle cat-and-mouse game with the reader in twelve original short stories that end, more often than not, with our collective whiskers twitching in surprise.”
---The New York Times
“Outstanding... white-knuckle suspense and witty denouements. Enjoyable, suspense-filled rival to Roald Dahl.”
---Daily Express (London)
“Stylish, witty, and constantly entertaining . . . Jeffrey Archer has a natural aptitude for short stories.”
---The Times (London)
“Archer hits the bulls-eye with an exemplary collection of short stories.”
---Daily Mail (London)
“The economy and precision of Archers prose never fails to delight. The criminal doesnt always get away with his crime and justice doesnt always prevail, but the reader wins with each and every story.”
---Publishers Weekly
Review
PRAISE FOR JEFFREY ARCHER
“One of the top ten storytellers in the world.” —Los Angeles Times
“There isnt a better story-teller alive.” —Larry King
“Archer plots with skill, and keeps you turning the pages.” —The Boston Globe
“Cunning plots, silken style…. Archer plays a cat-and-mouse game with the reader.” —The New York Times
“Archer is a master entertainer.” —Time
“A storyteller in the class of Alexandre Dumas…unsurpassed skill.” —Washington Post
and his novels
SHALL WE TELL THE PRESIDENT?
“Outrageous and top-notch terror.” —Vogue
“The only difference between this book and The Day of the Jackal is that Archer is a better writer.”—Chicago Tribune
“Authentic, literate, and scary.”—Cosmopolitan
“The countdown is the thing; the pace, the pursuit, the what-next, the how-is-it-going-to-come-out…”—Boston Globe
“Holds the reader in a vicelike grip.”—Penthouse
A PRISONER OF BIRTH
“A compelling read.” —Newsday
“Dynamite…plot twists and a slam-bang finale.”—The Washington Post
“Archer plots with skill, and keeps you turning the pages.” —The Boston Globe
“Thoroughly enjoyable.”—Publishers Weekly
“Compulsively readable.”—Library Journal
“Gripping.”—The Vancouver Sun
“An exercise in wish fulfillment. The good may suffer, but the bad will get theirs in the end. The fun is watching it unfold.”—St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
CAT ONINE TALES
“Archer plots with skill, and keeps you turning the pages.” —The Boston Globe
“The economy and precision of Archers prose never fails to delight. The criminal doesnt always get away with his crime and justice doesnt always prevail, but the reader wins with each and every story.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
FALSE IMPRESSION
“A worthy successor to The Da Vinci Code.”—Liz Smith, New York Post
“Archer is back in top form with [this] latest thriller.” —Library Journal (starred review)
“Thoroughly imagined...entertaining...thrilling.” —Denver Post
“Murder and a high-stakes art-world theft are cleverly blended [in this] exciting...global thrill-ride.” —Vancouver Sun
Review
Praise for the Short Stories of Jeffrey Archer
“Jeffrey Archer plays a subtle cat-and-mouse game with the reader in twelve original short stories that end, more often than not, with our collective whiskers twitching in surprise.”
---The New York Times
“Outstanding... white-knuckle suspense and witty denouements. Enjoyable, suspense-filled rival to Roald Dahl.”
---Daily Express (London)
“Stylish, witty, and constantly entertaining . . . Jeffrey Archer has a natural aptitude for short stories.”
---The Times (London)
“Archer hits the bulls-eye with an exemplary collection of short stories.”
---Daily Mail (London)
“The economy and precision of Archers prose never fails to delight. The criminal doesnt always get away with his crime and justice doesnt always prevail, but the reader wins with each and every story.”
---Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Archer's sixth collection of short stories show his natural aptitude and mastery of characterization and suspense, combined with a gift for the unexpected, jaw-dropping plot twist.
Synopsis
These fifteen brand-new tales showcase Archer's talent for capturing an unforgettable moment in time, whether tragic, comic, or outrageous.
Synopsis
International bestselling author Jeffrey Archer has spent the last five years gathering spellbinding stories from around the globe. These fifteen brand-new tales showcase Archers talent for capturing an unforgettable moment in time, whether tragic, comic, or outrageous.
In India, Jamwal and Nisha fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green on the streets of Delhi.
From Germany comes “A Good Eye,” the tale of a priceless oil painting that has remained in the same family for over two hundred years, until...
To the Channel Islands and “Members Only,” where a golf ball falls out of a Christmas cracker, and a young mans life will never be the same...
To Italy and “No Room at the Inn,” where a young man who is trying to book a room at a hotel ends up in bed with the receptionist, unaware that she...
To England, where, in “High Heels,” a woman has to explain to her husband why a pair of designer shoes couldnt have gone up in flames...
Some of these stories will make you laugh while others will bring you to tears but, once again, every one of them will demand that you keep turning the page until you finally discover what happens to this remarkable cast of characters.
Synopsis
Tragic, comic, outrageous—these fifteen tales from international bestselling author Jeffrey Archer showcase his remarkable talent for capturing an unforgettable moment in time…
In India, in “Caste-Off,” a man and woman fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green on the streets of Delhi…
From Germany comes “A Good Eye,” about a priceless oil painting that has remained in the same family for over two hundred years, until...
To the Channel Islands and “Members Only,” where a golf ball falls out of a Christmas cracker, and a young mans life will never be the same...
To Italy and “No Room at the Inn,” where a young man who is trying to book a hotel room ends up in bed with the receptionist, unaware that she...
To England, where, in “High Heels,” a woman has to explain to her husband why a pair of designer shoes couldnt have gone up in flames...
About the Author
JEFFREY ARCHER was educated at Oxford University. He has served five years in Britains House of Commons and fourteen years in the House of Lords. All of his novels and short story collectionsincluding
Paths of Glory,
A Prisoner of Birth, and
Kane & Abelhave been international bestsellers. Archer is married with two sons and lives in London and Cambridge.