Synopses & Reviews
An enthralling collection of stories—with unforgettable characters, ingenious plotting, and surprise endings—from internatioanl bestselling author
Jeffrey Archer
A dying man doesnt know which of his relations to leave his fortune to, only to find out who really cares about him. A chance overheard conversation changes the course of an entire mans life. A woman savors every word of a letter from her lover while her husband reads over her shoulder.A criminal on the loose confesses that he is desperate to be caught.A widowed mother learns the cold truth about her second husband at the dawn of her third marriage. A pencil, the cruellest of the artists tools, leaves nothing to chance…
“[In this] collection of fourteen cleverly twisting tales,Archer maintains his obsession with surprise endings.”—Publishers Weekly
“Archer plots with skill, and keeps you turning the pages.” —The Boston Globe
Review
Praise for international bestselling author
JEFFREY ARCHER
“One of the top ten storytellers in the world.” —Los Angeles Times
“There isnt a better storyteller 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 and short story collections
THE SINS OF THE FATHER
“Will keep your blood pressure high and youll risk back injury just from being kept on the edge of your seat…I guarantee that anyone who takes this book from the shelves will not be able to put it down.”—The Spectator (UK)
“[Archer] is a master of fiction…Jeffrey Archer has the strange gift denied to many who think themselves more serious novelists. He can tell a story, and he does so with such conviction, such appealing naivety, that you suspend disbelief, and read happily on.”— The Scotsman (UK)
“Archer can plot a story. ”—Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
In this short story collection by Jeffrey Archer, a dying man doesn't know which of his relations to leave his fortune to, only to find out who really cares about him. A chance overheard conversation changes the course of an entire man's life. A woman savors every word of a letter from her lover while her husband reads over her shoulder. A criminal on the loose confesses that he is desperate to be caught. A widowed mother learns the cold truth about her second husband at the dawn of her third marriage. A pencil, the cruelest of the artist's tools, leaves nothing to chance... in To Cut a Long Story Short.
This edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback.
Synopsis
An enthralling collection of stories—with unforgettable characters, ingenious plotting, and surprise endings—from internatioanl bestselling author
Jeffrey Archer
A dying man doesnt know which of his relations to leave his fortune to, only to find out who really cares about him. A chance overheard conversation changes the course of an entire mans life. A woman savors every word of a letter from her lover while her husband reads over her shoulder.A criminal on the loose confesses that he is desperate to be caught.A widowed mother learns the cold truth about her second husband at the dawn of her third marriage. A pencil, the cruellest of the artists tools, leaves nothing to chance…
“[In this] collection of fourteen cleverly twisting tales,Archer maintains his obsession with surprise endings.”—Publishers Weekly
“Archer plots with skill, and keeps you turning the pages.” —The Boston Globe
Synopsis
A dying man doesnt know which of his relations to leave his fortune to, only to find out who really cares about him. A chance overheard conversation changes the course of an entire mans life. A woman savors every word of a letter from her lover while her husband reads over her shoulder. A criminal on the loose confesses that he is desperate to be caught. A widowed mother learns the cold truth about her second husband at the dawn of her third marriage. A pencil, the cruellest of the artists tools, leaves nothing to chance…
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 collections—including Sins of the Father, And Thereby Hangs a Tale, A Prisoner of Birth, and Kane & Abel—have been international bestsellers. Archer is married with two sons and lives in London and Cambridge.