Bestselling author Jeffrey Archer's Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been involved in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best friend Bruno?
When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, the egregious Major Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the Barrington family firm just as the company plans to build its new luxury liner, the MV Buckingham.
Back in London, Harry and Emma's adopted daughter wins a scholarship to the Slade Academy of Art where she falls in love with a fellow student, Clive Bingham, who asks her to marry him. Both families are delighted until Priscilla Bingham, Jessica's future mother-in-law, has a visit from an old friend, Lady Virginia Fenwick, who drops her particular brand of poison into the wedding chalice.
Then, without warning, Cedric Hardcastle, a bluff Yorkshireman who no one has come across before, takes his place on the board of Barringtons. This causes an upheaval that none of them could have anticipated, and will change the lives of every member of the Clifton and Barrington families. Hardcastle's first decision is who to support to become the next chairman of the board: Emma Clifton or Major Alex Fisher? And with that decision, the story takes yet another twist that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Be Careful What You Wish For showcases the master storyteller's talent as never before - when the Clifton and Barrington families march forward into the sixties, in this epic tale of love, revenge, ambition and betrayal.
This edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"No family saga would be complete without a villain, and this book has a good one, a well-drawn and believable character whose motivations are understandable. This thoroughly engaging old-school, multigenerational saga harks back to the work of Malcolm Macdonald, Belva Plain, and Irwin Shaw." --Booklist
"Archer knows how to dole out tiny crumbs of suspense right up to the last page, which ends with...a really excellent cliffhanger." --Washington Post
"The most gripping of the Clifton Chronicles yet. The tension and the build-up are terrific, and kept this reader on the edge of his seat." --The Observer (UK)
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
£ 3.41
From Canada to U.S.A.
Book Description Pocket Books. Condition: New. Publisher overstock, may contain remainder mark on edge. Seller Inventory # 9781250034465B
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9781250034465
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 1250034469
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!. Seller Inventory # OTF-S-9781250034465
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 21599640-n
Book Description Mass Market Paperback. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # DADAX1250034469
Book Description Mass Market Paperback. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # BKZN9781250034465
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. Seller Inventory # 1250034469-2-1
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLING22Oct2018170077511
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I-9781250034465