Tell Tale: A Gripping Collection Of Stories From International No.1 Bestseller Jeffrey Archer - Softcover

Archer, Jeffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447252314 ISBN 13: 9781447252313

Publisher: Pan, 2018

Synopsis

Author of the bestselling Clifton Chronicles, Jeffrey Archer, gives us fifteen gripping and rewarding short stories for readers to return to time and again.

Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father’s wealth changes his life forever. Follow the stories of the woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League university during the 1930s, and another young woman who thumbs a lift and has an encounter of a lifetime.

From the master of the short story, the refreshingly original stories in Tell Tale prove why Archer has been described by the Mail on Sunday as ‘probably the greatest storyteller of our age’.

*****

Praise for Jeffrey Archer’s short stories:

‘Somerset Maugham never penned anything so swift or urbanely witty as this’ - Publishers Weekly

‘Outstanding . . . white-knuckle suspense and witty denouements. Enjoyable, suspense-filled rival to Roald Dahl’ - Daily Express

‘Stylish, witty and constantly entertaining . . . Jeffrey Archer has a natural aptitude for short stories’ – The Times

‘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

‘Archer hits the bull’s eye with an exemplary collection’ - Daily Mail

‘The economy and precision of Archer’s prose never fails to delight. The criminal doesn’t always get away with his crime and justice doesn’t always prevail, but the reader wins with each and every story’ - Publishers Weekly

About this title

About the Author

Jeffrey Archer, whose novels and short stories include the Clifton Chronicles, Kane and Abel and Cat O’ Nine Tales, is one of the world’s favourite storytellers and has topped the bestseller lists around the world in a career spanning four decades. His work has been sold in more than 100 countries and in fifty-one languages. He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction, short stories and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries).

Jeffrey is also an art collector and amateur auctioneer, and has raised more than £50m for different charities over the years. A member of the House of Lords for over a quarter of a century, the author is married to Dame Mary Archer, and they have two sons, two granddaughters and three grandsons.

From the Back Cover

‘If there was a Nobel Prize for storytelling, Archer would win’
Daily Telegraph

The author of the bestselling Clifton Chronicles returns with a collection of fifteen gripping and original short stories for readers to return to time and again.

Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder, and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father’s wealth changes his life forever. Follow the stories of the woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League university during the 1930s, and another young woman who thumbs a lift and has an encounter she will never forget.

With ingenious plots and vivid characters, these brilliant stories showcase the wit and unforeseen twists Archer is renowned for, and prove why he has been described ‘as probably the greatest storyteller of our age’ by the Mail on Sunday.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pan
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447252314
• ISBN 13: 9781447252313
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352