Authors: Jeffrey Archer
ISBN-13: 9780061032073, ISBN-10: 0061032077
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: December 2001
Edition: Reprint
A political aspirant turned author, Jeffrey Archer seems to delight in conspiracy and simple twists of fate in his fiction, even as these forces have shaped a rocky course in his own life. Misfortune led Archer to write the book that began his career, but fate seems to have smiled on his bestselling books.
In To Cut a Long Story Short, New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer delivers an enthralling new collection of short stories. Listeners will have a difficult time sorting fact from fiction as each story comes complete with intriguing characters, ingenious plotting and Archer's trademark surprise endings.
From the cleverest of confidence tricks, to the quirks of the legal profession, to the intrigues of love at first sight, Archer keeps listeners guessing at what is truly as it seems to be and what is a hoax, what is real and what is a red herring. His mastery of character and suspense is apparent, each word is necessary and each ending will shock and surprise.
To Cut a Long Story Short is Archer at the top of his form. It is stylish, witty, constantly entertaining, and will captivate listeners who will race through each story to find out how it ends.
Stylish, witty, and constantly entertaining... Jeffrey Archer has a natural aptitude for short stories.
Preface | 9 | |
Death Speaks | 11 | |
The Expert Witness | 15 | |
The Endgame | 29 | |
The Letter | 79 | |
Crime Pays | 87 | |
Chalk and Cheese | 109 | |
A Change of Heart | 127 | |
Too Many Coincidences | 139 | |
Love at First Sight | 171 | |
Both Sides Against the Middle | 177 | |
A Weekend to Remember | 189 | |
Something for Nothing | 205 | |
Other Blighters' Efforts | 217 | |
The Reclining Woman | 241 | |
The Grass Is Always Greener | 251 |