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Jeffrey Archer
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Jeffrey Archer PUBLICATIONS
About Jeffrey
    Published in 97 countries and in more than 33 languages, Jeffrey Archer
    is a global publishing phenomenon, with international sales passing 275
    million copies, and over 25,000 5* reviews on Amazon.

    He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction (twenty-one
    times), short stories (four times) and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries). With a writing
    career spanning 44 years, Jeffrey has produced 42 works. Starting in 2020, he is
    publishing four new William Warwick novels, one set of short stories and three updated
    works for children.

    Jeffrey has been married for 54 years to Dame Mary Archer, who was Chair
    of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is the current Chair
    of the Science Museum Group.

    They have two sons, William and James, three grandsons and two granddaughters,
    and divide their time between homes in London, Cambridge and Mallorca.

                        Addressing 7,500 fans at the 2018 Jaipur Literary Festival

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Jeffrey Archer PUBLICATIONS
International sales passing

                275 million

               “A storyteller in the class
                 of Alexander Dumas”
                    WASHINGTON POST

           “Archer is a master entertainer.”
                          TIME

      “If there was a Nobel Prize for storytelling,
                  Archer would win”

                     DAILY TELEGRAP H

“Archer has a gift for plot that can only be described as
                         genius”

                    SUNDAY TELEGRAP H

           “Probably the greatest storyteller
                      of our age”

                     MAIL ON SUNDAY

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William Warwick
                                                      8 NOVEL S

                                “This is not a detective story, but a
                                story about the life of a detective.”

In the New York times bestselling series, the reader is introduced to William Warwick with the words, this is not a
detective story, but a story about the life of a detective.

From William’s early days in the 1980s, when he becomes a constable on the beat in London, through to the present
day, covering the political and social changes of the time, we follow William’s rise through the ranks.

Will he make it, or will his arch enemy Miles Faulkner, who dogs every step of his career, prevent him becoming
Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police?

Only one of them can triumph.

                               Published in over 30 languages, and
                                    sold in over 100 countries

                                             Nothing Ventured

                                                     4.5*
                               BASED ON 8,168 REVIEWS ON AMA ZON.CO.UK

                    “…thoroughly gripping tale. Archer reinforces his
                           position as a master storyteller.”

                                               P UBLISHERS WEEKLY

               “...you simply cannot put the book down until you have
                           read it all. A definite must read.”

                                                  READER REVIEW

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Turn A Blind Eye
April 2021         William Warwick Collection - 3

Turn a Blind Eye is the third instalment in the gripping   Meanwhile, notorious drug baron Assem Rashidi
story of Detective Inspector William Warwick, by           goes on trial, defended by Mr Booth Watson QC,
the master storyteller and #1 New York Times               while William’s father Sir Julian and sister Grace
bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles.              lead the prosecution case. And William’s wife Beth,
                                                           now a new mother to twins, makes a surprising new
Newly promoted to Detective Inspector, William             friend in Christina Faulkner—the ex-wife of William’s
Warwick is tasked with a dangerous new line of work,       former rival, criminal financier Miles - who has not
to go undercover and expose crime of another kind:         only turned over a new leaf, but has also a new-
corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan Police         found source of income when Faulkner dies suddenly
Force. Along with detectives Rebecca Pankhurst             of a heart attack and she stands to be sole inheritor
and Nicky Bailey, his team is focused on following         of his estate.
Detective Jerry Summers, a young officer whose
lifestyle exceeds his income. But the investigation        As the undercover officers start to draw the threads
risks being compromised when Nicky falls for               together, William realizes that the corruption may go
Summers.                                                   deeper still, and more of his colleagues than he first
                                                           thought might be willing to turn a blind eye.

Over My Dead Body
Nov 2021           William Warwick Collection - 4

An unputdownable story of murder, revenge and
betrayal from international number one bestseller
Jeffrey Archer – a rollercoaster thriller which takes
detective William Warwick to the cold case unit,
where he chases someone who thinks they’ve got
away with murder.

William Warwick Collection | Books 5 – 8
2022 - 2025        William Warwick Collection 5 – 8

                                                                                                                    JEFFREY
                                                                                                                    ARCHER
William Warwick Book 5:
William will be a superintendent protecting the royal
family and ambassadors. To be written in 2021, and
published in 2022.                                                                                                  W ILLI A M WA RW ICK
                                                                                                                       COLLECTION

William Warwick Book 6:
William will be a chief superintendent working on                                                                         5-8
counter espionage. To be written in 2021-2, and
published in 2022-2023.

William Warwick Books 7 & 8:
These will be written in 2022-23.

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Jeffrey Archer PUBLICATIONS
“A saga from which, once started,
                                                                       it’s impossible to detach.”
                                                                                         L A REP UBBLICA

                                                                     “A storyteller in the class of
                                                                  Alexander Dumas. . . Unsurpassed
                                                                  skill… making the reader wonder
                                                                  intensely what will happen next.”
                                                                                  THE WASHINGTON POST

Hidden In Plain Sight
2020               William Warwick Collection - 2

Hidden in Plain Sight is the second brilliant and captivating    As William’s team closes the net around a criminal network like
novel featuring William Warwick by the master storyteller and    none they have ever faced before, he devises a trap they would
bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles, Jeffrey Archer.    never expect, one that is hidden in plain sight...

William Warwick has been promoted to Detective Sergeant, but     With Jeffrey Archer’s trademark twists and turns, Hidden in
his promotion means that he, along with the rest of his team,    Plain Sight is the extraordinary sequel to Nothing Ventured, the
have been reassigned to the Drugs Squad. They are immediately    first novel featuring William Warwick.
tasked with apprehending Assem Rashedi, a notorious drug
dealer, who operates his extensive network out of South
London.

As the investigation progresses, William runs into enemies old
and new: Adrian Heath, from his school days, now a street
dealer who he convinces to turn informer; and financier Miles
Faulkner, who makes a mistake that could finally see him put
behind bars. Meanwhile, William and his fiancée Beth enjoy
making preparations for their upcoming wedding, though an
unpleasant surprise awaits them at the altar.

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“…thoroughly gripping tale. Archer
                                                                      reinforces his position as a master
                                                                                 storyteller.”
                                                                                          P UBLISHERS WEEKLY

                                                                          “A clever, multi-layered series
                                                                          of crimes that segue subtly and
                                                                                    succinctly.”
                                                                                              READER REVIEW

Nothing Ventured
2019                 William Warwick Collection - 1                        4.5* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk.

This is not a detective story, this is a story of a detective...     While William follows the trail of the missing masterpiece,
                                                                     he comes up against suave art collector Miles Faulkner and
William Warwick has always wanted to be a policeman, and             his brilliant lawyer, Mr Booth Watson QC, who are willing to
decides, much to his father’s dismay, that rather than become        bend the law to breaking point to stay one step ahead of him.
a barrister like Sir Julian Warwick QC, and his sister Grace, he     Meanwhile, Miles Faulkner’s wife, Christina, befriends William,
will join London’s Metropolitan Police Force.                        but whose side is she really on?

After graduating from university, William begins a career that       Nothing Ventured heralds the start of a brand-new series
will define his life: from his early months on the beat under the    inspired by Jeffrey Archer’s number one Sunday Times
watchful eye of his first mentor, Constable Fred Yates, to his       bestselling The Clifton Chronicles: telling the story of the life of
first high-stakes case as a fledgling detective in Scotland Yard’s   William Warwick – as a family man and a detective who battles
arts and antiquities squad.                                          against a powerful criminal nemesis.

Investigating the theft of a priceless Rembrandt painting from       Through twists, triumph and tragedy, this series will show that
the Fitzmolean Museum, he meets Beth Rainsford, a research           William Warwick is destined to become one of Jeffrey Archer’s
assistant at the gallery whom he falls hopelessly in love with,      most enduring legacies.
even as Beth guards a secret of her own that she’s terrified will
come to light.

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Clifton Chronicles
                                                         7 NOVEL S

“At the age of seventy, I set out to write a seven-book       events of the twentieth century to the present day, and
series on the life of Harry Clifton.“ Jeffrey Archer.         along the way, meet a cast of characters to keep you
                                                              turning the pages. Among them is Lady Virginia who
Harry was born in the back streets of Bristol in 1920, won    marries Giles Barrington, and tries to ruin all their lives,
a scholarship to Oxford, but leaves university to fight in    and very nearly succeeds.
the Second World War. After the war, he falls in love with
Emma, the sister of his closest friend, Giles Barrington,     The Clifton Chronicles is a multi-generational saga that
and starts a career as a novelist.                            takes you from England to America. The series has hit the
                                                              top of the best seller lists around the world, and has over
The 7 book series follow his triumphs and disasters           fifty thousand five star reviews on Amazon.
against a backdrop of the key political and historical

                                                   No. 1 on the

                      New York Times, Sunday Times
                       & Der Speigel bestsellers list
                                                   and No. 1 in

                                              11 countries

                                                     including

                     Australia, South Africa, Canada,
                       New Zealand, India, Ireland
                                & Denmark

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Global sales in excess of
  15 million since 2011

                     This Was A Man

                        4.7*
         BASED ON 6,277 REVIEWS ON AMA ZON.CO.UK

“The ability to tell a story is a great, and unusual, gift…
  it is not something that can be taught or acquired…
           Jeffrey Archer is, first and foremost,
                       a storyteller.”

                        THE TIMES

  “I was reading the book on tour and found I was
bunking off from my own signing sessions to get back
         to the story… I was utterly hooked.
         It was an absurdly enjoyable read”

            ANTHONY HOROWIT Z, DAILY TELEGRAP H

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Only Time Will Tell
2011                Clifton Chronicles Series - 1                                   4.46* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

The Clifton Chronicles is Jeffrey Archer’s most             Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War,
ambitious work in four decades as an international          when Harry must decide whether to take his place at
bestselling author. The epic tale of Harry Clifton’s        Oxford, or join the fight against Hitler’s Germany.
life begins in 1919, in the backstreets of Bristol.
His father was a war hero, but it will be twenty-one        In Jeffrey Archer’s masterful hands, you will be taken
tumultuous years before Harry discovers the truth           on a journey that you won’t want to end, even after
about how his father really died and if, in fact, he        you turn the last page of this unforgettable yarn,
even was his father.                                        because you will be faced with a dilemma that neither
                                                            you, nor Harry Clifton could ever have anticipated.
The first in the series, Only Time Will Tell takes a cast
of memorable characters from the devastation of the

The Sins Of The Father
2012                Clifton Chronicles Series - 2                                   4.55* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

New York, 1939. Tom Bradshaw is arrested for                having decided she’ll do whatever it takes to find
first-degree murder. He stands accused of killing           the man she was to marry – unwilling to believe that
his brother. When Sefton Jelks, a top Manhattan             he died at sea. The only proof she has is a letter. A
lawyer, offers his services for nothing, penniless          letter that has remained unopened on a mantelpiece
Tom has little choice but to accept his assurance of a      in Bristol for over a year.
lighter sentence. After Tom is tried, found guilty and
sentenced, Jelks disappears, and the only way for           Jeffrey Archer continues the saga of The Clifton
Tom to prove his innocence would be to reveal his           Chronicles with this epic second novel in the
true identity – something that he has sworn never to        series, The Sins of the Father. Family loyalties are
do in order to protect the woman he loves.                  stretched to their limits as secrets unravel, and the
                                                            story moves from the backstreets of Bristol to the
Meanwhile, the young woman in question travels              boardrooms of Manhattan.
to New York, leaving their son behind in England,

Best Kept Secret
2013                Clifton Chronicles Series - 3                                   4.51* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

1945. The vote in the House of Lords as to who              uncle’s fate.
should inherit the Barrington title and family
fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor’s           In 1957, Sebastian wins a scholarship to Cambridge,
deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of       and a new generation of the Clifton family march
Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington. Harry returns           onto the page. After Sebastian is expelled from
to America to promote his latest novel, while his           school, he unwittingly becomes caught up in an
beloved Emma goes in search of the little girl who          international art fraud involving a Rodin statue that
was found abandoned in her father’s office on the           is worth far more than the sum it raises at auction.
night he was killed.                                        Does he become a millionaire? Does he go to
                                                            Cambridge? Is his life in danger?
When the General Election is called, Giles Barrington
has to defend his seat in the House of Commons and          Best Kept Secret, the third book in Jeffrey Archer’s
is horrified to discover who the Conservatives select       gripping family saga The Clifton Chronicles, will
to stand against him. But it is Sebastian Clifton,          answer all these questions, but once again, pose so
Harry and Emma’s son, who ultimately influences his         many more.

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Be Careful What You Wish For
2014               Clifton Chronicles Series - 4                                  4.62* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

Be Careful What You Wish For, the fourth instalment       wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez
in Jeffrey Archer’s Clifton Chronicles, opens with        intends to install his puppet, the egregious Major
Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital       Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the Barrington
to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has         family firm just as the company plans to build its
been involved in a fatal car accident. But who died,      latest luxury liner, the MV Buckingham. Back in
Sebastian or his best friend Bruno?                       London, Harry and Emma’s adopted daughter wins a
                                                          scholarship to the Slade Academy of Art where
When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman        she falls in love with a fellow student, Clive Bingham,
of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton          who asks her to marry him.

Mightier Than The Sword
2015               Clifton Chronicles Series - 5                                  4.59* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

Mightier than the Sword opens with an IRA bomb            Uncle Joe, a devastating insight into what it was like
exploding during the MV Buckingham’s maiden               to work for Stalin.
voyage across the Atlantic – but how many
passengers lose their lives? When Harry Clifton visits    Jeffrey Archer’s compelling Clifton Chronicles
his publisher in New York, he learns that he has been     continue in this, his most accomplished novel to
elected as the new president of English PEN, and          date. With all the trademark twists and turns that
immediately launches a campaign for the release of        have made him one of the world’s most popular
a fellow author, Anatoly Babakov, who’s imprisoned        authors, the spellbinding story of the Clifton and the
in Siberia. Babakov’s crime? Writing a book called        Barrington families continues.

Cometh The Hour
2016               Clifton Chronicles Series - 6                                  4.63* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide       Lady Virginia is facing bankruptcy and can see
note, which has devastating consequences for Harry        no way out of her financial problems, until she is
and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and his wife Lady      introduced to the hapless Cyrus T Grant III.
Virginia. Giles must decide if he should withdraw         Cometh the Hour is the penultimate book in the
from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he       Clifton Chronicles and, like the five previous novels
loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But is Karin truly   – all of which went to number one on the Sunday
in love with him, or is she a spy?                        Times bestseller list, showcases Jeffrey Archer’s
                                                          extraordinary storytelling with his trademark twists.

This Was A Man
2017               Clifton Chronicles Series - 7                                  4.66* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

This Was a Man is the seventh and final, captivating      Harry Clifton sets out to write his magnum opus,
instalment of the Clifton Chronicles from master          while his wife Emma completes her ten years as
storyteller Jeffrey Archer. This Was a Man opens          Chair of the Bristol Royal Infirmary and receives an
with a shot being fired, but who pulled the trigger,      unexpected call from Margaret Thatcher offering
and who lives and who dies? In Whitehall, Giles           her a job. Sebastian Clifton becomes chairman of
Barrington discovers the truth about his wife Karin       Farthings Kaufman bank after Hakim Bishara resigns
from the Cabinet Secretary. Is she a spy or a pawn in     for personal reasons. The ending will not fail to
a larger game?                                            surprise.

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Kane and Abel
                                                    TRILOGY

The story of two men, Abel Rosnowski and William Lowell   White House. In a thrilling twist the FBI have six days,
Kane, both born on the same day, one with everything,     13 hours and 37 minutes to stop the plot to kill the first
one with nothing. They meet only once, and it changes     woman president of the United States.
their whole life.
                                                          Kane and Abel has topped the best seller lists around
In this multi-generational saga, Abel’s daughter          the world, and has been read by over a hundred million
Flroentyna, marries Kane’s son, Richard, when the story   people since it was first published in 1979.
moves on to Washington, the Senate and finally to the

                             Global sales in excess of
                              37,000,000 since 1980

                                              Kane and Abel

                                                   4.7*
                             BASED ON 4,164 REVIEWS ON AMA ZON.CO.UK

               Kane and Abel is 20th top selling Novel of all time and
                     35th on Goodreads bestsellers of all time.
                             Now on its 134th reprint.

                                          WIKIP EDIA | GOODREADS

                             “That classic of modern literature…”

                                                   THE TIMES

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Kane and Abel
1977      Kane and Abel Trilogy - 1                                                4.7* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

They had only one thing in common . . . William           Kane and Abel is the marvellous story, spanning
Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of            sixty years of two powerful men linked by an all-
a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless Polish        consuming hatred, brought together by fate to save . .
immigrant – two men born on the same day on               . and finally destroy . . . each other.
opposite sides of the world, their paths destined to
cross only once in their ruthless struggle to build a
fortune.

“Probably the greatest storyteller of our age”
Mail On Sunday

The Prodigal Daughter
1982      Kane and Abel Trilogy - 2                                               4.4* avg. ratings | amazon.co.uk

Hers was the ultimate ambition . . . The titanic battle   A woman gifted with beauty and spirit, but above
between two men obsessed with destroying each             all with indomitable will, she sets out in pursuit of
other follows on to the next generation. Florentyna       an ambition that dwarfs both Kane and Abel, as she
Rosnovski, Abel’s daughter, inherits all of her           battles for the highest office in the world.
father’s drive, but none of his wealth.

‘...A riveting read following the fortunes of the two
main families with several twists and turns.”
The Times

Shall We Tell The President?
1983      Kane and Abel Trilogy - 3                                                4.5* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

6 days, 13 hours and 37 minutes to go . . . At the end    At 8.30 five people know all the details. By 9.30
of The Prodigal Daughter, Florentyna Kane is elected      four of them are dead. FBI agent Mark Andrews
President – the first woman President of the United       alone knows when. He also knows that a senator is
States. At 7.30 one evening the FBI learn of a plot to    involved. He has six days to learn where – and how.
kill her – the 1572nd such threat of the year.            Six days to prevent certain death of the President.

“The only difference between this book and The Day
of the Jackal, is that Archer is a better writer”
Chicago Tribune

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Standalone
              Novels
                      A Prisoner Of Birth

                          4.65*
             BASED ON 3,244 REVIEWS ON AMA ZON.CO.UK

      “Outstanding…white-knuckle suspense and witty
                    denouements.”

     “There is no arguing with Archer’s inventiveness, his
            drive and his easy, effervescent style.”

                          DAILY EXP RESS

      “[ Jeffrey] is foremost a storyteller with the innate,
        almost intuitive, manner of weaving believable
     characters, relatable dialogue, and most importantly,
                         outstanding plots.”
                         READER REVIEW

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“…A surprise last-sentence kicker that points to the
present political movement. The result is a fun, fast-
                    paced novel.”

                   P UBLISHERS WEEKLY

“The plain storytelling is unimprovable. Few literary
          writers could do his job better.”

                      SUNDAY TIMES

 “Few are more famous than Archer for keeping the
                 pages turning.”

                  TIMES LITERARY REVIEW

“A fast moving intrigue…a cracking good read. This is
the first novel I’ve read by Jeffrey Archer, and it won’t
                       be the last.”

                     MAIL ON SUNDAY

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Heads You Win
2018               Standalone novels                                                 3.6* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

Leningrad, Russia, 1968. Alexander Karpenko is no          Alexander’s future. During an epic tale of fate and
ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is   fortune, spanning two continents and thirty years, we
destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father       follow his triumphs and defeats as he struggles as an
is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he       immigrant to conquer his new world. As this unique
and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they     story unfolds, Alexander comes to realize where his
hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted         destiny lies, and accepts that he must face the past
with an irreversible choice: should they board a           he left behind in Russia.
container ship bound for America, or Great Britain?
Alexander leaves that choice to the toss of a coin . . .
In a single moment, a double twist decides

Paths Of Glory
2009               Standalone novels                                               4.46* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

Inspired by a true story, Paths of Glory bring to life     But what if one man had such a dream, and when
one of history’s enduringly enigmatic figures. Some        he’d fulfilled it, there was no proof that he had
people have dreams that are so outrageous that if          achieved his ambition? Paths of Glory is the story of
they were to achieve them, their place in history          such a man. But not until you’ve turned the last page
would be guaranteed. Francis Drake, Robert Scott,          of Jeffrey Archer’s extraordinary novel, will you be
Percy Fawcett, Charles Lindbergh, Amy Johnson,             able to decide if mountaineer George Mallory should
Edmund Hillary and Neil Armstrong are among such           be added to this list of legends, because if he were,
individuals.                                               another name would have to be removed.

A Prisoner Of Birth
2008               Standalone novels                                               4.65* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson            is sentenced to twenty-two years and is sent to
the day before, or the day after, he would not have        Belmarsh prison, the highest security jail in the
been arrested and charged with the murder of his           land, from which no inmate has ever escaped.
best friend. And when the four prosecution witnesses       But everyone has underestimated Danny’s
are a barrister, a popular actor, an aristocrat and        determination to seek revenge and Beth’s relentless
the youngest partner in an established firm’s history,     quest to win justice.
who is going to believe his side of the story? Danny

The Gospel According To Judas
2008               Standalone novels                                                 3.8* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

Pope Benedict XVI recently referred to the continuing      written by the son of Judas, is a highly readable and
‘mystery of Judas’. This intriguing book – the result      gripping account of the stories of Jesus and Judas,
of an intense collaboration between one of the             which will open a whole new debate among secular
world’s most popular storytellers and one of the           and religious readers. The project is as bold as it is
world’s leading biblical scholars – throws a new light     simple: Archer has written a story for twenty-first-
on the events leading up to the great betrayal. This       century readers, while Moloney has ensured the
book, presented in gospel style with two-colour text,      result is credible to a first-century Christian or Jew.
ribbon marker and gilded edges, and ostensibly

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False Impression
2006               Standalone novels                                                4.44* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

When an aristocratic old lady is brutally murdered in      missing, presumed dead, after 9/11 and she uses
her country home the night before 9/11, it takes all       her new status to escape from America, only to be
the resources of the FBI and Interpol to work out the      pursued across the world from Toronto to London, to
connection between her and the possible motive for         Hong Kong, Tokyo and Bucharest, but it is only when
her death –a priceless Van Gogh painting. It’s a young     she returns to New York that the mystery unfolds.
woman, who was in the North Tower when the first           Why are so many people willing to risk their own lives
plane crashed into the building, who has the courage       and that of others to own the Van Gogh Self-Portrait
and determination to take on both sides of the law         with Bandaged Ear?
and avenge the old lady’s death. Anna Petrescu is

Sons Of Fortune
2002               Standalone novels                                                4.43* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

United in their rivalry, Sons of Fortune is the classic    in Vietnam. He returns a war hero, he finishes
tale of two brothers engaged in a power struggle from      school and becomes a successful banker. Fletcher,
international bestselling author, Jeffrey Archer. In the   meanwhile, has graduated from Yale University and
late 1940s in Hartford, Connecticut a set of twins is      distinguishes himself as a criminal defence lawyer
parted at birth. Nat Cartwright goes home with his         before he is elected to the Senate. Even when Nat
parents, a schoolteacher and an insurance salesman.        and Fletcher fall in love with the same girl they still
But his twin brother is to begin his days as Fletcher      don’t meet.
Andrew Davenport, the only son of a multi-
millionaire and his society wife.                          They continue on their separate paths until one has
                                                           to defend the other for a murder he did not commit.
During the years that follow, the two brothers grow        But the final confrontation comes when Nat and
up unaware of each other’s existence. Nat leaves           Fletcher are selected to stand against each other for
college at the University of Connecticut to serve          governor of the state.

The Eleventh Commandment
1998               Standalone novels                                                4.45* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

Connor Fitzgerald is the professional’s professional.      And she has only one purpose: to destroy him.
Holder of the Medal of Honor. Devoted family man.          Meanwhile, the United States is faced with an equally
The CIA’s most deadly weapon. But for twenty-eight         formidable foe: a new Russian President, determined
years, he has been leading a double life. And only         to force a military confrontation between the two
days from his retirement, he comes across an enemy         superpowers.
even he cannot handle. The enemy is his own boss.

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The Fourth Estate
1996               Standalone novels                                            4.23* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

The world’s most powerful newspaper barons –            The other was the scion of a well-known family,
which of them will triumph? At first glance, Richard    groomed for a public role, a rebel who didn’t care if
Armstrong and Keith Townsend seemed to have little      anyone approved of what he got up to. One craved
in common. One was the son of an illiterate peasant,    wealth, recognition, status. The other quickly
who emerged from the most backward corner of a          discovered that real power comes from anonymity.
Europe ravaged by a bitter war. The other was raised    But they did have one thing in common. Both of
in a mansion on the far side of the world while the     them were gamblers. Both were prepared to risk
war was just another piece of news.                     everything in their battle to control the biggest
                                                        newspaper empire in the world.
One was a hustler, a thief, ready to change even his
identity, if it would gain him a momentary advantage.

Honour Among Thieves
1993               Standalone novels                                            4.46* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

Who would pay a billion dollars to humiliate            And Saddam is planning a revenge so diabolical that
America?                                                the United States will be left with no choice but to
                                                        retaliate . . .
The time, 1993. The place, Washington DC. Of
the adversaries in the Gulf War, the sole survivor is
Saddam Hussein.

“A fast moving intrigue…a cracking good read. This is
the first novel I’ve read by Jeffrey Archer, and it won’t
be the last”
Mail On Sunday

As The Crow Flies
1991               Standalone novels                                            4.57* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

Charlie Trumper’s earliest memory is of hearing         But in Jeffrey Archer’s expert hands it becomes an
his grandfather’s sales patter from behind his          epic journey through the triumphs and disasters
costermonger’s barrow. When Grandpa Charlie dies,       of the century, as Charlie follows a thread of
young Charlie wants nothing more than to follow in      love, ambition and revenge to fulfil the dream his
his footsteps – his burning ambition is to own a shop   grandfather inspired.
that will sell everything: ‘The Biggest Barrow in the
World’. Charlie’s progress from the teeming streets
of Whitechapel to the elegance of Chelsea Terrace is
only a few miles as the crow flies.

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A Matter Of Honour
1988                 Standalone novels                                              4.4* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

Adam Scott listens to the reading of his father’s will,   Against his mother’s advice, Adam opens the
aware that the contents can only be meagre. The           letter, and immediately realises his life can never
Colonel, after all, had nothing to leave - except a       be the same again. The contents leave him with no
letter he had never opened himself, a letter that can     choice but to follow a course his father would have
only bring further disgrace to the family name.           described as a matter of honour.

First Among Equals
1984                 Standalone novels                                             4.38* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

Playing for the highest stakes of all . . .               power with their wives and families, men and women
                                                          caught up in a dramatic game for the highest stakes
In the 1960s, four ambitious new MPs take their seats     of all. But only one man can gain the ultimate goal –
at Westminster. Over three decades they share the         the office of Prime Minister
turbulent passions and upheavals of the race for

“We haven’t had a better novel about Parliament since
Anthony Trollope.”
The Scotsman

Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less
1976                 Standalone novels                                             4.58* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

One million dollars – that’s what Harvey Metcalfe,        But this time Harvey has swindled the wrong men.
lifelong king of shady deals, has pulled off with         They band together and shadow him from the
empty promises of an oil bonanza and instant riches.      casinos of Monte Carlo to the high-stakes windows at
Overnight, four men – the heir to an earldom, a           Ascot and the hallowed lawns of Oxford. Their plan
Harley Street doctor, a Bond Street art dealer and an     is simple: to sting the crook for exactly what they lost
Oxford don – find themselves penniless.                   – not a penny more, not a penny less.

“Marvellously plotted, with just the right amount of
romance, wit and savoir faire.”
Publishers Weekly

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Short Stories
       92 Individual Stories

                 To Cut A Long Story Short

                          4.5*
             BASED ON 314 REVIEWS ON AMA ZON.CO.UK

     “Stylish, witty and constantly entertaining, Jeffrey
      Archer has a natural aptitude for short stories.”

                           THE TIMES

     “Cunning plots, silken style. Archer plays a cat and
              mouse game with the reader.”

                        NEW YORK TIMES

         “The peerless master of the page turner.”

                          DAILY MAIL

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Amalgamated collections

The Collected Short Stories
1997                Amalgamated collection of short stories                           4.4* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

The Collected Short Stories brings together three of       figure in another vehicle. An offhand remark is taken
Jeffrey Archer’s classic collections of short stories: A   seriously by a Chinese sculptor in one tale, while a
Quiver Full of Arrows, A Twist in the Tale and Twelve      British diplomat unexpectedly becomes the owner of
Red Herrings.                                              a priceless work of art in another
                                                           Over three of the stories, discover a hauntingly
Every reader will have their own favourites: the           written, atmospheric account of two undergraduates
choices run from an imprisoned man who is certain          at Oxford in the thirties: a tale of bitter rivalry that
that his supposed murder victim is very much alive,        ends in a memorable love story.
to a female driver pursued relentlessly by a menacing

The New Collected Short Stories
2014                Amalgamated collection of short stories                           4.5* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

The New Collected Short Stories brings together            the creative financial talents of a member of Her
three of Jeffrey Archer’s classic collections of short     Majesty’s diplomatic service – but for a good cause.
stories: To Cut a Long Story Short, Cat O’ Nine Tales      In ‘Caste-Off’, Jamwal and Nisha fall in love while
and And Thereby Hangs a Tale, showcasing the               waiting for a traffic light to turn green in Delhi, and in
master storyteller’s skill as never before.                ‘Don’t Drink The Water’, a company chairman tries
                                                           to poison his wife while on a trip to St Petersburg –
Every reader will have their own favourites: the           with unexpected consequences . . .
choices run from love at first sight across the train
tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from         The stories held in these pages are irresistible:
the quirks of the legal profession – and those who         ingeniously plotted, with richly drawn characters and
are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar – to          deliciously unexpected conclusions.

The Short, The Long And The Tall
2020                Amalgamated collection of short stories

In The Short, The Long and The Tall the master             during the 1930s, and another young woman who
storyteller joins forces with renowned illustrator Paul    thumbs a lift and has an encounter she will never
Cox, to re-imagine twenty of Jeffrey Archer’s most         forget. Discover the haunting story about four men
popular and feted short stories alongside beautifully      whose characters are tested to the point of death.
rendered watercolour illustrations.                        Finally, a short parable about how pointless war is,
                                                           and how decent people are caught up in the crossfire
Find out what happens to the hapless young                 of their leaders’ ambitions. This will be a must-buy
detective from Naples who travels to an Italian            for dedicated fans of both the author and illustrator’s
hillside town to solve a murder and ends up falling in     work. For the first time, his readers have chosen their
love; and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery        20 of their favourite original short stories and here
of the origins of his father’s wealth changes his life     they are, gathered in an illustrated collection.
forever. Revel in the stories of the woman who dares
to challenge the men at her Ivy League university

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Original collections

A Quiver Full Of Arrows
1980                Collection of short stories                                    4.31* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

Quiver Full of Arrows is a collection of twelve exciting   An insurance claims adviser has a most surprising
short stories from bestselling author, Jeffrey Archer.     encounter on the train home to Sevenoaks.

Two friends fall under the spell of a New York beauty      This marvellous collection of twelve stories ends
– with an unexpected outcome. A casual remark is           with a hauntingly written, atmospheric account of
taken seriously by a Chinese sculptor, and the British     two undergraduates at Oxford in the 1930s, a tale of
Ambassador becomes the owner of a priceless work           bitter rivalry that ends in a memorable love story.
of art.

A Twist In The Tale
1989                Collection of short stories                                    4.41* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

The expected never happens . . . a man calls               Consider also: a wine-tasting with a bizarre
unexpectedly on his mistress and sees another man          difference, a game of sex with a sexy stranger, a
leaving her flat. Accusing her of being unfaithful,        violent row in a golf clubhouse bar, a rivalry founded
he quarrels with her, strikes her. She dies. Leaving       on eating cornflakes . . . just some of the openings in
unseen, he tips off the police so that the other man       this cunningly constructed, fast-moving, entertaining
is arrested and charged . . . Has he achieved ‘The         set of stories from the bestselling author.
Perfect Murder’?

A tantalising opening to A Twist in the Tale, a
fantastic collection of short stories from bestselling
author Jeffrey Archer.

Twelve Red Herrings
1994                Collection of short stories                                      4.2* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

An imprisoned man is certain that his supposed             Twelve Red Herrings is the third collection of
murder victim is very much alive . . . a female driver     irresistible short stories from master storyteller,
is pursued relentlessly by a menacing figure in            Jeffrey Archer. Cleverly styled, with richly drawn
another vehicle . . . a young artist gets the biggest      characters and ingeniously plotted story lines,
break of her career . . . a restless beauty manages        each of the twelve tales ends with a delightfully
the perfect birthday celebration . . . an escaped Iraqi    unexpected turn of events.
on Saddam Hussein’s death list pays an involuntary
visit to his homeland . . . How will they react?
How would you?

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To Cut a Long Story Short
2000                Collection of short stories                                      4.5* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

The fourteen short stories in To Cut a Long Story           the quirks of the legal profession – and those who
Short show Jeffrey Archer’s great skills with a wide        are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar – to
variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all    the creative financial talents of a member of Her
with that trademark twist in the tale.                      Majesty’s diplomatic service – but for a good cause.
                                                            The last story, The Grass is Always Greener, is
Every reader will have their own favourites: the            possibly the best piece Archer has written, and will
choices run from love at first sight across the train       haunt you for the rest of your life.
tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from

Cat O’ Nine Tales
2006                Collection of short stories                                       4.4* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

Cat O’ Nine Tales is the fifth collection of irresistible   They feature the mad, the bad and the dangerous
short stories from the master storyteller Jeffrey           to know, as well as more poignant and telling
Archer, illustrated by the internationally acclaimed        characters. As a collection they
artist, Ronald Searle, creator of Molesworth.               confirm Jeffrey Archer’s position as a master
These twelve yarns are satisfying and ingeniously           storyteller.
plotted, featuring richly drawn characters and
Jeffrey Archer’s trademark deliciously unexpected
conclusions.

And Thereby Hangs A Tale
2010                Collection of short stories                                      4.3* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

From Jeffrey Archer, the bestselling author of the          And in ‘A Good Eye’ a priceless Renaissance oil
Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, comes his             painting remains in the same family for generations
captivating sixth collection of short stories, And          until its current owner is faced with a difficult
Hereby Hangs a Tale, full of magnificent characters         choice...
and shocking plot twists. In ‘High Heels’ discover
what happens in a loss adjuster’s memorable first           Jeffrey demonstrates his natural aptitude for short
case where his wife has to explain why a pair of            stories which are stylish, witty and entertaining. His
designer shoes couldn’t have gone up in flames,             mastery of characterisation and suspense, combined
while on the streets of Delhi in ‘Caste-Off’ a man and      with a gift for the unexpected, jaw-dropping plot
woman fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to     twist, show him at the height of his powers and
turn green.                                                 demonstrate why he is one of world’s bestselling
                                                            authors.

Tell Tale
2017                Collection of short stories                                      4.2* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

Author of the bestselling Clifton Chronicles, Jeffrey       Follow the stories of the woman who dares to
Archer, gives us fifteen gripping and rewarding short       challenge the men at her Ivy League university during
stories for readers to return to time and again. Find       the 1930s, and another young woman who thumbs
out what happens to the hapless young detective             a lift and has the encounter of a lifetime. From the
from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to      master of the short story, the refreshingly original
solve a murder and the pretentious schoolboy whose          stories in Tell Tale prove why Archer has been
discovery of the origins of his father’s wealth changes     described by the Mail on Sunday as ‘probably the
his life forever.                                           greatest storyteller of our age’.

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The Prison Diaries
                        TRILOGY | NON-FICTION

                  A Prison Diary, Heaven, Vol III

                             4.5*
               BASED ON 1727 REVIEWS ON AMA ZON.CO.UK

      “Gruesome, touching, sharply written . . . they are the
            best thing Archer has written in years”

                         SUNDAY TELEGRAP H

      “Jeffrey Archer raises these diaries to the standards of
       a prison Pepys, by being such an assiduous recorder
                  of his fellow inmates’ secrets.”

                           MAIL ON SUNDAY

        “The finest thing he has ever written…. Riveting.”

                       INDEP ENDENT ON SUNDAY

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A Prison Diary, Hell, Vol I
2002               The Prison Diaries Trilogy                                      4.4* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

The sun is shining through the bars of my window         This is Great Britain in the twenty-first century, not
on what must be a glorious summer day. I’ve been         Turkey, not Nigeria, not Kosovo, but Britain. On
incarcerated in a cell five paces by three for twelve    Thursday 19 July 2001, after a perjury trial lasting
and a half hours and will not be let out again until     seven weeks, Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to
midday; eighteen and a half hours of solitary            four years in jail. He was to spend the first twenty-
confinement.                                             two days and fourteen hours in HMP Belmarsh, a
                                                         double A-Category high-security prison in South
There is a child of seventeen in the cell below me       London, which houses some of Britain’s most violent
who has been charged with shoplifting - his first        criminals.
offence, not even convicted - and he is being locked
up for eighteen and a half hours, unable to speak to     Hell, the first volume in Archer’s The Prison Diaries,
anyone.                                                  is the author’s daily record of the time he spent there.

A Prison Diary, Purgatory, Vol II
2003               The Prison Diaries Trilogy                                      4.5* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

On 9th August 2001, twenty-two days after Jeffrey        only the daily degradations of a dangerously over-
Archer was sentenced to four years in prison for         stretched prison service, but the spirit and courage
perjury, he was transferred from HMP Belmarsh,           of his fellow inmates . . .
a double-A Category high-security prison in
south London, to HMP Wayland, a Category C               Prison Diary Volume II: Purgatory is an extraordinary
establishment in Norfolk.                                work of non-fiction, where Jeffrey Archer reveals
                                                         what life is like inside the walls of Britain’s prisons.
He served sixty-seven days in Wayland and during
that time, as this account testifies, encountered not

A Prison Diary, Heaven, Vol III
2004               The Prison Diaries Trilogy                                      4.5* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

“It’s all an act. I am hopelessly unhappy, dejected      The final volume of Jeffrey Archer’s prison diaries, A
and broken. I smile when I am at my lowest, I laugh      Prison Diary Volume III: Heaven, covers the period of
when I see no humour, I help others when I need help     his transfer from Wayland to his eventual release on
myself. I am alone. If I were to show any sign, even     parole in July 2003.
for a moment, of what I’m going through, I would
have to read the details in some tabloid the following   It includes a shocking account of the traumatic time
day. Everything I do is only a phone call away from a    he spent in the notorious Lincoln jail and the events
friendly journalist with an open cheque book. I don’t    that led to his incarceration there – it also throws
know where I have found the strength to maintain this    light on a system that is close to breaking point. Told
facade and never break down in anyone’s presence.“       with humour, compassion and honesty, it closes
                                                         with a thought-provoking manifesto that should
                                                         be applauded by the Establishment and prison
                                                         population alike.

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Children’s Books
     Discover the Magical World
       of Willy and Randolph
             UP DATED EDITIONS REL AUNCHING IN 2021

             TO BE P UBLISHED IN OVER 10 L ANGUAGES

         THE CHILDREN’S SERIES WILL BE EXPANDED IN 2022

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Willy And The Killer Kipper
1981               Children’s books                                                   5* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

When the world’s largest submarine, The Neptune is         Internationally bestselling author Jeffrey
lost somewhere at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean,        Archer’s delightful story for young readers,
Willy and Randolph the Bear must save all the              accompanied by Anupama Ajinkya Apte’s
trapped sailors – with some help from the Rightaway        fun illustrations, will win the author many
Bird, Sybil Seagull, and Boris the Blue Whale. Which       new fans!
means defeating Konrad the Killer Kipper and
his gang of a hundred horrible herrings who have
captured The Neptune because he wants to eat the
sailors. Can Willy and his friends win against them?

“The illustrations are outstanding.”

Willy Visits The Square World
1980               Children’s books                                                 4.8* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

When Yo-Yo the Cat is kidnapped, Willy and                 cats are Grumpfuzz’s favourite breakfast. Can Willy
Randolph the Bear must fly through space to rescue         and his friends save Yo-Yo?
her from the Square World to which she has been
taken – with some help from the Fuzzines, the wise         Internationally bestselling author Jeffrey Archer’s
Big Whoosh, the Glowsnake and the Upsidedown               delightful story for young readers, accompanied by
Bird. Which means defeating Grumpfuzz and                  Anupama Ajinkya Apte’s fun illustrations, will win the
his Thieving Bird who have captured Yo-Yo because          author many new fans!

“This is a book my son absolutely adored and I would
read it to him every night before bed.”

By Royal Appointment
1980               Children’s books                                                 4.7* avg. rating | amazon.co.uk

King Benefactor and Queen Echo of Littleland agree         Internationally bestselling author Jeffrey
to have a race to decide which is the fastest car in the   Archer’s delightful story for young readers,
country. All the seven cars in the kingdom turn up for     accompanied by Priya Kuriyan’s fun
the race: the Speedy Car, the Greedy Car, the Flashy       illustrations, will win the author many
Car, the Trendy Car, the Shabby Car, the Silly Car         new fans!
and the Little Square Car. Which car will win the
race? And which car will win everyone’s hearts?

“Bought this for my sister, she loves it.”

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Film and TV
     3 Major TV series based
      on the original books

              “That classic of modern literature…”
                      KANE AND ABEL | THE TIMES

      “Marvellously plotted, with just the right amount of
               romance, wit and savoir faire.”

       NOT A P ENNY MORE, NOT A P ENNY LESS | P UBLISHERS WEEKLY

     “We haven’t had a better novel about Parliament since
                      Anthony Trollope.”

                 FIRST AMONG EQUAL S | THE SCOTSMAN

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Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
1990               Television Series

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less was made into          Each man - an Oxford professor, a Harley Street
a TV mini-series by the BBC in 1990, starring Ed          physician, an art dealer and a British aristocrat -
Begley Jr., Brian Protheroe, Maryam d’Abo, Jenny          deploy their individual talents in elaborate stings to
Agutter, and Edward Asner.                                get back “Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less”.

“Four victims of a stock swindle meet and plot to
get their money back from the crooked financier
responsible.

First Among Equals
1987               Television Series

Fact meets fiction in this 10-part adaptation of          The first-rate ensemble cast features two-time
Jeffrey Archer’s international bestseller. First Among    Oscar-nominee Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton,
Equals follows four politicians from their first day in   In the Bedroom), James Faulkner (The Bank Job),
Parliament through more than 20 years in office, as       David Robb, Jeremy Child, and Joanna David.
each jockeys to become prime minister. The dialogue       Nominated for three BAFTA awards, the mini-series
crackles with dry wit, and the plot involves plenty of    aired on public television in 1987. Complete U.K.
sex and scandals, some of it straight out of Archer’s     broadcast edition. 10 episodes.
personal experience as a former MP.

Kane and Abel
1985               Television Series

Kane and Abel was made into a TV series in 1985           The series also received a Primetime Emmy
by Embassy Television, starring Sam Neil as William       nomination for Outstanding Editing for a Mini-series
Lowell Kane and Peter Strauss as Abel Rosnovski.          or a Special - Single Camera Production for Mel
The following year, Peter Strauss was nominated for       Friedman (editor), James Galloway (editor), and Les
a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in        Green.
a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
(Kane & Abel).

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Plays

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The Accused
2000                Plays

The Accused is a tense courtroom drama with a               The choice will keep you on the edge of your seats,
difference. The audience will act as the jury, as if they   and at the end of the trial you will be invited to
were in the Central Criminal Court at the Old Bailey.       deliver your verdict of guilty or not guilty. Once you
You will have to decide…Did Dr Sherwood murder his          have made that decision the play will continue – with
wife? Was Jennifer Mitchell his mistress? Which of          one of two different endings, depending on your
his alibis should you believe?                              verdict. Only then will you finally discover the truth.

Exclusive
1989                Plays

Jeffrey’s second play, which he wrote in 1989, ran at       ‘Exclusive’ was Jeffrey’s second play. It is the story
the Strand Theatre for 100 performances.                    of a old hack journalist at the end of his career, who
                                                            sends in a story so late that he knows it will just make
A Fleet Street drama, performed in London with              the first edition, but the proprietor of the newspaper,
Paul Scofield, Eileen Atkins, Alec McCowen, Jeffry          and his wife in particular, will be absolutely livid
Wickham, and Steven Pacey in the cast. Michael              when they read it over the breakfast table the
Rudman was the director.                                    following morning…all hell breaks loose.

Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1987                Plays

Jeffrey wrote his first play in 1987, following the         After a tense and gripping courtroom scene, Act I
General Election of that year.                              ends just as we are about to hear the jury’s verdict.

It ran at the Queen’s Theatre in London’s West End          Act II takes us back in time to the fateful night of
for over 600 performances, with Frank Finlay and            Lady Metcalfe’s death and ends with a surprising
Wendy Craig in the lead roles.                              twist.

Accused of the wilful murder of his terminally ill wife,
Sir David Metcalf finds himself locked in legal combat
with his old rival, Anthony Blair-Booth QC.

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Contact

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For rights and general publishing enquiries,
       please contact Alan Mitchell at
        Mitchell Rights Management:

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             1-310-402-5154

             THEATRE RIGHTS

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           +44 (0) 20 7735 0077

             P RESS CONTACT

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           +44 (0) 7960 870 867

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P RAISE - UK

     “Archer has a gift for plot that can only be described as
                              Genius.”

                “Archer is a master entertainer.”
                          DAILY TELEGRAP H

      “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.”
                          MAIL ON SUNDAY

      “…this is compelling stuff, well worth reading – and
             deserving of some serious attention.”

                     MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS

               “Perfect….at the top of his game.”
                         EVENING STANDARD

      “The plain storytelling is unimprovable. Few literary
                writers could do his job better.”

                           SUNDAY TIMES

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P RAISE - UK

 “Archer’s mystery shows him at his peak. He is every
   bit Somerset Maugham’s match as a storyteller.”

                        DAILY MAIL

  “Few are more famous than Archer for keeping the
                  pages turning.”

                  TIME S LITERARY REVIEW

 “...this is another action-packed tale full of Archer’s
      signature vertiginous twists and razor-sharp
                         intrigue.”

                        THE L ADY

“[ Jeffrey] has always had the knack of producing page-
turners… It is quite captivating… and just as you sit on
 the end of your seat expecting all the loose ends to be
tied into a neat little bow, Archer drops a bombshell...”
                       SP ECTATOR

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P RAISE - USA

        “One of the top ten storytellers in the world.”
                       LOS ANGELES TIMES

              “Archer is a master entertainer.”
                         TIME MAGA ZINE

           “There isn’t a better story-teller alive.”
                          L ARRY KING

      “A storyteller in the class of Alexander Dumas. .
      . Unsurpassed skill… making the reader wonder
             intensely what will happen next.”
                     THE WASHINGTON POST

         “Archer reinforces his position as a master
                        storyteller.”

             NOTHING VENT URED | P UBLISHERS WEEKLY

     “A dynamite commercial novel… Archer brings it off
                     with panache.”

           A P RISONER OF BIRTH | THE WASHINGTON POST

               “The ultimate novel of rivalry”
                    KANE & ABEL | DAN BROWN

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P RAISE- EUROP E

     “Jeffrey Archer unfolds a saga full of secrets, twists, betrayals,
friendships, romances, separation and reunions […] In a word like in a
   hundred : an excellent gift idea for anyone who loves family saga”

                            BLOG DE MISS ALFIE
                                 FRANCE

“We have here a wonderful novel, in the strict sense of the word. A great
   story from beginning to end by this incredible writer that is Jeffrey
 Archer. It’s smart, funny, thrilling. And remarquably well-written. Why
                              go without it ?”
                        BERNARD POIRET TE, EUROP E 1
                                 FRANCE

         “Hatreds worthy of a Shakespearian drama. In short,
          everything is combined to make this reading totally
                    addictive. A real page-turner!”

                              VERSION FEMINA
                                  FRANCE

      “Over a period of thirty years and on two continents, Jeffrey
      Archer’s great novel unfolds a story of unique suspense and
           drama – a story that cannot be forgotten again.”

                           HEADS YOU WIN | TIP P
                                GERMANY

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P RAISE - EUROP E

                  “Great new saga full of destiny.”
                       THE CLIF TON SAGA | FÜR SIE
                                GERMANY

                   “Archer is a brilliant narrator”
           ONLY TIME WILL TELL / THE CLIF TON SAGA | WELT WOCHE
                                  GERMANY

      “And once again Jeffrey Archer proves that he belongs
             in the ranks of the great story tellers.”

                  BEST KEPT SECRET | ECHO ZUM SONNTAG
                                GERMANY

      “In the truest sense of the word, explosive [...]. Jeffrey
      Archer proves his talent for storytelling and suspense”

     MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD | HELLWEGEN ANZEIGER, UNNAER ZEIT UNG
                                GERMANY

      “A truly epic drama based on the timeless Romeo and
                          Juliet motif.”

            THE P RODIGAL DAUGHTER | MARKUS WERNER, P IRANHA
                               GERMANY

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P RAISE- EUROP E

      “Jeffrey Archer presents another masterpiece!”
              THE FOURTH ESTATE | ECHO ZUM SONNTAG
                            GERMANY

     “Archer, a masterful narrator, once again wrote a
           great epic, an absolute page turner.”

     “In this gigantic epic, Jeffrey Archer describes his
      hero’s journey over several decades, from bitter
       poverty to the world of the rich and powerful”

    AS THE CROW FLIES | MAINHAT TAN KURIER, ECHO ZUM SONNTAG
                            GERMANY

    “Jeffrey Archer. He’s the king of English bestseller.”

“A millions copies saga. Jeffrey Archer is a true storyteller.”

   ONLY TIME WILL TELL | L A REP UBBLICA , IO DONNA, IL SECOLO XIX
                                 ITALY

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“If there was a Nobel Prize for storytelling,
            Archer would win.”
                DA ILY T ELEGRAP H
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