Jeffrey Archer
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In Cheap at Half the Price, by author and master of the short story Jeffrey Archer, the conniving Consuela Rosenheim hunts down her ideal birthday present — and next husband — in London. Will she accomplish her biggest swindle yet, or will she finally get her just desserts? The wily woman is, as Archer opens, "naturally superior to men," and a pure joy for Archer fans new and old.
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer demonstrates his mastery of the short story in It Can't Be October Already. In this engaging and funny episode, Pat O'Flynn returns once again for his annual internment in the London jail system. Along the way, he'll reconnect with the staff and inmates of his sometime-home and perhaps even reach the punchline of his favorite joke. Archer is at his best in this delightful and surprising story.
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A gripping short story from master storyteller and #1 New York Times bestseller Jeffrey Archer, released for the first time as a stand-alone e-original.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer again conquers the short story form in the thrilling Never Stop on the Motorway. This classic story will have readers' hearts racing along with single mother Diana, attempting to escape a dangerous van on the highway. However, the unplanned high-speed...
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Previously published in the anthology Cat O'Nine Tales, this is the story of a star athlete who has a fateful run-in with a three-hundred pound woman.
One of the author's own personal favorites, In the Eye of the Beholder is Jeffrey Archer at his best-witty, suspenseful, sad, surprising, and unforgettable.
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La nueva trilogía del prestigioso escritor y superventas internacional Don Winslow, autor de la trilogía de El cártel: El poder del perro, El cártel y La frontera, además de Corrupción policial y Rotos.
Ciudad en llamas es la primera novela de una nueva y épica saga.
1986, Providence, estado de Rhode Island. Danny Ryan es un estibador muy trabajador, un marido enamorado, un amigo leal y, ocasionalmente, "músculo" para el sindicato del crimen...
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El absorbente nuevo thriller de un narrador magistral.
¿CÓMO SE PROTEGE A LA MUJER MÁS FAMOSA DEL MUNDO?
48 horas para localizar a un asesino... pero menos para salvar a la Corona.
La misión más difícil del detective William Warwick hasta la fecha...
Londres, 1988. La fiebre monárquica causa furor en una Gran Bretaña enamorada de la «princesa del pueblo».
Scotland Yard tiene la atención puesta en el comando de élite de Protección de la...
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New York Times number one bestselling author Jeffrey Archer is a master of the short-story form, creating classic tales beloved by his fans. Now the award-winning writer collects twenty of his most popular and fêted short stories in The Short, The Long and the Tall.
Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and ends up falling in love; and the pretentious schoolboy...
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Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on earth. But once a year, the Metropolitan Police must execute the most secret operation in their armoury when they transport the Crown Jewels across London. For four years, Chief Superindendent William Warwick – together with his second-in-command Inspector Ross Hogan – has been in charge of the operation. And for four years it's run like clockwork. But this year, everything...
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THE UNPUTDOWNABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CLIFTON CHRONICLES – PERFECT FOR FANS OF KEN FOLLET, JOHN GRISHAM and DANIEL SILVA Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the 'people's princess', Princess Diana. Which means for Scotland Yard, the focus is on the elite Royalty Protection Command, and its commanding officer. Entrusted with protecting the most famous family on earth, they quite simply have to be...
11) Best kept secret
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Clifton Chronicles volume 3
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This sequel to The Sins of the Father opens with the resolution of the trial and the triumphant marriage of Harry Clifton and Emma Barrington. Harry, now a bestselling novelist, Emma, their son Sebastian, and orphaned Jessica make a new life for themselves, but all is not happy. Emma's brother, Giles, is engaged to a woman more interested in Barrington's fortune and title than in marriage. And Sebastian finds a hard time resisting the temptations...
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Clifton Chronicles volume 6
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Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia. Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But is Karin truly in love with him, or is she a spy? Lady Virginia is facing bankruptcy and can see no way out of her financial problems, until she is introduced to...
13) Nothing ventured
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"Nothing Ventured heralds the start of a brand new series in the style of Jeffrey Archer's #1 New York Times bestselling Clifton Chronicles: introducing Detective William Warwick. But this is not a detective story, this is a story about the making of a detective . . . William Warwick has always wanted to be a detective, and decides, much to his father's dismay, that rather than become a lawyer like his father, Sir Julian Warwick QC, and his sister...
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"The second novel featuring Detective William Warwick ... William Warwick has been promoted to Detective Sergeant, but his promotion means that he, along with the rest of his team, have been reassigned to the drug squad. They are immediately tasked with apprehending Ahmed 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...
15) Next in line
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"London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the "people's princess." Which means for Scotland Yard, the focus is on the elite Royalty Protection Command, and its commanding officer. Entrusted with protecting the most famous family on earth, they quite simply have to be the best. A weak link could spell disaster. Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick and his Scotland Yard squad are sent in to investigate the team....
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"From the popular author of Kane and Abel and A Prisoner of Birth comes the story of one family across generations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph. The epic tale of Harry Clifton's life begins in 1920, with the words, "I was told that my father was killed in the war." A dock worker in Bristol, Harry never knew his father, but he learns about life on the docks from his uncle who expects Harry to join him at the shipyard once he's left school....
17) Heads you win
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Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted with an irreversible choice: should they board a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? Alexander leaves that choice to the toss of a coin. In a...
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In London, the Metropolitan Police have set up a new Unsolved Murders Unit - a cold case squad - to catch the criminals nobody else can. Four victims. Four cases. All killers poised to strike again. In Geneva, millionaire art collector Miles Faulkner, convicted of forgery and theft, was pronounced dead two months ago. So why is his unscrupulous lawyer still representing a dead client? And who is the mysterious man his widow is planning to marry? On...
19) Turn a blind eye
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William Warwick novels volume 3
Detective William Warwick volume 3
A William Warwick novel volume 3
Thorndike Press large print core
Detective William Warwick volume 3
A William Warwick novel volume 3
Thorndike Press large print core
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William Warwick, now a Detective Inspector, is tasked with a dangerous new line of work, to go undercover and expose crime of another kind: corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan Police Force. His team is focused on following Detective Jerry Summers, a young officer whose lifestyle appears to exceed his income. But as a personal relationship develops with a member of William’s team, it threatens to compromise the whole investigation.
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2010
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Tragic, comic, outrageous—these fifteen stories in And Thereby Hangs a Tale from international bestselling author Jeffrey Archer showcase his remarkable talent for capturing an unforgettable moment in time...
In India, in "Caste-Off," a man and woman fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green on the streets of Delhi...
From Germany comes "A Good Eye," about a priceless oil painting that has remained