Jeffrey Archer

Twelve original short stories in which Jeffrey Archer plays a subtle cat-and-mouse game with the reader. They end, more often than not, with collective whiskers twitching in surprise.

When Charlie’s granddad dies, young Charlie wants to follow in his footsteps as a salesman. His ambition is to own a shop that will sell everything. The story follows his progress from the streets of Whitechapel to Chelsea Terrace, a distance of only a few miles as the crow flies.

Book 4 of the 'Clifton Chronicles', sequel to 'Best Kept Secret'. Harry Clifton and his wife, Emma, are 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, the son of Don Pedro Martinez, who is is trying to bring down the esteemed Barrington family.

Book 3 of the 'Clifton Chronicles', sequel to 'The Sins of the Father'. It is 1945 and the vote in the House of Lords as to who should inherit the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor's deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington.

Book 6 of the 'Clifton Chronicles', sequel to 'Mightier than the Sword'. Giles Barrington 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?

After twenty-eight years Conor Fitzgerald is the CIA's most deadly weapon, but he has been leading a double life and now, just before hs retirement, he comes across an enemy who can expose him!

In one of the most luxurious cities on earth...A billion-dollar deal is about to go badly wrong. A lavish night out is about to end in murder. And the British government is about to be plunged into crisis.In the heart of the British establishment...Lord Hartley, the latest in a line of peers going back over two hundred years, lies dying. But his will triggers an inheritance with explosive consequences.Two deaths. Continents apart. No obvious connection.So why are they both at the centre of a master criminal's plot for revenge?

And can Scotland Yard's William Warwick uncover the truth before it's too late...The ultimate race-against-time is about to begin.

When an old lady is murdered before 9/11, it takes all the resources of the FBI and Interpol to work out a possible motive for her death. It also takes the determination of a young woman to avenge her.

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

Leningrad, Russia, 1968. 
From an early age it is clear that Alexander Karpenko is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, Alexander and his mother will have to escape Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they have an irreversible choice: board a container ship bound for America or one bound for Great Britain. Alexander leaves the choice to a toss of a coin . . .

In a single moment, a double twist decides Alexander's future. During an epic tale, spanning two continents and thirty years, we follow Alexander through triumph and defeat as he sets out on parallel lives, as Alex in New York and Sasha in London. As this unique story unfolds, both come to realize that to find their destiny they must face the past they left behind as Alexander in Russia.

With a final twist that will shock even his most ardent fans, this is international number one bestseller Jeffrey Archer's most ambitious and creative work since Kane and Abel.

Newly promoted, Detective Sergeant William Warwick has been reassigned to the drugs squad. His first case: to investigate a notorious south London drug lord known as the Viper. But as William and his team close the net around a criminal network unlike any they have ever encountered, he is also faced with an old enemy, Miles Faulkner. It will take all of William's cunning to devise a means to bring both men to justice, a trap neither will expect, one that is hidden in plain sight . . .  Book 2 of series

William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski had only one thing in common. One the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless Polish immigrant, the two men were born on the same day on opposite sides of the world. But their paths were destined to cross in a ruthless struggle to build a fortune.

Book 5 of the 'Clifton Chronicles', sequel to 'Be Careful What You Wish For'. Sir Giles Barrington is now a minister of the crown and looks set for even higher office. Then his political career is thrown off balance by none other than his old adversary, Major Alex Fisher, who is selected to stand against him at the general election. But who wins this time?

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. Maverick ex-undercover operative Ross Hogan is charged with a very sensitive - and unique - responsibility. But it soon becomes clear the problems in Royalty Protection are just the beginning. A renegade organization has the security of the country - and the Crown - in its sights. The only question is which target is next in line...  Book 5 of series.

Jeffrey Archer's first novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, is page-turning tale of fraud, revenge and determination as four men stop at nothing to get back what was stolen from them.

One million dollars - that's what Harvey Metcalfe, lifelong king of shady deals, has pulled off with empty promises of an oil bonanza and instant riches. Overnight, four men - the heir to an earldom, a Harley Street doctor, a Bond Street art dealer and an Oxford don - find themselves penniless. But this time Harvey has swindled the wrong men. They band together and shadow him from the casinos of Monte Carlo to the high-stakes windows at Ascot and the hallowed lawns of Oxford.

Their plan is simple: to sting the crook for exactly what they lost - not a penny more, not a penny less.

This is not a detective story, this is a story about a detective. William Warwick is eight when he decides to join the police force. Resolute in the face of his prominent QC father's objections, William graduates in Art History from university and immediately enrols as a constable in the Metropolitan Police. Gaining insight from his first mentor, an experienced, world-weary constable, his keen mind quickly takes him into a role in Scotland Yard's Art and Antiques unit and his first case: the recovery of a Rembrandt stolen from the Fitzmolean Museum.

It will take skill and tenacity for William to solve the crime, and along the way he will encounter many who will change his life, from Miles Faulkner, a crooked art collector, and his influential lawyer - who bends the law to the point of breaking - to research assistant Beth Rainsford, a woman with secrets who he falls hopelessly in love with . . . William Warwick's destiny is set, the only question is, how far will his ambition take him? Thrilling, absorbing and entertaining, Nothing Ventured heralds the start of a new series from master storyteller Jeffrey Archer and introduces a character destined to become one of his most enduring legacies. Book 1 of series, continue the gripping series with Hidden in Plain Sight.

Book 1 of the 'Clifton Chronicles'. The epic tale of Harry Clifton’s life begins in 1919, in the backstreets of Bristol. Harry must decide whether to take his place at Oxford, or join the navy to fight against Hitler’s Germany. Continued in 'The Sins of the Father' (10454).

In London, the Metropolitan Police set up a new Unsolved Murders Unit - a cold case squad - to catch the criminals nobody else can. 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? On a luxury liner en route to New York, the battle for power at the heart of a wealthy dynasty is about to turn to murder. And at the heart of all three investigations are Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick, rising star of the Met, and ex-undercover operative Ross Hogan, brought in from the cold.  Book 4 of series

Some people have dreams that are so outrageous that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. But what if one man had such a dream, and when he'd achieved it, there was no proof that he had fulfilled his ambition? This is the story of such a man.

On 19th July 2001, Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years imprisonment for perjury. He spent the first twenty-two days in HMP Belmarsh, a high security prison which houses some of Britain's most violent criminals. This is his daily diary.

Sequel to A Prison Diary Volume 1: Hell (7267). On 19th July 2001, Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years imprisonment for perjury. He spent the first twenty-two days in HMP Belmarsh, a high security prison which houses some of Britain's most violent criminals. This is a continuation of his daily diary.

On Thursday 19 July 2002, after a perjury trial lasting seven weeks, Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years in jail. This is the final instalment of his diaries in which he recounts his transfer from Wayland Prison to his eventual release on parole in July 2003.

If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson the day before, or the day after, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. Danny is sentenced to twenty-two years and is sent to Belmarsh prison. But everyone has underestimated Danny's determination to seek revenge and Beth's relentless quest to win justice..

The magnificant story of love and politics that continues the saga of Kane and Abel. The titanic battle between two men obsessed with destroying each other follows on into the next generation.

Florentyna Rosnovski, Abel's daughter, inherits all her father's drive, but none of his wealth. A woman gifted with beauty and spirit, but above all with indomitable will, she sets out in pursuit of an ambition that dwarfs both Kane and Abel, as she battles for the highest office of all...

Book 2 of the 'Clifton Chronicles' sequel to 'Only Time Will Tell'. New York, 1939. Tom Bradshaw is arrested for first degree murder. He stands accused of killing his brother. Family loyalties are stretched to their limits as secrets unravel, and the story moves from the backstreets of Bristol to the boardrooms of Manhattan. Continued in 'Best Kept Secret'.

Author of the bestselling Clifton Chronicles, Jeffrey Archer, gives us fourteen 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'.

Book 7 of the 'Clifton Chronicles', sequel to 'Cometh the Hour'. Tragedy engulfs the Clifton family when one of them receives a shocking diagnosis that will throw all their lives into turmoil.

Fraud, deceit, deception, lying, bankruptcy, infidelity: these are just some of the recurrent themes that concern Jeffrey Archer in his fourth collection of short stories.

24 hours to stop the crime of the centuryThe race against time is about to begin...THE TOWER OF LONDON...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.SCOTLAND YARD...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.THE HEIST...But this year, everything is about to change. Because master criminal Miles Faulkner has set his heart on pulling off the most outrageous theft in history - and with a man on the inside, the odds are in his favour.Unless Warwick and Hogan can stop him before it's too late...  Book 6 of series.

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.

Meanwhile, a notorious drug baron goes on trial, with the prosecution case led by William's father and sister. And William's wife Beth, now a mother to twins, renews an old acquaintance who appears to have turned over a new leaf, or has she? As the undercover officers start to draw the threads together, William realizes that the corruption may go deeper still, and more of his colleagues than he first thought might be willing to turn a blind eye.  Book 3 of series.

A fast-moving, entertaining set of stories incuding a wine-tasting with a bizarre difference, a violent row in a golf clubhouse bar and a rivalry founded on eating cornflakes.