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Nothing Ventured is the incredible and thrilling novel by the master storyteller and bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, Jeffrey Archer • 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

Jeffrey Archer, one of the greatest popular novelists of our generation, delivers a truly page-turning thriller. When an aristocratic old lady is brutally murdered in her country home the night before 9/11, it takes all the resources of the FBI and Interpol to work out the connection between her and the possible motive for her death a priceless Van Gogh painting. It's a young woman in the North Tower when the first plane crashed into the building who has the courage and determination to take on both sides of the law and avenge the old lady's death. Anna Petrescu is missing, presumed dead, after 9/11 and she uses her new status to escape from America, only to be pursued across the world from Toronto to London, to Hong Kong, Tokyo and Bucharest, but it is only when she returns to New York that the mystery unfolds

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

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

Quiver Full of Arrows is a collection of twelve exciting short stories from bestselling author, Jeffrey Archer • Two friends fall under the spell of a New York beauty - with an unexpected outcome. A casual remark is taken seriously by a Chinese sculptor, and the British Ambassador becomes the owner of a priceless work of art. An insurance claims adviser has a most surprising encounter on the train home to Sevenoaks • This marvellous collection of twelve stories ends with a hauntingly written, atmospheric account of two undergraduates at Oxford in the 1930s, a tale of bitter rivalry that ends in a memorable love story

Suspenseful and thrilling, Sunday Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer’s Sons of Fortune is a powerful tale of twins separated by fate and reunited by destiny • In the late 1940s in Hartford, Connecticut, a set of twins is parted at birth • Nat Cartwright goes home with his parents, a schoolteacher and an insurance salesman. His twin brother is adopted and becomes Fletcher Davenport, the only son of an American multi-millionaire and his society wife • Unaware the other exists, the brothers grow up and follow different paths, confronted by challenges and obstacles, tragedy and heartache. Nat goes to Vietnam and returns a hero, whilst Fletcher distinguishes himself as a criminal defence lawyer before embarking on a political career • But when Nat enters politics and both decide to run for governor, the brothers become unwitting rivals, setting off a train of events that will either forge their bond or break it forever

Heads You Win is the incredible and thrilling novel by the master storyteller and bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, Jeffrey Archer • 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

Thrilling and absorbing, Cometh the Hour is the sixth novel in international bestseller Jeffrey Archer's the Clifton Chronicles sees the Clifton and Barrington families navigate the 1970s in this epic tale of tragedy and hope • There are devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, her brother Giles Barrington and their arch enemy Lady Virginia when a suicide note is read out in court • Having fallen in love, Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics to try and rescue the woman he loves from behind the Iron Curtain

"Будь осторожен в своих желаниях", четвертая часть "Хроник Клифтона" Джеффри Арчера начинается с того, что Гарри Клифтон и его жена Эмма спешат в больницу, чтобы узнать судьбу своего сына Себастьяна, который попал в автомобильную аварию со смертельным исходом. Но кто умер, Себастьян или его лучший друг Бруно? • Когда Росс Бьюкенен вынужден уйти с поста председателя судоходной компании "Баррингтон Шиппинг Компани", Эмма Клифтон хочет заменить его. Но дон Педро Мартинес намерен поставить на место свою марионетку, вопиющего майора Алекса Фишера, чтобы уничтожить семейную фирму Баррингтонов как раз в тот момент, когда компания планирует построить свой новый роскошный лайнер MV Букингем • Книга на английском языке • Be Careful What You Wish For, the fourth instalment in Jeffrey Archer's The Clifton Chronicles, opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been involved in a fatal car accident

В романе "Закрыть глаза", третьей части серии "Жизнь детектива Уильяма Уорвика", автор международного бестселлера Джеффри Арчер вновь демонстрирует свое мастерство в искусстве рассказывания историй • Детективу-инспектору Уильяму Уорвику поручена новое опасное дело - работать под прикрытием и разоблачать коррупцию в самом сердце столичной полиции • Его команда сосредоточена на детективе-сержанте Джерри Саммерсе, молодом офицере, ведущем экстравагантный образ жизни. Но у Саммерса завязываются личные отношения с констеблем из команды Уильяма, и расследование висит на волоске • По мере того, как его офицеры под прикрытием связывают нити воедино, Уильям понимает, что уровень коррупции может оказаться намного выше, чем он предполагал изначально, и что больше его коллег, чем он думал, готовы закрыть на это глаза… • Книга на английском языке

Удачный бросок костей • Калифорния, 1949 год. Алоизиус Арчер собирается начать новую работу у известного частного детектива в Бейтауне. Чувствуя, что ему повезет, он заходит в казино в Рино, где знакомится с начинающей актрисой Либерти Каллахан. Вместе они отправляются на запад в путешествие, полное опасностей и сюрпризов, — потому что Арчер не единственный, у кого есть загадочное прошлое • Риск того стоит • Прибыв в город, погрязший в коррупции, Арчер получает задание выяснить, кто делает все возможное, чтобы сорвать назначение высокопоставленного чиновника. Затем в бурлеск-клубе убивают двух, казалось бы, никак не связанных между собой людей. В этом замкнутом сообществе Арчер должен копать глубже, чтобы выявить связь между жертвами • Ставки сделаны

The unstoppable Ruby Darke returns as old enemies threaten her family in The Edge, a gripping gangland thriller from top ten bestselling author Jessie Keane • With a mind sharper than a razor blade it was only a matter of time before Ruby Darke fought her way to the top. From humble beginnings she became the queen of London's retail, but she didn't get there by obeying the law • Now with her son Kit and daughter Daisy finally by her side she's ready to start a new chapter in her life, but, unknown to all of them, enemies are circling • There aren't many who threaten Ruby Darke and live to tell the tale. But this time, she may just have met her match • If you live on the edge, you may just die on it…