And Thereby Hangs A Tale

Jeffrey Archer has a gift for plot that can only be described as genius * The Daily Telegraph *Probably the greatest storyteller of our age * The Mail on Sunday *Outstanding … white-knuckle suspense and witty denouements. Enjoyable, suspense-filled rival to Roald Dahl * Daily Express *Stylish, witty and constantly entertaining … Jeffrey Archer has a natural aptitude for short stories * The Times *The economy and precision of Archer’s prose never fails to delight. The criminal doesn’t always get away with his crime and justice doesn’t always prevail, but the reader wins with each and every story * Publishers Weekly *

Jeffrey Archer, whose novels and short stories include The Clifton Chronicles, Kane and Abel and Cat O’ Nine Tales, is one of the world’s favourite storytellers and has topped the bestseller lists around the world in a career spanning four decades. His work has been sold in more than one hundred countries and in fifty-one languages. He is the only author ever to have been a No. 1 bestseller in fiction, short stories and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries). Jeffrey is also an art collector and amateur auctioneer, and has raised more than £50m for different charities over the years. A member of the House of Lords for over a quarter of a century, the author is married to Dame Mary Archer, and they have two sons, two granddaughters and three grandsons.