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There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. JA is an exceptional and dynamic story-teller. The reading community across the globe sways like a blossoming flower with the ever fresh and fragrant waft of the interplay of the words and phrases. His signature style of creating suspense keeps the diverse readers engaged and engrossed.

I wish to become a story-teller just like him. Regards Simranjeet Singh Saini. Got this book from Amazon for a very cheap price provided the huge nature of the book.

Collected Short Stories by Jeffrey Archer

There are totally 36 short stories which is a collection from 3 books of Jeffrey Archer. The stories are short and nice and have deep insights from the author. Sometimes, you might feel that the stories are incomplete or not as dramatical as his novels. But, they are good to be read in a short span of time!

Jeffery Archer indeed has a penchant for twist , even in the short stories he writes. I really liked the book, though I am yet to finish it. The font size is apt, page quality could have been better I took a star away for that. Shipping and delivery was prompt. Entertaining to say the. Jeffrey Archer's short stories What's not to like? Entertaining to say the least. One person found this helpful. Every short story is an epic in itself, you stay engrossed till you complete, must have for all Jeffery Archer Fans!!!

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And the price is very reasonable for the collection. Looking forward to buy jeffery Deaver's collection of short stories in a reasonable price soon. Awesome collection of some of his best stories at an awesome price. See all 26 reviews. Would you like to see more reviews about this item? Get to Know Us.

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Liked Old Love sentimental , Cheap at Half the Price neat trick , The Perfect Murder liked the twist , The Loophole any day the people can get back some of their money from the government is a good one , The Steal another good twist and a classic example of Archer's showing up the rude and unrefined , Christina Rosenthal sad , Colonel Bullfrog good yarn , Not For Sale sentimental twist , A La Carte Archer is also good at stories at people finding their niche and risi Some great stories. Liked Old Love sentimental , Cheap at Half the Price neat trick , The Perfect Murder liked the twist , The Loophole any day the people can get back some of their money from the government is a good one , The Steal another good twist and a classic example of Archer's showing up the rude and unrefined , Christina Rosenthal sad , Colonel Bullfrog good yarn , Not For Sale sentimental twist , A La Carte Archer is also good at stories at people finding their niche and rising within it, e.

Some of the others weren't so great, though e.

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First edition published in hardback, – HarperCollins. Millions of readers around the world have relished Jeffrey Archer's short stories. Now, for the first time. New to Penguin Classics, the remarkable, devastating collected stories by the author of Wide Sargasso Sea. Some of Jean Rhys's most.

My mum is a big fan of Jeffery Archer books and recommended him to me, not something I would reach for to read, but so glad I did! He is definitely a fantastic short story writer! Very clever and great wit! Iv read all his short stories to date and love them all! May 22, Rachael Hewison rated it really liked it Shelves: I have extremely fond memories of this book as it got me round New Zealand.

My boyfriend and I rented a campervan and drove around NZ for a month and unfortunately NZ radio rarely worked and we didn't have an adapter for our ipod so there wasn't a lot to pass the long journeys with. We popped into a Charity shop and found this hidden amongst the shelves. We've both read Archer's short stories before and thought it would be great to read each other the stories as we drove. They turned out to be pe I have extremely fond memories of this book as it got me round New Zealand. They turned out to be perfect; long enough to make you interested in the plot but still short and snappy.

The best thing about Archer's stories are the twists. No matter what the plot of the story, the final line is always the key. Sometimes it turns the story right on its head, sometimes it twists it in a direction you didn't see coming, but it always made you smile. I've just finished reading it again in my own time and whilst they were still brilliant, I definitely felt like they got weaker as the stories went on.

They were still good; just not in the class that the first few were. I'd definitely recommend it as a book to pick up, read a quick story and put down again. It's maybe not as good to read all in one go.

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This is my first Jeffrey Archer book, and if it hadn't been for a certain person, I might not have ever known of JA. Also before this, I hadn't been interested in short stories, and after reading just a few short stories from the first collection, A Quiver Full of Arrows, I was already in love with JA. At the end of his stories I find myself always at awe because it was not only written so well, but simple to comprehend when the story itself if full of twist and turns.

JA really does have a "mag This is my first Jeffrey Archer book, and if it hadn't been for a certain person, I might not have ever known of JA. JA really does have a "magician-like ability to tell a story. It took me a while to finish it because I didn't read them at once, and I would take a few days to continue to the next story, and I was also in between two other books, but it was an adventure on all JA stories, I can think only one or two which are my least favorites, not because they weren't good, but because the stories didn't amuse me as much, but the once that did, was jaw dropping and I would look back and reflect on the story and I was so excited to talk about them.

I am looking forward to owning more JA books. This isn't exactly a review, not because I am afraid to include any spoilers, but I think I would just too excited and end up going off in a tangent, and relating every piece to something else. I definitely would recommend this book to everyone, of all ages, and even if you don't go for this kind of genre, there will be a story that will fascinate you, if not all.

Dec 04, Shikha Gupta rated it it was amazing. May 04, Wsm added it Shelves: It combines three volumes of Archer's short stories and contains several very enjoyable pieces. Archer knows how to surprise the reader by providing twists in the tale. The only thing delightful about this book is finally finishing it. It seems Jeffy Archy boy's sorry that should be 'lad's' fav character or ideal self is a tall over 6'3" at least!

From go The only thing delightful about this book is finally finishing it. From good blood too obviously. Can't forget the lucky sperm club.

Be a banker or lawyer. Oh a card carrying member of the Conservative Party and will die for queen and country. Oh and yearn for or inherit titles and investitures to really top of all that wanky jazz. What a bunch of toff. Where's Russell Brand when you need him? Way more interesting and funny. And you'll learn a thing or two. The only thing I learned in this book before reaffirming what I didn't want to know - that poms are such toffy wankers is in passing that tarmac is or may have, since it's fiction derived from it's inventor being named McSomething, and saw that roads made from tar and stone was quite good, so called it TarMac, partly after himself.

See, I told you, sooo fascinating and not boring at all! Suggest this to your enemies to bore them silly. Jeffrey Archer is an author that always got me hooked up with his novels. When I got across this book, I wasn't sure I was going to like it because in "Only time will tell" I started recognizing a lot of the twists and plots in other novels.

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I figured that the short stories were going to be all more or less the same. But I was on holidays in a small town in Spain, and the Jeffrey Archer is an author that always got me hooked up with his novels. But I was on holidays in a small town in Spain, and the only English book I could come across was this. Lucky me I got it!

You'll find here short stories which are just simple plots, twisted plots, funny plots and sad plots.. You'll enjoy every single one of them, and when you reach the last, it'll be the cherry on top. I can't recommend it enough! Jan 27, Denzil Lewis rated it really liked it. What a beautiful and fluid book! I loved every story even though some of them were much better than the others. Archer has a gift for doing unexpected things with the storyline.

It is a wonderful experience to come across his twists. The language and the environment especially British gives me a good feeling, since a lot of my formative years were spent reading classics originating from England. Apr 18, Paul rated it did not like it. Maybe the novels are better. These stories all have "surprise" endings, including one in which the narrator turned out to be a cat. Mostly, they are nasty, misogynistic, and often cruel. I read about half, and happily returned the book. I never read any book of Jeffrey Archer before but after reading this mammoth book of short stories , i can only regret why i din't.

Not even one story was boring or a waste of time. Jan 18, Brit McCarthy rated it really liked it Shelves: Another terrific set of stories from the master of short stories.

I love the twist in the plot that every story contains that leaves you thinking "I didn't see that coming! Nov 18, Dhananjay Hegde rated it it was amazing. With this book completed, I think I have fallen in love with short stories by Jeffrey Archer Mar 02, Paul rated it really liked it Shelves: This book is an amazing collection of 36 shortstories from a master storyteller combining romance, history, danger, twists, international intrigue, and domestic angst. Here is an overview of each of the stories and the ratings for each.

Woman driver is chased by a van down the motorway, with the context backlit by recent rapes and murders. Two competitors, one boy, one girl compete against each other in everything including who loves the other more and are inseparable throughout life. Mountbatten sic pays a visit to St. George's where a drastically underfunded Governor rolls out the red carpet. Rosenheim wants a bauble from the jewelry store but has to play hustle to get the men in her life to commit to buying it.

A man whose routine is unflappable is somewhat disturbed by a brash youth on the train who wants to read his paper and smoke his cigarettes. A woman has an alibi for the death of her husband: A up and coming man takes an attractive married woman to lunch to try and get business favours.

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Unfortunately lunch is expensive and he has no budget. Two business rivals are stranded in Nigeria during a coup, and they end up resolving their differences and being the real coup. A man commits an accidental murder of his mistress after finding out she was also stepping out with another man, and manages to frame the man for the murder. Cute twist at end. They trick the insurance company despite his condition and collect handsomely on David's death. But insurance companies are sometimes trickier than one might think, as are their brokers.

A cute twist on an old tail has an historical figure running errands around the birth of Christ. Two friends get into a heated argument at the club and not only engage in slander but also physical fighting, leading to a legal battle and an eventual settlement, yet the two remain friends. An Englishman visits Hungary for the Olympics and meets a Professor who knows all about England and wants to practice his English and talk about all the sites in London.

A tightly-budgeted couple takes a vacation and are forced to endure the overblown ramblings of an obnoxiously rich couple, up to and including the purchase of an oriental rug. A strange story of a Jewish marathon runner and the gentile woman he fell in love with, and the strange stories of their love over time. A political refugee resettles in America, but during a return flight to the area of his birth, his plane is forced to land in Iraq, where there is a bounty on his head. A strange tale of a man about to be dumped by his latest fling, where the woman runs up expensive charges at a restaurant where the man explains to an old friend a detailed plot of an upcoming novel.

The old friend, also a novelist, is horrified as the plot is the plot of his latest best seller, and the man doesn't know. A story of rowers and the mysterious cast of the arm of one of the first rowers which keeps disappearing from the rower's club. A Nigerian Minister of Finance wants to cut out the heart of corruption and flys to Switzerland to get the names of the citizens in his country who have Swiss bank accounts. An up-and-coming artist gets swept off her feet by a gallery owner who wines and dines her to finish some stunning paintings for her first showing, with initially tragic results.

Two male friends are inseparable until they meet a woman that impresses both of them, despite each being already married, and they both pursue her with reckless abandon, cutting each other off in each attempt until one finally succeeds. An art hustler likes to borrow paintings and then return them, while at the same time picking up the nearest available wife for a turn around the studio. Burned twice, a gallery owner plots a terminal revenge. An elaborate plan to trick a woman into bed revolves around a game of ""strip""-chess.