The Book Depository Tell Tale by Jeffrey Archer
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Description: Tell Tale : Hardback : Pan Macmillan : 9781447252290 : 1447252292 : 02 Nov 2017 : Master storyteller Jeffrey Archer returns with Tell Tale, a collection of fourteen brilliant, fast-paced short stories, full of twists and turns and unforgettable characters. Gripping and addictive, this is Archer at his spellbinding best. The Book Depository Tell Tale by Jeffrey Archer - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9781447252290
MPN: 1447252292
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Author: Robert Douglas
Rating: 5
Review: Fabulous as always
Author: Carole Anne Goodman, author The Shenanigans of Champagne Charlie
Rating: 1
Review: As a lifelong follower of everything Jeffrey Archer writes, I was appalled by this book. Firstly it is only 80% long - the other 20% is taken up with an advert for his new book which is not being published until November 2018. And as for the short stories in the remainder of this book: A Gentleman and a Scholar - This was just an exercise in the author’s classical knowledge. There was no plot. The Car Park Attendant - “It would never have happened if his uncle Bert hadn’t taken him to the zoo”. But his uncle Bert never did take him to the zoo. Joe headed to a possible job coming up at the zoo and headed there on the bus, but never went in. The holiday of a lifetime - "Married to Joyce for 34 years", so clearly an elderly couple. Yet annually he and his wife claimed for lost suitcases on flights which amassed them enough money to buy a house in Spain,, but for an elderly couple how many years did they have in which to do this. And their flights would have cost more money than the value of the contents of a suitcase. Besides, all claims for lost suitcases have to be supported by the baggage the receipt, which they obviously didn’t have without the suitcase being boarded in the first place. Double or quits - We are asked to believe that casinos would rather pay out a false win than ‘be responsible’ for a suicide. The manager heard a shot ring out from the beach but only sent his security man to stuff money into the ‘deceased man’s’ pockets. He left money lying around him too - why? - Nobody else seemed concerned at the shot. The Senior Vice President (worst of the lot) - Talk of customer accounts being managed through ledgers kept in drawers at the bank - no computers, so there is an impression of actions taking place quite some years ago. In the light of a new bank account being opened with a large sum of money in a past era there is the sentence: “It made Arthur smile to think that anyone who turned up with $10,000 in cash today would be subject to an investigation by their recently formed money-laundering team”, (clearly due diligence is implied). Yet when he opened a bank account, his stolen credit card was accepted as the sole proof of identity! He went to Petty France to get a new passport - Petty France ceased to be the passport office in 2002, but the main character caught a connecting flight from Heathrow T5 - which only opened in 2008. He had also made some “subtle alterations” to a British passport (date of birth, and photo), which were happily accepted by the experts. Oh Jeffrey, this was dire. Did someone else write some of the stories? Or did you fail to do your research?
