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    A Twist in the Tale
    Audiobook (abridged)3 hours

    A Twist in the Tale

    Written by Jeffrey Archer

    Narrated by Martin Jarvis

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    About this audiobook

    No one can weave a web of suspense, deliver a jolt of surprise, or teach a lesson in living like bestselling author Jeffrey Archer. From Africa to the Middle East, and from London to Beijing, Archer takes us to places we've never seen and introduces us to people we'll never forget. Meet the philandering husband who thinks he's committed the perfect murder; the self-assured chess champion who plays a beautiful woman for stakes far higher than cash; and the finance minister who needs to crack the secrets of a Swiss bank. Jeffrey Archer's collection of twelve spellbinding stories will sweep you on a journey of thwarted ambition, undying passion, and unswerving honor that you'll never forget.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateNov 1, 2004
    ISBN9781593975807
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    Jeffrey Archer

    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 97 countries and in more than 37 languages. He is the only author ever to have been a number one 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 two grandsons.

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    • 4/5
      A pretty good selection of short stories. Some of the twists I truly did not see coming. Good variety of topics and points of view.
    • 3/5
      A good collection of short stories, some better than others but all typical Archer
    • 5/5
      loved these short stories , most of them had endings that really took me by surprise , it was excellent , loved it
    • 4/5
      This is a wonderful collection of stories. It isn't hard to understand how this man wound up becoming a criminal himself...
    • 3/5
      Not a lover of short stories but love the auther
    • 4/5
      Another collection of well-written self-contained stories. Ones that stood out to me as particularly enjoyable were "A La Carte" (who doesn't like to see a child appreciate the sacrifices of their parents?), "The Steal" and "Colonel Bullfrog". The people in these stories were people I would want to know.
    • 3/5
      Each story in this collection ends with a twist, or unexpected conclusion. About half of them worked pretty well. The style is clumsy at times but not a serious deterrent to enjoyment.
    • 4/5
      These stories made a car drive go very quickly. I thought the stories were a little patchy, and one just downright boring. However as one of Amazon's reviewers commented "The book is very appropriately named, because the very end of each story has a bizarrre "twist" that you don't expect. The twist happens literally in the last sentence or two of each story, and the reader is completely surprised."There were a couple of tales which were very very good.
    • 4/5
      A lot of fun, and "Clean Sweep Ignatius" is a classic.