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Summary: A swindler gets swindled
Review: Having previously read "As the Crow Flies," I went through the reviews of the author's other books and selected this novel. The story is about Harvey Metcalfe, a shady wheeler-dealer who manipulates things to his own advantage, not always within the law, and four of his victims who decide to get even. With a sharp mathematician leading the way, the foursome carries out a comprehensive investigation of Harvey and develop creative schemes for retrieving their fortunes, catering to his fears and vanity. The story has some unexpected twists at the end. This was an early novel by the author (copyright 1976) and the writing style is not always the best - conversations sometimes shift from one group of people to another group in mid-page, with no indication of the shift (a little confusing to readers). Overall, it's an intriguing tale.
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Summary: 4 Defrauded men get their money back
Review: When 4 Englishmen are defrauded by a shady American operator,they resolve to get their money back "Not a Penny More, Not a Pennt Less" in this comical story. Archer is an excellent story teller, builds suspense and provides many twists and turns. He provides some unlikely scenarios for swindling a swindler all of which are both tension filled and hilarious.My only complaint is that the bad guy starts off as very vile and evil and ends up to be almost a sympathetic character by the end. Still it's good, light, harmless entertainment and we can all do with a little of that once in a while.
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Summary: good book --- fast moving but contrived
Review: "this one's good for a quick read on a weekend or aeroplane. archer's style is par excellence and so is the plot. the only disappointments for me were two events which seem unlikely to ever be possible, the meeting of james and his girl and then her father, towards the end.
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Summary: Compulsive Page Turner
Review: Its a must if you are an Archer fan, you will find Archer at his ravishing best. I assure you, that you wont keep the book down before you have finished it..and the end just keeps you shaking your head !
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!
Review: Excellent short book to take on a plane - I read it without stopping. I believe this is Archer's first book, and in my opinion, the best. Full of wit, humour and some great twists. If you're looking for a longer, equally exciting read by Jeffrey Archer, I highly recommend "Honour Among Thieves".
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Summary: You gotta love a good swindle
Review: This book was great. I don't usually read these types of books, as they bore me stupid with their anal attention to detail.Archer has written a book that is humurous, detailed and above all enjoyable. Well worth a look.
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Summary: Read this book
Review: I got this book firstly as a school-assisgnment but it's one of the few books that I can read again and again.
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Summary: Good, but not its best
Review: It's not that anything in the plot is missing; indeed, some of the twists are truly amazing. What bothered me about this book was how he couldn't quite manage to fit in the detail as seamlessly as he normally does. Many of the details seemed quite contrived and put in for the sole purpose of showing off that Archer knew the details
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Summary: Super!
Review: Wonderful story with fun surprises
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Summary: Great book
Review: This is Jeffery Archers first book. And what a great first book it is! The Novel is a stunning tale of fraud and revenge. With a fake oil company and a few well places "rumor" Harvey Metcalfe pulla off an easy multi-million-dollar swindle. One of his victims, a university professor, decides to get even. With a dossier on Harvey the professor contacts the other three victims and convinces them to come up with a way to get their money back. There are many wonderful twist in this book. This is a great way to get into Jeffery Archer work....
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