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Summary: Clever & cunning writer and characters.
Review: The cliche "master storyteller" is appropo for Jeffrey Archer in this incredible collection of short stories, but perhaps not sufficient. After I had read a couple of the stories and been entranced and stunned by them, I couldn't help but try to figure out where the remaining stories were going as I read them. There's always a twist, a surprise, an "Ooohh, alright."
I'm not a short-story fan but I am definitely a Jeffrey Archer short-story fanatic.
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Summary: Some stories were good, others were bland...
Review: This collection of short stories starts of brilliantly and you will be ecstatic as you get going, thinking that you have some great reading ahead of you. Unfortunately the extremely high standard only stays for the first couple of stories and the rest are an effort to get through and certainly not enjoyable. This collection should have been cut short after the first couple of stories. Buy A Twist in the Tale for better Archer short stories instead.The Expert Witness, The Endgame, The Letter, Crime Pays and Chalk and Cheese are literary masterpieces with characters displaying intelligence and plotting skills brilliantly. You have got a rich man with a brilliant plan to find out if his family cares about him or just his money, a criminal determined to become a millionaire without going back to jail, a son who is not his mother's favourite and looks after his bludging brother but has the ultimate revenge as well as other classic themes. Stop reading after once you have read the book up to Chalk and Cheese though, as it is all down hill from there.
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