Twelve Red Herrings
by Jeffrey Archer
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The bestselling author Jeffrey Archer once again astonishes, delights, and electrifies with this audio collection, Twelve Red Herrings.Featuring bonus interviews with the author.
Archer, the internationally bestselling author of Honor Among Thieves and Kane & Abel, serves up this inventive collection of a dozen short stories — with a twist. Cleverly styled, with richly drawn characters and ingeniously plotted story lines, each of the twelve pieces ends with a delightfully unexpected turn show more of events.
An imprisoned man is certain that his supposed murder victim is very much alive....A female driver is pursued relentlessly by a menacing figure in another vehicle....A young artist gets the biggest break of her career....A restless beauty manages the perfect birthday celebration....An escaped Iraqi on Saddam Hussein's death list pays an involuntary visit to his homeland. In each tale, human beings are given an opportunity to seize, a crucial problem to solve, or a danger to avoid. How will they react? How would you? Capping off the collection are two additional rewards. In the final story, Archer offers a choice of four endings. And buried in each story is another diversion — a red herring which Archer challenges his readers to uncover.
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Sometimes all I need are short stories. Archer created 12 stories that throw a twist (or red herring) into the mix. One Man's Meat... even includes 4 alternate endings. I somehow always choose the sad sack ending.
Do Not Pass Go was quite a good story about an Iraqi man just trying to fly home from Turkey. Cheap at Half the Price was a little....ballsy for a woman but also made me cheer for her. Never Stop on the Motorway has been told before, many many times.
There were only a couple of stories that caused me to go Meh, but the rest made up for those.
Do Not Pass Go was quite a good story about an Iraqi man just trying to fly home from Turkey. Cheap at Half the Price was a little....ballsy for a woman but also made me cheer for her. Never Stop on the Motorway has been told before, many many times.
There were only a couple of stories that caused me to go Meh, but the rest made up for those.
Once again a batch of short stories, involving some mysteries, but most are on the edge of crime fiction.
This audio production makes good listening particularly as the narration by Alec McCowen is so well done. Each of the stories has an unexpected twist in the final moments.
This audio production makes good listening particularly as the narration by Alec McCowen is so well done. Each of the stories has an unexpected twist in the final moments.
I'm not usually nuts about short stories. But this is a good collection.
The 12 short stories in this collection are included in the large "Collected Short Stories" edition. I thought the stories were mixed in quality. Here is the full list from the larger collection, along with by ratings (0 to 5 stars).
2.5* Never Stop on the Motorway
1* Old Love
1* Shoeshine Boy
2.5* Cheap at Half the Price
4* Broken Routine
3.5* An Eye for an Eye
2* The Luncheon
1* The Coup
3.5* The Perfect Murder
x You’ll Never Live to Regret It
x The First Miracle
1* The Loophole
2* The Hungarian Professor
2* The Steal
1* Christina Rosenthal
2* Colonel Bullfrog
2* Do Not Pass Go
1* Chunnel Vision
1* Dougie Mortimer’s Right Arm
1* Clean Sweep Ignatius
1/2* Not for Sale
3* One-Night Stand
3* A Chapter of Accidents
3* Checkmate
1* The Century
2* Just Good show more Friends
2* Henry’s Hiccup
2* A Matter of Principle
3* Trial and Error
3* The Perfect Gentleman
2* À la Carte
2* The Chinese Statue
2.5* The Wine Taster
2* Timeo Danaos…
1* Not the Real Thing
* One Man’s Meat show less
2.5* Never Stop on the Motorway
1* Old Love
1* Shoeshine Boy
2.5* Cheap at Half the Price
4* Broken Routine
3.5* An Eye for an Eye
2* The Luncheon
1* The Coup
3.5* The Perfect Murder
x You’ll Never Live to Regret It
x The First Miracle
1* The Loophole
2* The Hungarian Professor
2* The Steal
1* Christina Rosenthal
2* Colonel Bullfrog
2* Do Not Pass Go
1* Chunnel Vision
1* Dougie Mortimer’s Right Arm
1* Clean Sweep Ignatius
1/2* Not for Sale
3* One-Night Stand
3* A Chapter of Accidents
3* Checkmate
1* The Century
2* Just Good show more Friends
2* Henry’s Hiccup
2* A Matter of Principle
3* Trial and Error
3* The Perfect Gentleman
2* À la Carte
2* The Chinese Statue
2.5* The Wine Taster
2* Timeo Danaos…
1* Not the Real Thing
* One Man’s Meat show less
Un conjunto de deliciosos -y maliciosas- relatos, en los que el rey del best séller brillante e ingenioso -El cuarto poder, Kane y Abel- retrata a diversas criaturas que se dejan engañar por las apariencias. Desde un marido que se cree infalible hasta un delincuente convencido de haber dado el golpe perfecto
Oct 31, 2010Spanish
Un conjunto de deliciosos -y maliciosas- relatos, en los que el rey del best séller brillante e ingenioso -El cuarto poder, Kane y Abel- retrata a diversas criaturas que se dejan engañar por las apariencias. Desde un marido que se cree infalible hasta un delincuente convencido de haber dado el golpe perfecto.
Jul 13, 2022Spanish
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Jeffrey Archer was born on April 15, 1940, in London, England. After graduating from Brasenose College, Oxford, he founded his own company named Arrow Enterprises and promptly amassed a fortune. In 1969, he was elected to the House of Commons. A conservative Member of Parliament, he was, at the age of 29, the youngest member at that time. While in show more Parliament, he invested in a corporation and lost his fortune because of embezzlement. Devastated and facing financial ruin, he recounted his experiences in his book, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less. The success of this book launched his writing career. His other works include Kane and Abel, Honor among Thieves, Shall We Tell the President?, A Quiver Full of Arrows, The Prodigal Daughter, and The Sins of the Father. He is also the author of The Clifton Chronicles series. He writes plays including Beyond Reasonable Doubt and The Accused. He was sentenced to four years imprisonment because of perjury and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, and was released in July 2003. He published three volumes of his Prison Diary: Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. In 2014, his title Be Careful What You Wish For made The New York Times Bestseller List. In 2015 his title Mightier than the Sword made the same bestsller list. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Twelve Red Herrings
- Original publication date
- 1994
- People/Characters
- Louis Mountbatten Earl Mountbatten of Burma
- Important places
- Bond Street, London, England, UK; New York, New York, USA
- Dedication
- To Chris, Carol . . . and Alyson
- First words
- It's hard to know exactly where to begin.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She closed the door behind her as the clock on a nearby church struck one.
- Disambiguation notice*
- Please do not combine with False Impressions, this is a different book
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