Tell Tale

Master storyteller Jeffrey Archer returns with Tell Tale, a collection of brilliant short stories. Poignant, engrossing and captivating; this is Archer at his spellbinding best.

Author of the bestselling Clifton Chronicles, Jeffrey Archer, gives us fifteen gripping and rewarding short stories for readers to return to time and again.Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father's wealth changes his life forever. Follow the stories of the woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League university during the 1930s, and another young woman who thumbs a lift and has an encounter of a lifetime.From the master of the short story, the refreshingly original stories in Tell Tale prove why Archer has been described by the Mail on Sunday as 'probably the greatest storyteller of our age'.

Probably the greatest storyteller of our age

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Master storyteller Jeffrey Archer returns with Tell Tale, a new collection of brilliant short stories. Poignant, engrossing and captivating; this is Archer at his spellbinding best.

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Jeffrey Archer

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'If there was a Nobel Prize for storytelling, Archer would win'
Daily Telegraph

The author of the bestselling Clifton Chronicles returns with a collection of fifteen gripping and original short stories for readers to return to time and again.

Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder, and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father's wealth changes his life forever. Follow the stories of the woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League university during the 1930s, and another young woman who thumbs a lift and has an encounter she will never forget.

With ingenious plots and vivid characters, these brilliant stories showcase the wit and unforeseen twists Archer is renowned for, and prove why he has been described 'as probably the greatest storyteller of our age' by the Mail on Sunday.

Inhalt
Chapter - 1: Unique Chapter - 2: Who Killed the Major? Chapter - 3: View of Auvers-sur-Oise Chapter - 4: A Gentleman and a Scholar Chapter - 5: All's Fair in Love and War Chapter - 6: The Car Park Attendant Chapter - 7: A Wasted Hour Chapter - 8: The Road to Damascus Chapter - 9: The Cuckold Chapter - 10: The Holiday of a Lifetime Chapter - 11: Double or Quits Chapter - 12: The Senior Vice President Chapter - 13: A Good Toss to Lose Chapter - 14: The Perfect Murder