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Началото – Ленинград, Русия, 1968 г. Александър Карпенко не е обикновено дете и от ранна възраст ясно се вижда, че му е писано да води сънародниците си. Но когато баща му бива убит от КГБ заради опълчване срещу режима, Александър и майка му са принудени да избягат от Русия, за да оцелеят. На пристанището те са изправени пред избор, от който няма връщане назад – да се качат в контейнер или за Америка, или за Великобритания. Александър оставя избора на шанса и хвърля монета... Само за един миг хвърлянето решава бъдещето на Александър. В хода на епичната история за участ и успех, обхващаща два континента и трийсет години, ние следваме неговите триумфи и падения, докато той се опитва като имигрант да завладее своя нов свят. С времето Александър започва да осъзнава къде е съдбата му и приема, че трябва да се изправи срещу миналото, което е оставил в Русия. С един последен обрат, който ще шокира и най-запалените почитатели на автора, този роман е най-амбициозната и оригинална творба на Джефри Арчър от „Каин и Авел“ насам. Най-амбициозната и оригинална творба на Джефри Арчър от "Каин и Авел" насам!

Jamwal and Nisha fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green in Delhi... thus begins one of the 15 short stories Jeffrey Archer has gathered from around the globe during the past five years in this, his sixth collection, of enthralling short stories. From Germany comes A Good Eye, the tale of a priceless oil painting that has remained in the same family for over 200 years, until... To the Channel Islands, and Members Only, where a golf ball falls out of a Christmas cracker and a young man’s life will never be the same again... To Italy, where a young man trying to book a hotel room ends up in bed with the receptionist, unaware that she... To England, where, in High Heels, a woman explains to her husband why a pair of designer shoes couldn’t have gone up in flames because... Some of these stories will make you laugh. Others will bring you to tears. And once again, every one of them will keep you spellbound.

Ричард Армстронг — еврей, сын неграмотного крестьянина, бежавший из Восточной Европы, разоренной Второй мировой войной. Кит Таунсенд — австралиец, сын миллионера, для которого война была всего лишь новостью в газете. Один оказывается в Берлине, где его изобретательность и хватка помогают ему возглавить газету, другой после смерти отца наследует его дело в Австралии.

Что, на первый взгляд, могло бы объединить этих людей?

Противостояние двух игроков, соревнующихся всю жизнь за право единолично управлять газетной империей.

И только один их них должен победить.

Cat O’Nine Tales, the fifth collection of irresistible short stories from the master storyteller. These yarns are ingeniously plotted, with richly drawn characters and deliciously unexpected conclusions, plus the added bonus of illustrations by the internationally acclaimed artist, Ronald Searle.

The latest short-story collection from Britain’s bestselling writer, ‘the greatest storyteller of our age’. The fourteen new stories in To Cut a Long Story Short follow in the tradition of Jeffrey Archer’s storytelling. An elderly man who doesn’t know which of his relations to leave his fortune to, declares himself bankrupt to find out who really cares about him — only to be surprised by the results. A man listens in on a conversation on a crossed line, which changes his whole life. A South African, a long-standing believer in apartheid, has a change of heart. A criminal who wants the police to catch him so he can live off his ill-gotten gains. Two old friends find themselves on opposite sides in a murder case. A Henry Moore statue disappears and reappears in a different form. A study of seven men, each of whom believes he should have the job of the man immediately above him. This collection is Archer’s finest to date.

This is not a detective story, this is a story about a detective William Warwick has always wanted to be a detective, and decides, much to his father’s dismay, that rather than become a barrister like his father, Sir Julian Warwick QC, and his sister Grace, he will join London’s Metropolitan Police Force. After graduating from university, William begins a career that will define his life: from his early months on the beat under the watchful eye of his first mentor, Constable Fred Yates, to his first high-stakes case as a fledgling detective in Scotland Yard’s Art and Antiques squad. Investigating the theft of a priceless Rembrandt painting from the Fitzmolean Museum, he meets Beth Rainsford, a research assistant at the gallery who he falls hopelessly in love with, even as Beth guards a secret of her own that she’s terrified will come to light. While William follows the trail of the missing masterpiece, he comes up against suave art collector Miles Faulkner and his brilliant lawyer, Booth Watson QC, who are willing to bend the law to breaking point to stay one step ahead of William. Meanwhile, Miles Faulkner’s wife, Christina, befriends William, but whose side is she really on? Nothing Ventured heralds the start of a brand new series in the style of Jeffrey Archer’s number one Sunday Times bestselling The Clifton Chronicles: telling the story of the life of William Warwick — as a family man and a detective who will battle throughout his career against a powerful criminal nemesis. Through twists, triumph and tragedy, this series will show that William Warwick is destined to become one of Jeffrey Archer’s most enduring legacies.

«Бойтесь своих желаний – они имеют свойство сбываться». Старая народная мудрость, заключенная в этой фразе, в равной мере справедлива и для непутевого сына Гарри Клифтона Себастьяна, чудом избежавшего смерти от рук аргентинской мафии, и для дона Педро Мартинеса, главы преступного клана, готового пойти на все ради мести семейству Клифтонов, – для любого, кто забывает, что крылатая богиня возмездия твердо держит в руке весы, взвешивая наши поступки и воздавая каждому по делам его.

Эта книга – четвертая, продолжающая «Хроники Клифтонов», историю триумфов и поражений нескольких поколений одной семьи, историю, разворачивающуюся на двух континентах, разделенных водами океана.

На русском издается впервые.

This Was a Man opens with a shot being fired, but who pulled the trigger, and who lives and who dies? In Whitehall, Giles Barrington discovers the truth about his wife Karin from the Cabinet Secretary. Is she a spy or a pawn in a larger game? Harry Clifton sets out to write his magnum opus, while his wife Emma completes her ten years as Chairman of the Bristol Royal Infirmary, and receives an unexpected call from Margaret Thatcher offering her a job. Sebastian Clifton becomes chairman of Farthings Kaufman bank, but only after Hakim Bishara has to resign for personal reasons. Sebastian and Samantha’s talented daughter, Jessica, is expelled from the Slade School of Fine Art, but her aunt Grace comes to her rescue. Meanwhile, Lady Virginia is about to flee the country to avoid her creditors when the Duchess of Hertford dies, and she sees another opportunity to clear her debts and finally trump the Cliftons and Barringtons. In a devastating twist, tragedy engulfs the Clifton family when one of them receives a shocking diagnosis that will throw all their lives into turmoil. This Was a Man is the captivating final instalment of the Clifton Chronicles, a series of seven novels that has topped the bestseller list around the world, and enhanced from master storyteller Jeffrey Archer’s reputation as a master storyteller.

„По-силно от меча“ започва с бомба на ИРА, която се взривява по време на първото плаване на „Бъкингам“ през Атлантика — но колко пътници губят живота си? Когато посещава издателя си в Ню Йорк, Хари Клифтън научава, че е бил избран за президент на Асоциацията на английските писатели и незабавно започва кампания за освобождаването на писателя Анатолий Бабаков. Престъплението на Бабаков е, че е написал книга под заглавие „Чичо Джо“, унищожително свидетелство за това какво е да работиш за Сталин. Хари е така твърдо решен да постигне освобождаването на Бабаков, че излага собствения си живот на риск. Съпругата му Ема, която е начело на „Барингтън Шипинг“, е изправена пред последиците от атаката на ИРА срещу „Бъкингам“. Някои членове на борда смятат, че тя трябва да подаде оставка. Сър Джайлс Барингтън е вече министър и изглежда готов за още по-важен пост. В Лондон синът на Хари и Ема — Себастиан, бързо си изгражда име в банка „Фартингс“ и предлага брак на красивата млада американка Саманта. Но презреният Ейдриън Слоун няма да спре пред нищо, за да премахне съперника си. Завладяващата сага „Хрониките на Клифтън“ на Джефри Арчър продължава. Спиращата дъха история на семейство Клифтън и семейство Барингтън продължава с характерните обрати, направили автора един от най-популярните писатели в света.

„Хрониките на Клифтън“ са най-амбициозното начинание на Джефри Арчър в четирийсетгодишната му кариера на автор на бестселъри. Дали Хари е син на докера Артър Клифтън, или е първородният син на човек от висшето общество? „Времето ще покаже“ обхваща период от двайсет години и включва редица незабравими герои, които според „Таймс“ могат да се сравняват с героите от „Сага за Форсайтови“. Първият том ни повежда от тежките времена след Първата световна война до избухването на Втората, когато Хари трябва да реши дали да продължи образованието си в Оксфорд, или да постъпи във флота и да замине да се сражава срещу Хитлерова Германия. Водени от майсторската ръка на Джефри Арчър, поемаме на пътешествие, което няма да искаме да свърши. И когато обърнем последната страница, ще се окажем изправени пред дилема, която не сме очаквали нито ние, нито Хари Клифтън.

1945 г. Дебатите в Камарата на лордовете кой да наследи фамилното богатство на Барингтън стигат до задънена улица. Решаващият глас на лорд канцлера ще хвърли дълга сянка върху живота на Хари Клифтън и Джайлс Барингтън. Хари се връща в Америка, за да рекламира най-новия си роман, а любимата му Ема се заема да издири малкото момиче, открито изоставено в кабинета на баща й в нощта на убийството му. Джайлс Барингтън трябва да защитава мястото си в Камарата на общините и с ужас открива кой е кандидатът на консерваторите, срещу когото е изправен. Но не друг, а Себастиан Клифтън, синът на Хари и Ема, в крайна сметка решава съдбата на чичо си. През 1957 г. Себастиан печели стипендия в Кеймбридж, но неволно се забърква в международна измама с произведения на изкуството, включваща статуя на Роден, чиято цена далеч надхвърля сумата, за която е продадена на търг. Ще стане ли милионер? Ще влезе ли в Кеймбридж? Дали животът му е в опасност? „Най-добре да си остане тайна“ дава отговори на всички тези въпроси, но поставя и много други.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer demonstrates his mastery of the short story in It Can’t Be October Already. In this engaging and funny episode, Pat O’Flynn returns once again for his annual internment in the London jail system. Along the way, he’ll reconnect with the staff and inmates of his sometime-home and perhaps even reach the punchline of his favorite joke. Archer is at his best in this delightful and surprising story.

Leningrad, Russia, 1968. Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted with an irreversible choice: should they board a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? Alexander leaves that choice to the toss of a coin... In a single moment, a double twist decides Alexander’s future. During an epic tale of fate and fortune, spanning two continents and thirty years, we follow his triumphs and defeats as he struggles as an immigrant to conquer his new world. As this unique story unfolds, Alexander comes to realize where his destiny lies, and accepts that he must face the past he left behind in Russia.

From Wall Street messenger-boy to president of his own multi-million-pound company at dazzling speed, though not without a few dubious deals, Harvey Metcalfe rose to dizzying financial heights and was determined to stay there. Harvey loved England. Every June he sailed over in the QE2 to reinstate himself in the Royal Suite at Claridge’s for the two weeks of Wimbledon. From there he flew down to Monte Carlo to join his yacht for two weeks before returning to London to watch his filly Rosalie from his private box at Ascot. He had also found Britain an excellent place for one of his shadier ventures: the massive sale of shares in a fraudulent non-producing North Sea Oil company, conning the heir to an earldom, a Harley Street doctor, a Bond Street art-dealer and a Harvard Fellow at Oxford. But for once Harvey Metcalfe had conned the wrong men. The Oxford mathematician in particular had a methodical, ingenious, complex mind, the like of which Harvey Metcalfe had never yet come up against. When he next checked into Claridge’s Royal Suite, Harvey was unaware of the four young men watching his every move, intent on retrieving their million — not a penny more, not a penny less.

At first glance, Richard Armstrong and Keith Townsend seemed to have little in common. One was the son of an illiterate peasant, who emerged from the most backward corner of a Europe ravaged by a bitter war. The other was raised in a mansion on the far side of the world while the war was just another piece of news. One was a hustler, a thief, ready to change his story, even his identity, if it would gain him a momentary advantage. The other was the scion of a well-known family, groomed for a public role from his earliest years, a rebel who didn’t care if anyone approved of what he got up to. One craved wealth, recognition, status. The other quickly discovered that real power comes from anonymity. But they did have one thing in common. Both of them were gamblers. Both were prepared to risk everything in their battle to control the biggest newspaper empire in the world. Only one of them could triumph...

This classic story will have readers’ hearts racing along with single mother Diana, attempting to escape a dangerous van on the highway. However, the unplanned high-speed journey is not the only surprise in this hair-raising and riveting story, and Archer keeps his readers guessing until the last moments.

Connor Fitzgerald is the professional’s professional. Holder of the Medal of Honor. Devoted family man. Servant of this country. The CIA’s most deadly weapon. But for twenty-eight years, Fitzgerald has been leading a double life. And only days from his retirement from the Agency, he comes across an enemy even he cannot handle. The enemy is his own boss, the Director of the CIA. And she has only one purpose: to destroy him. Meanwhile, the United States is faced with an equally formidable foe: a new Russian President, determined to force a military confrontation between the two superpowers. Ranging from the Oval Office in the White House to a Russian Mafia boss’s luxurious hideaway outside St Petersburg, The Eleventh Commandment sets new standards in contemporary thriller writing. Jeffrey Archer scoops his readers up in the first paragraph, and doesn’t let them go until the last. The pace, the ingenuity, the twists, intertwined with a moving love story, show Britain’s bestselling writer at the peak of his page-turning powers.

With a will of steel, Polish immigrant Florentyna Rosnovski is indeed Abel’s daughter. She shares with her father a love of America, his ideals, and his dream for the future. But she wants more to be the first female president. Golden boy Richard Kane was born into a life of luxury. The scion of a banking magnate he is successful, handsome, and determined to carve his own path in the world-and to build a future with the woman he loves. With Florentyna’s ultimate goal only a heartbeat away, both are about to discover the shattering price of power as a titanic battle of betrayal and deception reaches out from the past-a blood feud between two generations that threatens to destroy everything Florentyna and Richard have fought to achieve.

In The Short, The Long and The Tall the master storyteller joins forces with renowned illustrator Paul Cox, to re-imagine twenty of Jeffrey Archer's most popular and feted short stories alongside beautifully rendered watercolour illustrations. Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and ends up falling in love; and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father’s wealth changes his life forever. Revel in 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. Discover the haunting story about four men whose characters are tested to the point of death. Finally, a short parable about how pointless war is, and how decent people are caught up in the crossfire of their leaders’ ambitions. This will be a must-buy for dedicated fans of both the author and illustrator’s work.

Джеффри Арчер, в прошлом член палаты общин английского парламента, — один из самых популярных авторов бестселлеров по обе стороны Атлантики.

Действие остросюжетного романа «Говорить ли Президенту?» разворачивается в обозримом будущем — в конце нашего столетия. В центре повествования — заговор против первой женщины-президента США Флорентины Кейн. Убийство президента назначено на день утверждения законопроекта о владении оружием, который затрагивает интересы многих торговцев смертью…

Nearly a decade after his last volume of short stories was published, Jeffrey Archer returns with his eagerly-awaited, brand-new collection TELL TALE, giving us a fascinating, exciting and sometimes poignant insight into the people he has met, the stories he has come across and the countries he has visited during the past ten years. Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to find out Who Killed the Mayor? and the pretentious schoolboy in A Road to Damascus, whose discovery of the origins of his father’s wealth changes his life in the most profound way. Revel in the stories of the 1930’s woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League University in A Gentleman and A Scholar while another young woman who thumbs a lift gets more than she bargained for in A Wasted Hour. These wonderfully engaging and always refreshingly original tales prove why Archer has been described by The Times as probably the greatest storyteller of our age.

First on time his financial caper — NOT A PENNY MORE, NOT A PENNY LESS. Then a political thriller — SHALL WE TELL THE PRESIDENT? Then, in the autumn of 1979, KANE AND ABEL, the saga of two men from totally different backgrounds that topped the bestseller charts all round the world. Now Jeffrey Archer has taken up a new challenge with this first collection of short stories. The locations move from New York and London to Mexico and Nigeria, while the subjects are equally varied. In “One Night Stand” two friends fall under the spell of a New York beauty and decide between themselves which one will try to seduce her — with unexpected results. In “The Chinese Statue” a high-ranking British diplomat visits the workplace of a leading Chinese sculptor and finds that an off-hand remark is taken with total seriousness, and that he becomes the possessor of a priceless work of art. Different again in tone and subject, “Broken Routine” traces the journey home of an insurance claims advisor, one Septimus Horatio Cornwallace, and his encounter with a punk rocker on the 5.27 to Sevenoaks. In the final Story, “Old Love”, Jeffrey Archer gives us probably his finest piece of writing to date, with an account of two young undergraduates at Oxford in the thirties, whose biller rivalry turns to intense love, with an ending that will haunt you. Each of these tales shows Jeffrey Archer’s talents as a short story teller, and, as befits the form, Archer uses the stories to build up a small cast of characters and then shock the reader with an unexpected final twist. Few people will guess the endings to any of the tales, and everyone will have his own favourite; while one may safely prophecy that with this archer each story unerringly hits its mark.

«Ложное впечатление» Дж. Арчер: В Уэнтворт-Холле, старинном британском поместье, хранится полотно великого Ван Гога стоимостью в 60 миллионов долларов. За тысячи километров, в самом центре Манхэттена, алчный и неразборчивый в средствах коллекционер строит планы завладения картиной. Кто решится встать у него на пути?

«Подсолнух» Р. П. Эванса: Из-за расторгнутой помолвки Кристин покидает свой комфортабельный дом в Дейтоне и отправляется с гуманитарной миссией в Перу. Встретившись с обездоленными детьми и их воспитателем, загадочным доктором Полом Куком, она понимает, что ее жизнь больше никогда не будет такой, как прежде. Волнующий роман о любви и надежде.

«Две девочки в синем» М. Х. Кларк: Близнецы Келли и Кэти Фроули похищены в день своего трехлетия. Похититель, который называет себя Крысоловом, требует выкуп восемь миллионов долларов за жизнь и здоровье девочек. Смогут ли родители близнецов найти такую сумму? И где гарантия, что домой вернутся они обе?

«Марли и я» Дж. Грогана: Когда Джон Гроган и его жена решили купить собаку, они мечтали о спокойном и покладистом домашнем любимце. Вместо этого им достался Марли — неуправляемый, но бесконечно любимый Лабрадор, который навсегда изменил их жизнь. Эта книга понравится не только любителям собак — своим жизнелюбием и бьющей через край энергией Марли покорит всех.