Traitors Gate
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- 17,99 €
Description de l’éditeur
24 hours to stop the crime of the century
The race against time is about to begin…
THE TOWER OF LONDON…
Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on earth. But once a year, the Metropolitan Police must execute the most secret operation in their armoury when they transport the Crown Jewels across London.
SCOTLAND YARD…
For four years, Chief Superindendent William Warwick – together with his second-in-command Inspector Ross Hogan – has been in charge of the operation. And for four years it’s run like clockwork.
THE HEIST…
But this year, everything is about to change. Because master criminal Miles Faulkner has set his heart on pulling off the most outrageous theft in history – and with a man on the inside, the odds are in his favour.
Unless Warwick and Hogan can stop him before it’s too late…
An unputdownable new thriller from the master storyteller
'Archer always delivers, and this heist thriller hits the spot again' The Sun
'Archer can still tell a gripping yarn' The Sunday Times
‘Probably the greatest storyteller of our age’ Mail on Sunday
‘If there were a Nobel Prize for storytelling, Archer would win’ Daily Telegraph
‘Peerless master of the page turner’ Daily Mail
Reviews
Praise for Jeffrey Archer:
'Archer always delivers, and this heist thriller hits the spot again' The Sun on Traitors Gate
'Archer can still tell a gripping yarn' The Sunday Times on Traitors Gate
‘Probably the greatest storyteller of our age’ Mail on Sunday
'Peerless master of the page turner' Daily Mail
'If there were a Nobel Prize for storytelling, Archer would win' Daily Telegraph
‘Archer is a master entertainer’ Time
About the author
Jeffrey Archer is one of the world’s bestselling authors, with sales of over 300 million copies in 115 countries and 48 languages.
Famous for his discipline as a writer who works on up to fourteen drafts of each book, Jeffrey also brings a vast amount of insider knowledge to his books. Whether it’s his own career in politics, his passionate interest in art, or the wealth of fascinating background detail – inspired by the extraordinary network of friends he has built over a lifetime at the heart of Britain’s establishment – his novels provide a fascinating glimpse into a range of closed worlds.
A member of the House of Lords, the author is married to Dame Mary Archer, Chair of the Science Museum Group, and they have two sons, two granddaughters and three grandsons. He splits his time between London, Grantchester in Cambridge, and Mallorca, where he writes the first draft of each new novel.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A plot to steal Britain's crown jewels animates bestseller Archer's flaccid sixth crime caper featuring Royal Protection Supt. William Warwick (after 2022's Next in Line). It's 1996, and Warwick's longtime nemesis, master thief Miles Faulkner, has engineered an elaborate scheme to steal England's crown and sword of state while they're in transit between Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London. Meanwhile, Warwick's wife, Beth, deals with a sticky case of art forgery in her new position with the prestigious Fitzmolean Museum, and Warwick's right-hand man, Insp. Ross Hogan, defends himself in court after an ethical lapse with a juror in an earlier case. Unfortunately, Archer fails to make these plotlines gel: there's too much time spent away from the main thread, relegating Warwick to a background player in his own story, and the dialogue-heavy action lacks punch. A satisfying ending rescues some of the cluttered proceedings, and Archer's fans will no doubt enjoy the heist's familiar rhythms, but this is unlikely to draw in new readers. Anglophiles have a bounty of better British crime fiction to choose from.
