An Eye for an Eye
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Publisher Description
The unputdownable new rollercoaster read from the Sunday Times bestseller Jeffrey Archer – a must read book of 2024!
‘An absolute page-turner’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review
‘Impossible to put down’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review
‘So many turns and twists’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review
'Master of the pager turner' – Daily Mail
'Compelling' – David Baldacci
Selected as one of Waterstones’ Best Books for 2024
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In one of the most luxurious cities on earth…
A billion-dollar deal is about to go badly wrong. A lavish night out is about to end in murder. And the British government is about to be plunged into crisis.
In the heart of the British establishment…
Lord Hartley, the latest in a line of peers going back over two hundred years, lies dying. But his will triggers an inheritance with explosive consequences.
Two deaths. Continents apart. No obvious connection.
So why are they both at the centre of a master criminal's plot for revenge?
And can Scotland Yard's William Warwick uncover the truth before it's too late…
The ultimate race-against-time is about to begin.
Reviews
Praise for Jeffrey Archer:
‘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, Chancellor of The University of Buckingham, 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
Archer's underwhelming seventh crime thriller featuring Scotland Yard detective William Warwick (after Traitors Gate) shakily braids together a case of national importance with one closer to Warwick's home life. Near the turn of the 21st century, Prime Minister Tony Blair dispatches banker Simon Hartley—the son of an esteemed Lord—to Saudi Arabia to negotiate a deal exchanging British arms for Saudi oil. Soon after Hartley arrives in Riyadh, he attends a reception alongside Prince Ahmed bin Majid and his favorite female companion, Avril Dubois. During the gathering, the prince stabs an Italian guest to death after he puts his hand on Avril's thigh. Though plenty of people saw what actually happened, Hartley is arrested for the crime and confined in a Saudi prison. Meanwhile, Warwick's family is targeted by his nemesis, Miles Faulkner, who seeks, from behind bars, to both sabotage Warwick's wife's career as an art museum director and steal an original version of the Declaration of Independence. While Warwick and other British officials work to free Hartley, Warwick starts to realize that the distance between Hartley's case and his own struggles with Faulkner may be shorter than he thought. Archer tanks his intriguing setup with disappointing twists and too many contrivances. It's a misfire.
