Traitors Gate
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4.2 • 331 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
The gripping new instalment in the William Warwick series, An Eye for an Eye, is available to pre-order now!
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, when the Queen attends the State Opening of Parliament, the Metropolitan Police must execute the most secret operation in their armory as they transport the Crown Jewels across London.
SCOTLAND YARD…
For decades, the elite squad at Scotland Yard have been in charge of the operation. And for decades, it’s run like clockwork.
THE HEIST…
But this year, everything is about to change. Because a master criminal has set his sights on pulling off the most outrageous theft in history—and with a man on the inside, the odds are in his favor.
Unless the team can stop him before it’s too late…
An unputdownable new thriller from the master storyteller
”Only someone like Jeffrey Archer … could have written a compelling story like this.”—David Baldacci
“Archer is a master entertainer.”—Time
“One of the top ten storytellers in the world.”—Los Angeles Times
“A storyteller in the class of Alexandre Dumas.”—The Washington Post
Reviews
Praise for Jeffrey Archer:
"Only someone like Jeffrey Archer . . . could have written a compelling story like this.”―David Baldacci
“Archer is a master entertainer.”―Time
“One of the top ten storytellers in the world.”―Los Angeles Times
“A storyteller in the class of Alexandre Dumas.”―The Washington Post
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.
Customer Reviews
Gathering mothballs
A mediocre thriller that has probably been gathering dust in the author’s desk (takes place pre Blair England) and was probably released (11/2023) to generate interest in the earlier books in the series. Trite & contrived.
Wrong Price Charged
This book was advertised under the $5 or less and was marked as $1.99. When I purchased it it deducted $14.99 from my account. It’s okay, but it’s not that good