Esiotrot Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Whilst cleaning out a cupboard today I found a box set of Jeffery Archer that I dont even remember buying. It contains A Twist in the Tale The Prodigal Daughter Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less A Quiver Full of Arrows First Amongst Equals I havent read any JA but my Mums favourite book is Kane and Able. I did a search on here but didnt find anything much on him, so wondered ~ any opinions? MTIA Kx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 I read Kane and Abel when I was still at school and enjoyed it very much (that was about '81 from memory). I've also read The Prodigal Daughter (Kane and Abel's sequel), Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (which I really enjoyed), Shall We Tell The President? (Ditto), First Amongst Equals (I can't remember much about this) and As The Crow Flies (at which time I stopped because I didn't enjoy that as much!). Again, apart from the last of those I read the rest in the early 1980s when I was about 17 or so. I read A Quiver Full of Arrows too - that's short stories, as is the Red Herrings one (which I haven't read). Obviously my reading was done when Jeffery was less notorious! Actually, I might dig out my copy of Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less and re-read it one of these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z10 Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 not a penny more, not a penny less read this book a few years back, competent story and very fluently written Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esiotrot Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 Thanks Folks - Think I will read Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less. I have to admit to thinking the guy is a pompous lying prat and I wouldnt normally want to fund a criminals bank balance but am willing to give his books a go as I already have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XanderRichards Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I read 'Not A Penny More' which, unfortunately, I can't even remember, and 'Kane and Abel' which is one of the best stories I've ever read, even if not exactly my cup of tea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 The only thing I've read by him is "And thereby hangs a tale" which is a short story collection. As z10 said, fluently written and competent enough, but at the end of most of the stories I thought "Oh. Is that it?" If there was a twist, it was almost always immediately apparent what it was going to be from the first paragraph. Maybe the full novels are better, but I certainly wasn't encouraged to read further based on that book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I know his wife is fragrant that's about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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