Four Warned (Quick Reads 2014) (9 page)

Praise for Jeffrey Archer’s novels

‘If there was a Nobel prize for storytelling, Archer would win’

Daily Telegraph

‘Probably the greatest storyteller of our age’

Mail on Sunday

‘The man’s a genius . . . the strength and excitement of the idea carries all before it’

Evening Standard

‘A storyteller in the class of Alexandre Dumas’

Washington Post

‘Archer has a gift for storytelling that can only be described as genius’

Daily Telegraph

‘Back in top form . . . Archer’s imagination at its most sublime . . . an entertaining, pacey page-turner’

Sunday Times

‘Few are more famous than Archer for keeping the pages turning . . . an extravagant romp – possibly his best’

The Times

Praise for Jeffrey Archer’s short stories

‘Jeffrey Archer plays a subtle cat-and-mouse game with the reader in twelve original short stories that end, more often than not, with our collective whiskers twitching in
surprise’

New York Times

‘Stylish, witty and constantly entertaining . . . Jeffrey Archer has a natural aptitude for short stories’

The Times

‘Archer hits the bull’s eye with an exemplary collection’

Daily Mail

‘The economy and precision of Archer’s prose never fails to delight. The criminal doesn’t always get away with his crime and justice doesn’t always
prevail, but the reader wins with each and every story’

Publishers Weekly

‘Outstanding . . . white-knuckle suspense . . . [An] enjoyable, suspense-filled rival to Roald Dahl’

Daily Express

JEFFREY ARCHER, whose novels and short stories include
Kane and Abel
,
A Prisoner of Birth
and
Cat O’ Nine Tales
, has topped the bestseller
lists around the world, with sales of over 270 million copies.

He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction (fifteen times), short stories (three times) and non-fiction (
The Prison Diaries
).

The author is married with two sons and lives in London and Cambridge.

www.jeffreyarcher.com

Facebook.com/JeffreyArcherAuthor

@Jeffrey_Archer

Also by JEFFREY ARCHER

NOVELS

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

Shall We Tell the President?

Kane and Abel The Prodigal Daughter

First Among Equals A Matter of Honour

As the Crow Flies Honour Among Thieves

The Fourth Estate The Eleventh Commandment

Sons of Fortune False Impression

The Gospel According to Judas

(
with the assistance of Professor Francis J. Moloney
)

A Prisoner of Birth Paths of Glory

Only Time Will Tell The Sins of the Father

Best Kept Secret

SHORT STORIES

A Quiver Full of Arrows A Twist in the Tale

Twelve Red Herrings The Collected Short Stories

To Cut a Long Story Short Cat O’ Nine Tales

And Thereby Hangs a Tale

PLAYS

Beyond Reasonable Doubt Exclusive The Accused

PRISON DIARIES

Volume One – Belmarsh: Hell

Volume Two – Wayland: Purgatory

Volume Three – North Sea Camp: Heaven

SCREENPLAYS

Mallory: Walking Off the Map False Impression

‘Never Stop on the Motorway’
first published 1994 in
Twelve Red Herrings
by HarperCollins Publishers
First published by Pan Books 2004

‘The Queen’s Birthday Telegram’
first published 2010 by Macmillan in
And Thereby Hangs a Tale
First published by Pan Books 2010

‘Stuck on You’ first published 2010 by Macmillan in
And Thereby Hangs a Tale
First published by Pan Books 2010

‘Don’t Drink the Water’ first published 2007 in
Cat O’ Nine Tales
by Macmillan
First published by Pan Books 2007

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ISBN 978-1-4472-5249-8

Copyright © Jeffrey Archer 1994, 2007, 2010
This collection copyright © Jeffrey Archer 2014

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