Jeffrey Archer: Twelve Red Herrings (UK 2014)

From the Publisher:
An imprisoned man is certain that his supposed murder victim is very much alive... A female driver is pursued relentlessly by a menacing figure in another vehicle... A young artist gets the biggest break of her career... A restless beauty manages the perfect birthday celebration... An escaped Iraqi on Saddam Hussein's death list pays an involuntary visit to his homeland... How will they react? How would you?

Twelve Red Herrings is the third collection of irresistible short stories from master storyteller, Jeffrey Archer. Cleverly styled, with richly drawn characters and ingeniously plotted story lines, each of the twelve tales ends with a delightfully unexpected turn of events.

Jeffrey Archer: Twelve Red Herrings. Pan Books, ISBN: 9781447221883 (March, 2014), 416 p., £7.99.

Jeffrey Archer: Twelve Red Herrings (USA 2005)

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EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED...
A wrongly convicted murderer exacts a flawless plan of revenge... Headlights in a rear-view mirror tail a female traveler on a lonely stretch of road... A serial bride secures her future by marrying only the wealthiest of men... An escaped Iraqi with a price on his head pays an involuntary visit to his homeland... A brush with death proves the biggest break of an aspiring artist's career... Two strangers, struck by lust-at-first-sight, consider a myriad of possibilities for where the day will take them.

...AND YOU'LL STILL BE SURPRISED, BECAUSE NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS.
Bestselling author Jeffrey Archer, "one of the most captivating storytellers writing today" (Pittsburgh Press), engages the reader in a cunning game of cat-and-mouse as he spins twelve ingenious tales of duplicity, love, murder and revenge, each capped with a startling twist. But be careful, for buried in each tale is a red herring -- a wicked diversion that Archer challenges readers to uncover for themselves. Artfully entertaining and suspenseful, this is Jeffrey Archer at his inventive best.

Jeffrey Archer: Twelve Red Herrings. St. Martin's Paperbacks, ISBN: 0312937717 (September, 2005), 370 p., $8.99.

Jeffrey Archer: Twelve Red Herrings (UK 1997)

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Jeffrey Archer has been acclaimed as 'probably the greatest storyteller of our age' (Mail on Sunday) and 'a storyteller in the class of Alexandre Dumas' (Washington Post).

As a writer of short stories he has been called 'stylish, witty and constantly entertaining' by The Times, while Publishers Weekly wrote: 'Somerset Maugham never penned anything so swift or urbanely witty as this'.

This third collection of Jeffrey Archer's stories surpasses either of its predecessors, and will enhance his reputation even further.

Jeffrey Archer: Twelve Red Herrings. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0006477232 (July, 1997), 405 p., £6.99.

Jeffrey Archer: Twelve Red Herrings (USA 1995)

From the Publisher:
Jeffrey Archer, the internationally bestselling author of Honor Among Thieves, As The Crow Flies, and Kane & Abel, now serves up this inventive new collection of a dozen short stories -- with a twist. Cleverly styled, with richly drawn characters and ingeniously plotted story lines, each of the twelve pieces ends with a delightfully unexpected turn of events.

An imprisoned man is certain that his supposed murder victim is very much alive... A female driver is pursued relentlessly by a menacing figure in another vehicle... A young artist gets the biggest break of her career... A restless beauty manages the perfect birthday celebration... An escaped Iraqi on Saddam Hussein's death list pays an involuntary visit to his homeland. In each tale, human beings are given an opportunity to seize, a crucial problem to solve, or a danger to avoid. How will they react? How would you? Capping off the collection are two additional rewards. In the final story, Archer offers a choice of four endings. And buried in each story is another diversion -- a red herring which Archer challenges his readers to uncover. Twelve is a perfect score -- good luck...

Jeffrey Archer: Twelve Red Herrings. Harper Torch, ISBN: 0061093653 (April, 1995), 366 p., $6.50.

Jeffrey Archer: Twelve Red Herrings (UK 1995)

From the Publisher:
Jeffrey Archer has been acclaimed as 'probably the greatest storyteller of our age' (Mail on Sunday) and 'a storyteller in the class of Alexandre Dumas' (Washington Post). As a writer of short stories he has been called 'stylish, witty and constantly entertaining' by The Times, while Publishers Weekly wrote: 'Somerset Maugham never penned anything so swift or urbanely witty as this'. This third collection of Jeffrey Archer's stories surpasses either of its predecessors, and will enhance his reputation even further.

Jeffrey Archer: Twelve Red Herrings. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0006477232 (January, 1995), 405 p., £4.99.

Jeffrey Archer: Twelve Red Herrings (USA 1994)

From the Publisher:
Here, from the world's greatest storyteller, Jeffrey Archer, are twelve ingeniously plotted stories that display his renowned ability for the unpredictable, but wholly satisfying, twist.

Even more inventive than his previous bestselling short story collections, Twelve Red Herrings contains a dozen startling tales, each of which makes use of misleading clues to surprise the reader.

You'll read about a woman who fools her husband and her lover on the same day, a leading lawyer's attempt to prove his client is not blind; an honored guest whose expectations are something more than the red carpet; a young painter who finds an unlikely way to call attention to herself; and a woman whose casual ride into the country becomes such a gauntlet of terror that by the last page you'll be shaking with fear.

In each of these stories, human beings are put under pressure how do they react when they have an opportunity to seize, a crucial problem to solve, a danger to avoid?

Displaying all the Archer hallmarks, from relentless pacing to sophisticated glamour, Twelve Red Herrings offers two additional rewards. For the first time, in the final story, a choice of four endings is offered, testifying to the range of Archer's imagination and the suppleness of the writer's art. Also, there is buried in each story a diversion of another kind -- let us simply call it a red herring -- which Archer challenges his readers to uncover. Who will be the first to spot all twelve?

Jeffrey Archer: Twelve Red Herrings. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0060179449 (July, 1994), 323 p., $23.00.

Jeffrey Archer: Twelve Red Herrings (UK 1994)

From the Publisher:
Jeffrey Archer has been acclaimed as 'probably the greatest storyteller of our age' (Mail on Sunday) and 'a storyteller in the class of Alexandre Dumas' (Washington Post). Of his stories the Sunday Express wrote: 'Jeffrey Archer brings to the short story all the sophisticated skills that have been the foundation of his success as a novelist.' This new collection surpasses either of its predecessors, and will enhance Jeffrey Archer's reputation even further.

In each of the stories, men and women are put under pressure - how do they react when they have an opportunity to seize, a crucial problem to solve, a danger to avoid? Archer plunges his readers twelve times into impeccably paced plots that will arrest them in the first paragraph and then keep them turning the pages as only he knows how. And for the first time in a Jeffrey Archer collection, we are offered in the final story a choice of endings - a device intriguing in itself and indicating the variety of directions in which a great storyteller can lead you down the wrong path.

Twelve Red Herrings is full of characteristically Archerian twists. But additionally, there is buried in each story a diversion of a kind - let us call it simply a red herring - which he challenges his readers to uncover. Will you be the first to spot all twelve?

Jeffrey Archer: Twelve Red Herrings. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0002243296 (July, 1994), 323 p., £14.99.