The New Collected Short Stories

About this book

The New Collected Short Stories brings together three of Jeffrey Archers classic collections of short stories: To Cut a Long Story Short Cat O Nine Tales and And Thereby Hangs a Tale showcasing the master storytellers skill like never before. Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices run from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks from the quirks of the legal profession and those who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar to the creative financial talents of a member of Her Majestys diplomatic service but for a good cause. In Caste-Off Jamwal and Nisha fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green in Delhi and in Dont Drink The Water a company chairman tries to poison his wife while on a trip to St Petersburg with unexpected consequences . . . The stories held in these pages are irresistible: ingeniously plotted with richly drawn characters and deliciously unexpected conclusions.