Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short (UK 2025)

From the Publisher:
A collection of fourteen riveting short stories from the number one internationally bestselling author Jeffrey Archer.
An intoxicating woman appears to her lover only once every six years. A British diplomat employs his rather creative - if not entirely ethical - financial talents for a greater good. And a millionaire declares himself bankrupt to test the love and loyalties of those closest to him.

These riveting tales of elaborate confidence tricks, political chicanery, immoral behaviour, and dangerously illicit affairs are rendered with the breath-taking narrative twists that have become the Jeffrey Archer hallmark. Peopled with a rich assortment of truly memorable characters, these stories will engross and astonish.

To Cut A Long Story Short is an enthralling set of short stories from the bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and the William Warwick series.

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short. Pan, ISBN: 9781035040773 (July, 2025), 320 p., £9.99.

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short (USA 2013)

From the Publisher:
In this short story collection by Jeffrey Archer, a dying man doesn't know which of his relations to leave his fortune to, only to find out who really cares about him. A chance overheard conversation changes the course of an entire man's life. A woman savors every word of a letter from her lover while her husband reads over her shoulder. A criminal on the loose confesses that he is desperate to be caught. A widowed mother learns the cold truth about her second husband at the dawn of her third marriage. A pencil, the cruelest of the artist's tools, leaves nothing to chance -- in To Cut a Long Story Short.

This edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback.

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 9781250029454 (June, 2013), 331 p., $9.99.

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short (USA 2013)

From the Publisher:
An astonishing short story collection from the New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer, To Cut a Long Story Short.
In this short story collection by Jeffrey Archer, a dying man doesn't know which of his relations to leave his fortune to, only to find out who really cares about him. A chance overheard conversation changes the course of an entire man's life. A woman savors every word of a letter from her lover while her husband reads over her shoulder. A criminal on the loose confesses that he is desperate to be caught. A widowed mother learns the cold truth about her second husband at the dawn of her third marriage. A pencil, the cruelest of the artist's tools, leaves nothing to chance...

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 9781250254313 (June, 2013), 331 p., $15.99 (?).

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short (UK 2010)

From the Publisher:
This short-story collection from the master storyteller shows Jeffrey Archer's skills with a wide variety of character, of subject, and of setting, but all with a trademark twist in the tail.

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 Majesty's diplomatic service - but for a good cause.

The last story, 'The Grass is Always Greener', is possibly the best piece Archer has written, and may haunt you for the rest of your life.

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short. Pan Books, ISBN: 9780330419093 (November, 2010), 331 p., £7.99.

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short (USA 2001)

From the Publisher:
From the master storyteller comes a masterful collection of fourteen riveting tales of elaborate confidence tricks, political chicanery, immoral behavior, and dangerously illicit affairs, rendered with the breathtaking narrative twists that have become the Jeffrey Archer hallmark.

Here are all new stories that will engross and astonish, peopled with a rich assortment of truly memorable characters: the intoxicating woman who appears to her lover only once every six years; the British diplomat who employs his rather creative -- if not entirely ethical -- financial talents for a greater good; the millionaire who declares himself bankrupt to test the love and loyalties of those closest to him.

This is Jeffrey Archer at the top of his form, as he offers us unique fables of our time and civilization, each one shining a harsh yet hypnotic light on that fascinating, complex being called "human..."

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short. HarperTorch, ISBN: 0061032077 (December, 2001), 403 p., $7.99.

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short (UK 2001)

From the Publisher:
The latest short-story collection from the master storyteller. The fourteen - all new - stories show Jeffrey Archer's great skills with a wide variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all with that trademark twist in the tail.

Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices rum from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidenee tricks, from the quirks of the legal profession - and chose who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar - to the creative financial talents of a member of Her Majesty's diplomatic service - but for a good cause. The last story, 'The Grass is Always Greener', is possibly the best piece Archer has written, and will haunt you for the rest of vour life.

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0006514693 (March, 2001), 418 p., £5.99.

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short (USA 2001)

From the Publisher:
The key to a greath short story is to never give away the...
New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer delivers fourteen new short stories - more than half of which are based on true events. Readers will have a difficult time sorting fact from fiction as each story comes complete with intriguing characters, ingenious plotting, and Archer's trademark surprise endings.

From the cleverest of confidence tricks to the quirks of the legal profession to the intrigues of love at first sight, Archer keeps his readers guessing at what is truly as it seems to be and what is a hoax, what is real and what is a red herring. His mastery of character and suspense is apparent on every page; each word is necessary and each ending will shock and surprise.

To Cut a Long Story Short is Jeffrey Archer's fourth story collection, and he is at the top of his form. It is a stylish, witty, and constantly entertaining page-turner that will captivate readers who will race through each story to find out bow it ends.

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short. HarperCollins, ISBN: 006018552X (January, 2001), 272 p., $25.00.

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short (UK 2000)

Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices run from love at finst sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from the quirks of the legal profession - and chose who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar - to the creative financial talents of a member of Her Majesty's diplomatic service - but for a good cause. One of the most intriguing describes a woman who only appears to her lover every six years. And one of the most powerful - almost a fable - is the story of a wealthy man who declares himself a bankrupt in order to discover which of his family and friends will support him - only to be shocked by the results. The last story, 'The Grass is Always Greener', is possibly the best piece Archer has written, and will haunt you for the rest of vour life.

To Cut a Long Story Short is Jeffrey Archer's fourth story collection and shows him at the top of his form. It is a wonderfully satisfying read, and it is fascinating to discover how many of the stories are based on true incidents that the author has witnessed or about which he has been told.

Jeffrey Archer: To Cut A Long Story Short. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0002261499 (March, 2000), 272 p., £16.99.