Jeffrey Archer has 40 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 33 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 794 ratings. The most-rated is The Sins of the Father.
Murder in the Locked Library
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With her twins, Fitzgerald and Hemingway, back in school, Jane Steward can finally focus on her work again - managing Storyton Hall and breaking ground on the resort's latest attraction: a luxurious, relaxing spa named in honor of Walt Whitman. But when the Earth is dug up to start laying the spa's foundation, something else comes to the surface - a collection of unusual bones and the ragged remnants of a very old book. The attendees of the Rare Book Conference are eager to assist Jane with this unexpected historical mystery - until a visitor meets an untimely end in the Henry James Library. As the questions - and suspects - start stacking up, Jane will have to uncover a killer before more unhappy endings ensue . . .
©2018 Ellery Adams (P)2018 Tantor
Again to Carthage
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Quenton Cassidy thought he had left his athletic career far behind as he built a successful professional career in south Florida. But as several personal tragedies and the wear and tear of life began to weigh upon him, he wonders if perhaps he hasn't given up a special part of his life too soon. His return to the world of competitive running is dramatic and revelatory to both the protagonist and the listener, as is his desperate, all-out attempt to make on last Olympic team.
©2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.; 2010 John L. Parker Jr.
Twelve Red Herrings
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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.
©1991, Original recording made by CSA Telltapes Ltd. ; 1980 Jeffrey Archer (P)2005 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC
Cat O' Nine Tales
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Cat O'Nine Tales is the fifth collection of irresistible short stories from the master storyteller. Ingeniously plotted, with richly drawn characters and Jeffrey Archer's trademark unexpected conclusions, some of these 13 stories were inspired by the two years he spent in prison, including the story of a company chairman who tries to poison his wife while on a trip to St. Petersburg - with unexpected consequences. "The Red King" is a tale about a con man who discovers that an English Lord requires one more chess piece to complete a set that would be worth a fortune. In another tale of deception, "The Commissioner", a Bombay con artist ends up in the morgue, after he uses the police chief as bait in his latest scam. "The Perfect Murder" reveals how a convict manages to remove an old enemy while he's locked up in jail, and then set up two prison officers as his alibi. In "Charity Begins at Home", an accountant realizes he has achieved nothing in his life, and sets out to make a fortune before he retires. And then there is Archer's favorite, "In the Eye of the Beholder", in which a handsome star athlete falls in love with a 300-pound woman...who happens to be the ninth richest woman in Italy.
©2007 Jeffrey Archer (P)2007 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC
First Among Equals
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In Jeffrey Archer's First Among Equals, Charles Seymour, second-born son, will never be the earl like his father, but he did inherit his mother's strength - and the will to realize his destiny.... Simon Kerslake's father sacrificed everything to make sure his son's dreams come true. Now it is Simon's chance to rise as high as those dreams allow.... Ray Gould was born to the back streets but raised with pride - a quality matched by a sharp intellect and the desire to attain the impossible.... Andrew Fraser was raised by a soccer hero turned politician. Now it's his turn for heroics, whatever the cost. From strangers to rivals, four men embark on a journey for the highest stakes of all - the keys to No. 10 Downing Street. Unfolding over three decades, their honor will be tested, their loyalties betrayed, and their love of family and country challenged. But in a game where there is a first among equals, only one can triumph.
©1984 Jeffrey Archer (P)2014 Macmillan Audio
False Impression
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When an aristocratic old lady is brutally murdered in her English country home on the night before September 11, 2001, it will take all the resources of the FBI and Interpol to work out the connection between her death and a priceless Van Gogh, which is stolen that night. But in the end, it is a courageous young woman who escapes from North Tower of the World Trade Center after the first plane crashes into the building, who has the foresight and determination to take on both sides of the law and avenge the old lady's death. The young woman, Anna Petrescu, takes advantage of being missing and presumed dead in the days after 9/11 to escape from New York City, only to be pursued by both the FBI and a ruthless assassin across the globe, from Toronto to London, to Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Bucharest. But it is only when she finally returns to New York that the mystery unravels. In his first thriller since The Eleventh Commandment, international best-selling author Jeffrey Archer takes the listener on a breathtaking journey, full of twists and turns, all leading back to the question of why so many people are willing to risk their lives to own Van Gogh's Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear. And it's not just because it could be worth one hundred million dollars.
©2006 Jeffrey Archer (P)2006 Audio Renaissance
Sons of Fortune
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In Hartford, Connecticut, in the late 1940's a set of twins is parted at birth - not by accident. Nat Cartwright goes home with his parents, a school teacher and an insurance salesman, while his twin brother begins his days as Fletcher Davenport, son of a multi-millionaire and his society wife. During the 1950s and 1960s, the two brothers grow up apart, following similar paths that take them in different directions. Nat leaves college to serve in Vietnam, then finishes school, earns his MBS, and becomes a successful currency dealer. Fletcher, meanwhile, graduates from Yale with a bachelor's and a law degree, going on to distinguish himself as a criminal defense lawyer before becoming a senator. At various times in their lives, both men are confronted with challenges and obstacles, tragedy and betrayal, loss and hardship, before they both decide to run for governor, unaware they are brothers...
©2003 Jeffrey Archer (P)2002 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrink Publishers, LLC.
The Gospel According to Judas, by Benjamin Iscariot
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The Gospel According to Judas, by Benjamin Iscariot, sheds new light on the mystery of Judas (including his motives for the betrayal and what happened to him after the crucifixion) by retelling the story of Jesus through the eyes of Judas, using the canonical texts as its basic point of reference. Ostensibly written by Judas' son, Benjamin, and following the narrative style of the Gospels, this re-creation is provocative, compelling, and controversial. The Gospel According to Judas, by Benjamin Iscariot, is the result of an intense collaboration between a storyteller and a scholar: Jeffrey Archer and Francis J. Moloney. Their brilliant work, bold and simple, is a compelling story for 21st-century readers, while maintaining an authenticity that would be credible to a first-century Christian or Jew. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2007 Jeffrey Archer (P)2006 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC
And Thereby Hangs a Tale
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International best-selling author Jeffrey Archer has spent the last five years gathering spellbinding stories from around the globe. These 15 brand-new tales showcase Archer's talent for capturing an unforgettable moment in time, whether tragic, comic, or outrageous. In India, Jamwal and Nisha fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green on the streets of Delhi. From Germany comes “A Good Eye”, the tale of a priceless oil painting that has remained in the same family for over two hundred years; to the Channel Islands and “Members Only”, where a golf ball falls out of a Christmas cracker, and a young man's life will never be the same; to Italy and “No Room at the Inn”, where a young man who is trying to book a room at a hotel ends up in bed with the receptionist; to England, where, in “High Heels”, a woman has to explain to her husband why a pair of designer shoes couldn't have gone up in flames.... Some of these stories will make you laugh; others will bring you to tears, but once again, every one of them will demand that you keep listening until you finally discover what happens to this remarkable cast of characters.
©2010 Jeffrey Archer (P)2010 Macmillan Audio
A Matter of Honor
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Featuring a bonus interview with author Jeffrey Archer A disgraced British colonel bequeaths a mysterious letter to his only son. The moment Adam Scott opens the yellowing envelope, he sets into motion a deadly chain of events. Within days he's running for his life, pursued by the KGB, the CIA, and his own countrymen. Powerful men plot his destruction, and Adam is betrayed and abandoned even by those he holds most dear. When he finally realizes what he possesses, he's even more determined to protect it, for it's more than a matter of life and death - it's a matter of honor.
©1986 Jeffrey Archer (P)2014 Macmillan Audio
Schicksal und Gerechtigkeit
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Ein genialer Kunstfälscher, eine große Liebe, ein schicksalhaftes Leben.
London, 1982: William Warwick tritt seinen Dienst bei der Londoner Polizei an und schätzt seinen Mentor Fred Yates für dessen Lebensweisheit beeindruckt. Doch Yates wird kurz vor seiner Pensionierung getötet.
Bald darauf wird der Kunstliebhaber William zum Dezernat für Kunstfälschung versetzt und gerät in den Bannkreis eines der größten Gemäldefälscher seiner Zeit. Im Zuge der Recherchen lernt William die Kunstexpertin Beth kennen und lieben. William fühlt, dass Beth die Frau seines Lebens ist. Doch ein Geheimnis umgibt sie und wirft Schatten auf die junge Liebe...
©2019 Jeffrey Archer / Random House Audio / Wilhelm Heyne Verlag. Übersetzung von Martin Ruf (P)2019 Random House Audio
Triumph und Fall
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Im Londoner East End verkauft der junge Charlie Trumper Obst und Gemüse auf der Straße. In sehr ärmlichen Verhältnissen lebend, träumt er davon, einmal das größte Kaufhaus der Welt zu besitzen. Aber die Zeiten sind hart, und der Erste Weltkrieg reißt Charlie zunächst aus seinen Träumen. Doch auch die schlimmsten Feinde und Tragödien können ihn nicht aufhalten... Nach der Kain und Abel-Trilogie leiht Richard Barenberg auch "Triumph und Fall" wieder seine warme und charismatische Stimme.
©2018 Heyne HC. Übersetzung von Lore Strassl (P)2018 Random House Audio
I peccati del padre
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New York, 1939. Appena sbarcato in America, Tom Bradshaw viene arrestato per omicidio di primo grado. Così, quando Sefton Jelks, un affermato avvocato di Manhattan, gli offre gratuitamente i propri servigi e gli garantisce che riuscirà a fargli avere uno sconto sulla pena, lo squattrinato giovane non può fare altro che accettare. Le cose però non vanno affatto come sperava: all'indomani del processo, in cui viene dichiarato colpevole e condannato a sei anni di galera, l'avvocato sparisce e Tom si rende conto che l'unico modo per provare la propria innocenza è rivelare chi è davvero, anche se per proteggere la donna che ama ha giurato che non lo avrebbe mai fatto. Nel frattempo Emma Barrington arriva a New York, decisa a tutto pur di ritrovare l'uomo che avrebbe dovuto sposare benché le abbiano detto che è morto in mare. L'unica prova su cui si fondano le sue certezze è una lettera. Una lettera spedita più di un anno prima, che è rimasta dimenticata sulla mensola di un caminetto a Bristol...
©2018 HarperCollins Italia S.p.A. (P)2020 HarperCollins Italia S.p.A
A Prison Diary
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DAY 5, MONDAY 23 JULY 2001, 5.53 AM The sun is shining through the bars of my window on what must be a glorious summer day. I've been incarcerated in a cell five paces by three for 12 and a half hours, and will not be let out again until midday; 18 and a half hours of solitary confinement. There is a child of 17 in the cell below me who has been charged with shoplifting, his first offence, not even convicted, and he is being locked up for 18 and a half hours, unable to speak to anyone. This is Great Britain in the 21st century, not Turkey, not Nigeria, not Kosovo, but Britain. On Thursday 19 July 2001, after a perjury trial lasting seven weeks, Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years in jail. He was to spend the first 22 days and 14 hours in HMP Belmarsh, a double A-Category high-security prison in South London, which houses some of Britain's most violent criminals. This is the author's daily record of the time he spent there.
© Jeffrey Archer; (P) Macmillan Publishers Ltd
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Kane y Abel [Kane and Abel]
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La obra más aclamada de Jeffrey Archer, que despeja cualquier duda sobre por qué es el escritor más vendido en Inglaterra y uno de los autores más leídos en el mundo. William Lowell Kane es hijo de un millonario de Boston. Abel Rosnovski es un inmigrante polaco sin un quinto. Dos hombres, nacidos el mismo día en extremos opuestos del mundo; sus caminos destinados a cruzarse en su lucha sin cuartel para amasar una fortuna. Un libro absorbente que abarca más de sesenta años: la historia de dos poderosos hombres, unidos por el odio que todo lo consume, congregados por el destino para salvarse - y destruirse - el uno al otro. "La novela definitiva de la rivalidad entre hermanos." (Dan Brown) Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©2018 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial (P)2018 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Un segreto ben custodito
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Londra, 1945. Il voto alla Camera dei Lord su chi debba ereditare la fortuna della famiglia Barrington è finito in parità, e la decisione finale del Lord Cancelliere getterà una lunga ombra sulle vite di Harry Clifton e Giles Barrington. Harry torna in America per promuovere il suo ultimo romanzo, mentre la sua amata Emma va alla ricerca della bambina che era stata trovata nell'ufficio di suo padre la notte in cui era stato ucciso; Giles deve difendere il suo seggio alla Camera dei Comuni, e apprende inorridito chi sarà il candidato scelto dai Conservatori. Ma sarà Sebastian Clifton, il figlio di Harry ed Emma, a influenzare il destino dello zio. Nel 1957, Sebastian vince una borsa di studio a Cambridge, e una nuova generazione di Clifton sale alla ribalta. Ma dopo essere stato espulso da scuola, viene coinvolto in una frode internazionale su una statua di Rodin che vale molto più della cifra raggiunta in asta. Diventerà milionario? Andrà a Cambridge? La sua vita è in pericolo? Un segreto ben custodito, terzo volume della Saga dei Clifton, risponderà a queste domande ma, ancora una volta, ne porrà molte altre.
©2019 HarperCollins Italia S.p.A. Tradotto da Seba Pezzani (P)2020 HarperCollins Italia S.p.A
A Quiver Full of Arrows
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The best-selling author of Sons of Fortune once again astonishes, delights, and electrifies with this audio collection. From London to China, and New York to Nigeria, Jeffrey Archer takes the reader on a tour of ancient heirlooms and modern romance, of cutthroat business and kindly strangers, of lives lived in the realms of power and lives freed from the gloom of oppression. Fortunes are made and squandered, honor betrayed and redeemed, and love lost and rediscovered. Embracing the passions that drive men and women to love and to hate, A Quiver Full of Arrows will captivate the hearts and souls of listeners everywhere. Featuring bonus interviews with the author.
©1980 Jeffrey Archer (P)1991 Original recording made by CSA Telltapes, Ltd. Published in 2005 by Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC
Attento a quel che desideri
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Bristol 1957. Harry Clifton e sua moglie Emma stanno ancora cercando di capire chi ha attentato alla vita di Sebastian e perché, quando Ross Buchanan, fidato presidente della Compagnia di navigazione Barrington, viene costretto a dimettersi. Emma vorrebbe sostituirlo alla guida dell'impresa, ma è contrastata da Pedro Martinez, che mira a insediare un suo fedelissimo e a gettare i Barrington sul lastrico proprio mentre la società progetta di costruire un nuovo, monumentale transatlantico. Intanto Jessica, figlia adottiva dei Clifton, vince una borsa di studio a Londra, dove si innamora di un compagno di studi, Clive Bingham, che ne chiede la mano. L'unione è ben vista dalle rispettive famiglie, ma una vecchia amica della madre dello sposo, Lady Virginia Fenwick, lascia cadere la sua goccia di veleno nel calice nuziale... Poi, a sorpresa, Cedric Hardcastle si insedia nel consiglio d'amministrazione della Barrington, e la difficile decisione che è chiamato a prendere darà una svolta del tutto inaspettata agli eventi.
©2019 HarperCollins Italia S.p.A. Tradotto da Seba Pezzani (P)2020 HarperCollins Italia S.p.A
The Short, the Long and the Tall
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New York Times number-one best-selling author Jeffrey Archer is a master of the short-story form, creating classic tales beloved by his fans. Now the award-winning writer presents 20 of his most popular and fêted short stories in The Short, the Long and the Tall. Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and ends up falling in love; and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father’s wealth changes his life forever. Revel in the stories of the woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League university during the 1930s, and another young woman who thumbs a lift and has an encounter she will never forget. Discover the haunting story about four men whose characters are tested to the point of death. Finally, a short parable about how pointless war is, and how decent people are caught up in the crossfire of their leaders’ ambitions. This will be a must-buy for dedicated fans of Jeffrey Archer, and includes the following short stories: "Never Stop on the Motorway" "Cheap at Half the Price" "Who Killed the Mayor?" "It Can’t Be October Already" "Stuck on You" "The Grass Is Always Greener" "The Queen’s Birthday Telegram" "Clean Sweep Ignatius" "The First Miracle" "Caste Off" "A Wasted Hour" "Just Good Friends" "Christina Rosenthal" "A Gentleman and a Scholar" "The Road to Damascus" "Old Love" "A Good Toss to Lose" "One Man’s Meat" "Endgame" "Confession" A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press
©2020 Jeffrey Archer (P)2020 Macmillan Audio
Turn a Blind Eye
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Turn a Blind Eye is the third installment in the gripping story of Detective Inspector William Warwick, by the master storyteller and number-one New York Times best-selling author of the Clifton Chronicles. Newly promoted to Detective Inspector, William Warwick is tasked with a dangerous new line of work, to go undercover and expose crime of another kind: corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan Police Force. Along with detectives Rebecca Pankhurst and Nicky Bailey, his team is focused on following Detective Jerry Summers, a young officer whose lifestyle exceeds his income. But the investigation risks being compromised when Nicky falls for Summers. Meanwhile, notorious drug baron Assem Rashidi goes on trial, defended by Booth Watson QC, while William’s father Sir Julian and sister Grace lead the prosecution case. And William’s wife Beth, now a new mother to twins, makes a surprising new friend in Christina Faulkner - the ex-wife of William’s former rival, criminal financier Miles - who has not only turned over a new leaf, but also has a new-found source of income when Faulkner dies suddenly of a heart attack and she stands to be sole inheritor of his estate. As the undercover officers start to draw the threads together, William realizes that the corruption may go deeper still, and more of his colleagues than he first thought might be willing to turn a blind eye. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press
©2021 Jeffrey Archer (P)2021 Macmillan Audio