{"id":11554,"date":"2017-12-15T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T12:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=11554"},"modified":"2017-12-15T18:00:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T12:30:23","slug":"tell-tale-by-jeffrey-archer-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/15\/tell-tale-by-jeffrey-archer-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell Tale by Jeffrey Archer (Book Review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1498866115l\/35559792.jpg\" alt=\"Tell Tale\" width=\"290\" height=\"446\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/35559792-tell-tale?ac=1&amp;from_search=true\">Add this book on Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/gp\/product\/B071X4G5YJ\/ref=x_gr_w_bb?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=x_gr_w_bb_in-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=3626&amp;creative=24790\">Buy this book on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Genre:<\/strong>\u00a0Short Stories<\/li>\n<li><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> November 2nd 2017<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Macmillan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pages:<\/strong>\u00a0288<\/li>\n<li><strong>Format:<\/strong>\u00a0Paperback<\/li>\n<li><strong>My Rating:\u00a0<\/strong>4 stars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Tell Tale<\/em> by Jeffrey Archer is a collection of stories inspired by the people the author has met throughout his travels. The majority of stories are inspired by real-life events and a few are fictional. They are all set in different places and countries featuring many interesting situations that the characters face.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Archer is another writer that has been on my TBR for a long time so I was very excited when I got the opportunity to read <em>Tell Tale<\/em>. Since I wasn&#8217;t familiar with his writing or stories, I didn&#8217;t know what to expect. What I do love are short story collections and this collection is a fascinating compilation of stories.<\/p>\n<p>Right after the first story, my hopes went up. Many of them had an element of mystery and a surprising revelation at the end. I could also see a pattern of deception. The stories were very well crafted. They were not too short or too long and just gave enough closure. They were all gripping and the plots were unique and yet, not\u00a0over the top.\u00a0Many of the stories left me speechless. All were set in different places, many of which I hadn&#8217;t even heard of.<\/p>\n<p>Each story stood out individually. The author&#8217;s story-telling skills are amazing. I really enjoyed reading this book. It is a good collection. The stories weren&#8217;t mind-blowing but they were excellent just the same.<\/p>\n<p>My favorites were <em>Who Killed The Mayor?, A Gentlemen and a Scholar, A Wasted Hour and The Road To Damascus<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really looking forward to Kane and Abel and the Clifton Chronicles<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><em><strong>Thanks to Pan Macmillan India for a review copy of this book.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>All opinions are honest and unbiased.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>Which are your favorite books by the author?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add this book on Goodreads Buy this book on Amazon Genre:\u00a0Short Stories Release Date: November 2nd 2017 Publisher:\u00a0Macmillan Pages:\u00a0288 Format:\u00a0Paperback My Rating:\u00a04 stars<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/15\/tell-tale-by-jeffrey-archer-book-review\/#more-11554\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tell Tale by Jeffrey Archer (Book Review)<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[28,83,111,252,340,406,408,438],"class_list":["post-11554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","tag-anthology","tag-book-recommendations","tag-bookworm","tag-jeffrey-archer","tag-pan-macmillan","tag-short-stories","tag-short-story-collection","tag-tell-tale"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11152,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/04\/tell-tale-by-jeffrey-archer-a-newly-released-anthology\/","url_meta":{"origin":11554,"position":0},"title":"Tell Tale by Jeffrey Archer- A Newly Released Anthology","date":"November 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"ISBN 9781509867769 \u01c0 Fiction > Short Stories \u01c0 Macmillan \u01c0 Rs 399 \u01c0 288pp \u01c0 PB \u01c0 B Format Nearly a decade after his last volume of short stories was published, Jeffrey Archer returns with his eagerly awaited collection of short stories,\u00a0Tell Tale, giving us a fascinating, exciting and sometimes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Miscellaneous&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51NHhNx5zGL._SX328_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11597,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/03\/december-2017-wrap-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":11554,"position":1},"title":"December 2017 Wrap-Up","date":"January 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello everyone! 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