Jeffrey Archer

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  • Bibliography:
    78 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1906
  • Latest Book:
    September 2025
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About the Author

Jeffry Archer was born on the 15th April 1940. He is an English author and former politition. He writes both thrillers and drama. He spent his early life in Western Supermare. In 1952 he won a scholarship to Wellington School in Somerset. After leaving school passing 'o' levels in English Literature, Art and History he worked as a physical education teacher. His first book was published in 1976 and was called'Not A Penny More Not A Penny Less' the book was an instant success. His best selling work 'Kane and Abel' reached number one in the New York Times best selling list. It was made into a television mini series by CBS in 1985. In 2011 he will publish the first of five books in the Clifton Chronicles

Full Series List in Order

Clifton Chronicles

1 - Only Time Will Tell (Sep-2011)
2 - The Sins of the Father (May-2012)
3 - Best Kept Secret (May-2013)
4 - Be Careful What You Wish for (Mar-2014)
5 - Mightier Than the Sword (Feb-2015)
6 - Cometh the Hour (Feb-2016)
7 - This Was a Man (Nov-2016)

Kane & Abel

1 - Kane & Abel (Feb-1980)
2 - The Prodigal Daughter (May-1982)
3 - Shall We Tell the President? (Oct-1977)

William Warwick

1 - Nothing Ventured (Sep-2019)
2 - Hidden in Plain Sight (Nov-2020)
3 - Turn a Blind Eye (Apr-2021)
4 - Over My Dead Body (Oct-2021)
5 - Next in Line (Jan-2022)
6 - Traitors Gate (Oct-2023)
7 - An Eye for an Eye (Nov-2024)

Willy

1 - Willy Visits the Square World (Oct-2022)
2 - Willy and the Killer Kipper (Oct-2022)

Year of Short Stories

1 - The Grass Is Always Greener (2000)
The Endgame (Dec-2017)

Book List in Order: 78 titles

  • The Queen's Birthday Telegram

    June's instalment of The Year of Short Stories is The Queen's Birthday Telegram . Released as one of a limited number of digital shorts released to celebrate the publication of Jeffrey Archer's magnificent seventh short-story collection, Tell Tale...

  • Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less

    Jeffrey Archer is at his captivating best in this, his first novel, an intricate tale of deceit, dishonor, and sweet revenge. What can an Oxford don, a respected society physician, a chic French art dealer, and a charming English lord have in common?...

  • Shall We Tell the President?

    Kane & Abel - 3

    After decades of struggle, sacrifice, and personal tragedy, Florentyna Kane has finally attained her goal - the presidency of the United States. Yet even as she gives her inaugural speech, those who oppose her are plotting to silence her forever. O...

  • Kane & Abel

    Kane & Abel - 1

    William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski --two men from widely different backgrounds, whose driving passions are overshadowed only by their obsession to destroy each other. One, a millionaire Boston Brahmin, the other, a penniless Polish immigrant--two...

  • The Prodigal Daughter

    Kane & Abel - 2

    In Her past lay the key to a nation's future. Florentyna Kane inherited a vast hotel empire from her father, but his greatest gift to her was a love of America. It was his passionate devotion to the land's ideals that allowed a penniless Polish immig...

  • A Quiver Full of Arrows

    Ordinary Heros, Extraordinary Deeds The bestselling author of Kane & Abel, The Prodigal Daughter and Honor Among Theives once again astonishes, delights, and electrifies his legions of fans. From London to China, and New York to Nigeria, Jeffrey A...

  • First Among Equals

    FOUR MEN DRIVEN BY POWER, AMBITION, AND SUCCESS... 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 everythi...

  • A Matter of Honor

    When Colonel Scott dies, his will points the way to clearing the unspoken secret that shadowed his retirement and turned him from a WW II hero into a disgraced and broken man. It is up to Adam to follow. The path leads to a Swiss bank and a vault, ...

  • A Twist in the Tale

    Archer's ( Kane and Abel ) talent as a raconteur is evident in these 12 distinctive short stories, all of which have surprise endings. Many center on human failings such as jealousy, obstinacy, pettiness or prejudice; 10 are based on "known incidents...



  • As the Crow Flies

    The Honest Trader... When Charlie Trumper inherits his grandfather's fruit and vegetable barrow, he inherits as well his enterprising spirit, which gives Charlie the drive to lift himself out of the poverty of Whitechapel, in London's East End. Succe...

  • Fools, Knaves, And Heroes

    Jeffrey Archer, one of the world’s most popular writers of literary thrillers, has, with the help of Simon Bainbridge, put together a collection of his favorite stories about the denizens of the political jungle. Among the authors represented in...

  • Honor Among Thieves

    Spring 1994, Washington, D.C. - While the Clinton Administration grapples with its domestic policies, a sinister plot is being masterminded six thousand miles away in Baghdad. By using $100 million as bait and spinning a deadly web of corruption, for...

  • Twelve Red Herrings

    Things are never quite what they seem. 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...

  • The First Miracle

    On his way home from market, the thirteen-year-old son of a Roman magistrate stationed in Judea encounters a foreign couple taking shelter in a manger behind a roadside inn and becomes caught up in the miraculous events of the first Christmas....

  • The Proprietors

  • The Fourth Estate

    Lubji Hoch survived World War II on luck, guts, and ruthlessness. At the war's end, renamed Richard Armstrong, he buys a floundering newspaper in Berlin and deviously puts his competitors out of business. But it isn't enough. Meanwhile, on the other ...

  • The Eleventh Commandment

    THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT. Connor Fitzgerald is a professional's professional. Holder of the Medal of Honor. Devoted family man. Servant of his country. CIA assassin. Days before his retirement from the Company, Fitzgerald comes face-to-face with an e...

  • The Collected Short Stories

    International bestselling author Jeffrey Archer has enthralled readers with his riveting suspense, surprise denouements, and unforgettable storylines. Now Archer's three acclaimed collections of short fiction are brought together in one irresistible ...

  • The Grass Is Always Greener

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  • To Cut a Long Story Short

    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. ...

  • The Collected Short Stories, Volume 1

  • Sons of Fortune

    In a hushed maternity ward, an infant dies, while twin brothers thrive. By morning, one mother is told that her only child is doing fine. Another is told that she has tragically lost one of her sons... Twins separated at birth, Nathaniel Cartwright...

  • False Impression

    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...

  • The Gospel According to Judas by Benjamin Iscariot

    The very name of Judas raises among Christians an instinctive reaction of criticism and condemnationThe betrayal of Judas remainsa mystery. Pope Benedict XVI, October 2006 The Gospel According to Judas, by Benjamin Iscariot sheds new light on the the...

  • Cat O' Nine Tales: And Other Stories

    An English lord requires one more chess piece to complete a set that would be worth a fortune. Another man, an accountant, realizes he's achieved nothing in his life--and sets out to make a fortune before he retires. And then there is the author's ow...

  • Cat O'Nine Tales

    An English lord requires one more chess piece to complete a set that would be worth a fortune. Another man, an accountant, realizes he's achieved nothing in his life—and sets out to make a fortune before he retires. And then there is the author...

  • A Prisoner of Birth

    If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson on any other day, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. But when the prosecution witnesses happen to be a group of four upper-crust college friends--a barrister...

  • Paths of Glory

    Some people have dreams that are so magnificent that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. Francis Drake, Robert Scott, Charles Lindbergh, Amy Johnson, Edmund Hilary, Neil Armstrong, and Lewis and Clark are among s...

  • And Thereby Hangs a Tale

    Fifteen all new short gems with an international flare from one of the most popular novelists and short story writers of our time International bestselling author Jeffrey Archer has spent the last five years gathering spellbinding stories from aro...



  • In the Eye of the Beholder

    Previously published in the anthology Cat O’Nine Tales, this is the story of a star athlete who has a fateful run-in with a three-hundred pound woman. One of the author’s own personal favorites, In the Eye of the Beholder is Jeffrey Archer at...

  • Only Time Will Tell

    Clifton Chronicles - 1

    From the internationally bestselling author of Kane and Abel and A Prisoner of Birth comes Only Time Will Tell, the first in an ambitious new series that tells the story of one family across generations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph. ...

  • The Sins of the Father

    Clifton Chronicles - 2

    Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of long-buried family secrets, and forced to accept that his desire to marry Emma Barrington will never be fulfilled, has joined the Merchant Navy. Bu...

  • Best Kept Secret

    Clifton Chronicles - 3

    1945, London. The vote in the House of Lords as to who should inherit the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor's deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington. Harry returns to A...

  • The Accused

  • Be Careful What You Wish for

    Clifton Chronicles - 4

    Bestselling author Jeffrey Archer's Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been involved in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his be...

  • The New Collected Short Stories

    The New Collected Short Stories brings together three of Jeffrey Archer's classic collections of short stories: To Cut a Long Story Short, Cat O' Nine Tales and And Thereby Hangs a Tale, showcasing the master storyteller's skill like never before....

  • Mightier Than the Sword

    Clifton Chronicles - 5

    Mightier than the Sword opens with an IRA bomb exploding during the MV Buckingham's maiden voyage across the Atlantic - but how many passengers lose their lives? When Harry Clifton visits his publisher in New York, he learns that he has been elect...

  • Beyond Reasonable Doubt

    In the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey Sir David Metcalfe, distinguished QC and Chairman of the Bar Council, is conducting the most important defense of his career - his own. Accused of the willful murder of his terminally ill wife, Sir David ...

  • Cometh the Hour

    Clifton Chronicles - 6

    Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia. Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman h...



  • This Was a Man

    Clifton Chronicles - 7

    The sweeping saga of the Cliftons―across generations, from Europe to America, through heartache and rivalry and triumph―is about to reach its stunning conclusion. Harry Clifton’s story began in 1920, as a dock worker in England, and now he is s...

  • Caste-Off

    Caste-Off is part of THE YEAR OF SHORT STORIES and is one of a limited number of digital shorts released to celebrate the publication of Jeffrey Archer's magnificent seventh short-story collection, Tell Tale. Taken from And Thereby Hangs a Tale, Jef...

  • High Heels

    May's instalment of The Year of Short Stories is High Heels . Released as one of a limited number of digital shorts released to celebrate the publication of Jeffrey Archer's magnificent seventh short-story collection, Tell Tale . Taken from ...

  • Cheap at Half the Price

    In Cheap at Half the Price, by #1 New York Times bestselling author and master of the short story Jeffrey Archer, the conniving Consuela Rosenheim hunts down her ideal birthday present -- and next husband -- in London. Will she accomplish her biggest...

  • It Can't be October Already

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer demonstrates his mastery of the short story in It Can’t Be October Already. In this engaging and funny episode, Pat O’Flynn returns once again for his annual internment in the London jail system...

  • Never Stop on the Motorway

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer again conquers the short story form in the thrilling Never Stop on the Motorway. This classic story will have readers’ hearts racing along with single mother Diana, attempting to escape a dangerou...

  • A Wasted Hour

    A Wasted Hour is one of those remarkable short stories that you just know has to be true. Kelley, a Stanford College student and aspiring writer, always thumbs a lift back to campus, not only to save money, but in the hope of meeting someone with an ...

  • Tell Tale

    Jeffrey Archer returns with his eagerly-awaited collection of short stories Tell Tale, giving readers a fascinating, exciting and sometimes poignant insight into the people he has met, the stories he has come across and the countries he has visited. ...

  • Who Killed the Mayor?: And Other Stories

    Nearly a decade after his last volume of short stories was published, Jeffrey Archer returns with his eagerly-awaited, brand-new collection TELL TALE, giving us a fascinating, exciting and sometimes poignant insight into the people he has met, the st...

  • The Endgame

    Year of Short Stories

    The Endgame is part of THE YEAR OF SHORT STORIES and is one of a limited number of free digital shorts released to celebrate the publication of Jeffrey Archer's magnificent seventh short-story collection, Tell Tale . Taken from To Cut a Long Stor...



  • Too Many Coincidences

    Too Many Coincidences is part of The Year of Short Stories and is one of a limited number of digital shorts released to celebrate the publication of Jeffrey Archer's magnificent seventh short-story collection, Tell Tale . Taken from To Cut a ...

  • Charity Begins at Home

    Part of The Year of Short Stories, Charity Begins at Home is one of a limited number of digital shorts released to celebrate the publication of Jeffrey Archer's magnificent seventh short-story collection, Tell Tale . Taken from Cat O' Nin...

  • Crime Pays

    July's instalment of The Year of Short Stories is Crime Pays . Released as one of a limited number of digital shorts released to celebrate the publication of Jeffrey Archer's magnificent seventh short-story collection, Tell Tale. Taken from To ...

  • Don't Drink the Water

    August's brilliant instalment of The Year of Short Stories is Don't Drink the Water . Released as one of a limited number of digital shorts released to celebrate the publication of Jeffrey Archer's magnificent seventh short-story collection, Tell T...

  • Members Only

    September's brilliant instalment of The Year of Short Stories is Members Only . Released as one of a limited number of digital shorts released to celebrate the publication of Jeffrey Archer's magnificent seventh short-story collection, Tell Tale. ...

  • Heads You Win

    In Archer’s first standalone epic novel since in six years, a Russian teenager in 1968 who escapes an oppressive life in Leningrad for London or New York. Jeffrey Archer deftly explores two possibilities for one life, as two versions of Alexander K...

  • Nothing Ventured

    William Warwick - 1

    Nothing Ventured heralds the start of a brand new series in the style of Jeffrey Archer’s #1 New York Times bestselling Clifton Chronicles: introducing Detective William Warwick. But this is not a detective story, this is a story about the making o...

  • Hidden in Plain Sight

    William Warwick - 2

    Jeffrey Archer's Hidden in Plain Sight is the second novel featuring Detective William Warwick, by the master storyteller and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles William Warwick has been promoted to Detective Sergean...

  • The Short, The Long and the Tall

    New York Times number one bestselling author Jeffrey Archer is a master of the short-story form, creating classic tales beloved by his fans. Now the award-winning writer joins forces with renowned illustrator Paul Cox to re-imagine twenty of his most...

  • Turn a Blind Eye

    William Warwick - 3

    Turn a Blind Eye is the third installment in the gripping story of Detective Inspector William Warwick, by the master storyteller and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles. Newly promoted to Detective Inspector, William W...

  • Four Warned

  • The Man Who Robbed His Own Post Office

    The Man Who Robbed His Own Post Office is part of The Year of Short Stories and is one of a limited number of digital shorts released to celebrate the publication of Jeffrey Archer's magnificent seventh short-story collection, Tell Tale . Taken fr...

  • Over My Dead Body

    William Warwick - 4

    The gripping new instalment in the William Warwick series, An Eye for an Eye, is available to pre-order now!The New York Times bestselling novel â€" an unputdownable story of murder, revenge and betrayal from international number one bestseller Jeffr...

  • Next in Line

    William Warwick - 5

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer returnsTHE UNPUTDOWNABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLERLondon, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the ‘people’s princess’.Which means for Scotland Yard...

  • By Royal Appointment

  • Willy and the Killer Kipper

    Willy - 2

  • Willy Visits the Square World

    Willy - 1

  • Traitors Gate

    William Warwick - 6

    If you thought William Warwick had troubles in the past, it’s nothing compared to what he’s facing now.*Pre-order the unputdownable new novel from international bestseller Jeffrey Archer now!*About the authorJeffrey Archer, whose novels and short...

  • Battle of the Blockheads

  • The Fallen Heroes

  • The Killer Kipper

  • The Last Dragon Hunter

  • The Ridiculous Race

  • The Fall of the Pharoah

  • The Viking Queen

  • Dance of the Underpants

  • William Warwick Book 7

    The unputdownable new novel from international bestseller Jeffrey Archer â€" Pre-order now!In one of the most luxurious cities on earth…A billion-dollar deal is about to go badly wrong. A lavish night out is about to end in murder. And the British ...

  • An Eye for an Eye

    William Warwick - 7

    The unputdownable new novel from international bestseller Jeffrey ArcherIn one of the most luxurious cities on earth…A billion-dollar deal is about to go badly wrong. A lavish night out is about to end in murder. And the British government is ...

  • William Warwick The Final Novel

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jeffrey Archer has published 78 books.

The next book by Jeffrey Archer, William Warwick The Final Novel, will be published in September 2025.

The first book by Jeffrey Archer, The Queen's Birthday Telegram, was published in January 1906.

Yes. Jeffrey Archer has 5 series.
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