By Peter on Apr 4, 2010 in Excellent book, John Grisham, Short stories, Thriller, bestseller, book review | 0 Comments
John Grisham is a world renowned writer of legal thrillers. He is also a great writer – a great teller of stories. With Ford County he shows that he can also write excellent short stories. He returns to Ford County, the setting of his very first novel A Time to Kill (in my opinion [...]
By Peter on Apr 21, 2008 in Fiction Books, Jeffrey Archer, Short stories, book review, recommended | 0 Comments
Most readers will, of course, associate Jeffrey Archer with bestselling thrillers. However, Archer is also a master of the very difficult art of writing excellent short stories. And A Quiver Full of Arrows, from 1980, is an impressive collection of short stories, really a full Quiver.
The book consists of twelve assorted arrows (short [...]
By Peter on Feb 12, 2008 in Excellent book, Fiction Books, Jeffrey Archer, Short stories, Thriller, book review, recommended | 0 Comments
Jeffrey Archer is another of my favorite authors. He is a strange fellow. Made an ultra-rapid political career, had to withdraw. Have recently spent some time in prison. Has been made a baron - Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare. And much more strange stuff. However, regardless of all that, he is a wonderful writer and a [...]