Product Description

Jeffrey Archer, one of the greatest popular novelists of our generation, delivers a truly page-turning thriller.

When an aristocratic old lady is brutally murdered in her country home the night before 9/11, it takes all the resources of the FBI and Interpol to work out the connection between her and the possible motive for her death – a priceless Van Gogh painting. It’s a young woman in the North Tower when the first plane crashed into the building who has the courage and determination to take on both sides of the law and avenge the old lady’s death.

Anna Petrescu is missing, presumed dead, after 9/11 and she uses her new status to escape from America, only to be pursued across the world from Toronto to London, to Hong Kong, Tokyo and Bucharest, but it is only when she returns to New York that the mystery unfolds.

Why are so many people willing to risk their own lives and others' to own the Van Gogh Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11935 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-03
• Released on: 2006-11-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 451 pages

About the Author

Jeffrey Archer, whose bestselling novels span from Not a Penny More , Not a Penny Less to Kane and Abel and The Eleventh Commandment, has sold over 120 million books throughout the world. The author is married with two children.

Customer Reviews

not great
I have been a fan of pretty much all of Jeffrey Archer's novels in a kind of nice to take on holiday for an easy read kind of way. This one follows pretty much his main theme of goodie being chased through various countries by baddie, the only problem being that in previous books it was clear to see why the goodie was bothering and where their resources came from. In this one l can't help asking myself why she would bother.....because she's honest & doesnt want anyone ripped off blah blah blah. If you got sacked from your job after suspecting your boss of fraud would you a) contact the police and make a statement or b) spend what little money you had left flying across the world to warn the 'victim' in person? This book is complete nonesense.

False Impression - jeffrey archer
Good fast paced story that really gets you gripped early. Has the added drama of being set at the time of the 9/11 disaster. Main characters interesting and well described.
Well worth the read

Poor impression
Parts of this were OK but it did not hold me. The description of the escape from the twin towers on 9/11 was vivid and well written.
The actual story left me cold. Why would rich people borrow from the unscrupulous Fenston at absorptive interest rates? I am no art lover so could not relate to the obsessions the characters had with collecting masterpieces. Why did Anna the hero get involved in the first place? She was sacked from two jobs did not have a lot of money but flew to London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Bucharest and back again to help an aristocratic English family save their art collection. Could a university professor recreate one of Van Gogh's masterpieces over a weekend good enough to fool Fenston initially? The subsequent mix up of the two paintings and the destruction of one of them was too predictable.
Krantze the assassin was a failed Rumanian gymnast. All very handy as she jumped out of windows and escaped from prison
It all seemed like a story hastily put together to boost the authors bank book. Very disappointing when compared with earlier Archer novels such as Kane and Abel.