Helpful Score: 5
This may very well be Archer's best book to date. Whether you like art or not, this is one thriller that takes you all over the globe and back again. Once you start, I predict you will have a hard time putting it down until you have read the whole thing.
Helpful Score: 3
First book I've read which incorporated 9/11 into the theme. Nice thriller set in the art world. Enjoy.
Helpful Score: 3
As always, Jeffrey Archer provides us with his elegant style and this time in the form of a daring theft of a priceless painting, bloodly killings, global chases, greed beyond belief and even a love story! Mr. Archer does it all, he has imagination, the skill to make it all come together and he's a master of words. I guarantee you will sit up at the end and say YES! as everyone gets their reward.
Helpful Score: 1
Jeffrey Archer is an excellent storyteller. He combines mystery, information (in this case art history), and social commentary in a fast-moving, witty book.
Helpful Score: 1
"False Impression" is my 3rd Jeffrey Archer novel and I look forward to reading more in the future. There are twists to the plot along the way and the book is hard to put down. I love his writing.
Helpful Score: 1
Loved!!!!! Lots of twisted, well researched!
Helpful Score: 1
I enjoyed this mystery with its murder to solve, stolen painting to find, and the travel around the globe.
Helpful Score: 1
Jeffrey Archer is a master storyteller and this
2006 novel about the theft of a priceless Van Gogh is one of his best!
2006 novel about the theft of a priceless Van Gogh is one of his best!
I loved this book. It's very hard to put down, I read it in a little over a day. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a very good read.
Loved this book!! Full of intrique.This is about a Van Gogh self-portrait painting, involving art dealers,FBI and murder.
This book was fascinating! I couldn't put it down.
This is an excellent book and keeps one guessing all of the time. It is about the theft of a famous Van Gogh painting and occurs at the time of the 9/11 bombings. Very good. I highly enjoyed it. Genny
Loved this book! It's full of intrigue, twists, and turns.
Trigger alert!! This book contains chapters and chapters of vivid details about 9/11. I was not in NYC that day, but in Boston (emotionally nearby, since I know NYC well). It was hard to relive the horror and I was afraid I was going to get nightmares from the level of detail.
This was a great book. A very fast read and definitely entertaining. I hated to put it down.
Jeffrey Archer is a master storyteller!! His novels never disappoint and this one is especially brilliant!!
A thriller involving the art and insurance worlds. Gripping and very hard to put down!
Totally enjoyable read. Covered a woman's successful run out of the North Tower, in time, on 9/11. The whole story was very interesting. I will definitely be reading MORE of Jeffrey Archer's work. I'd not read anything by him prior to this book.
It's hard to believe there's not a waiting line for this book. In typical Archer fashion, this is a tale well told. From the fly leaf:
*Why was an elegant lady brutally murdered the night before 9/11?
*Why was a successful New York banker not surprised to receive a woman's left ear in the morning mail?
*Why did a top Manhattan lawyer work only for one client, but never charge a fee?
*Why did a young woman with a bright career steal a priceless Van Gogh painting?
*Why was an Olympic gymnast paid a million dollars an assignment when she didn't have a bank account?
*Why was an honors graduate working as a temporary secretary after inheriting a fortune?
*Why was an English Countess ready to kill the banker, the lawyer and the gymnast even if it meant spending the rest of her life in jail?
*Why was a Japanese steel magnate happy to hand over $50 million to a woman he had met only once?
These questions and more, all of which are answered, form the dramatic, riveting plot of this Archer book. A cannot-put-down read!
*Why was an elegant lady brutally murdered the night before 9/11?
*Why was a successful New York banker not surprised to receive a woman's left ear in the morning mail?
*Why did a top Manhattan lawyer work only for one client, but never charge a fee?
*Why did a young woman with a bright career steal a priceless Van Gogh painting?
*Why was an Olympic gymnast paid a million dollars an assignment when she didn't have a bank account?
*Why was an honors graduate working as a temporary secretary after inheriting a fortune?
*Why was an English Countess ready to kill the banker, the lawyer and the gymnast even if it meant spending the rest of her life in jail?
*Why was a Japanese steel magnate happy to hand over $50 million to a woman he had met only once?
These questions and more, all of which are answered, form the dramatic, riveting plot of this Archer book. A cannot-put-down read!
This book keeps your attention through the very end. Full of intrigue, a great who done it.
Kept me thinking, good for art enthusiasts.
Excellent read.
Great book! Every engaging story.
Typical Jeffrey Archer - GREAT.
This is an exciting art and murder thriller. I couldn't put the book down.
Loved the book, kept me guessing until the end!
Sorta follows some threads of DaVinci code from an art pov. Well written. Would read the author again.
Fast-paced and fun, an art buyer must steal a Van Gogh to save it from a greedy collector-and to save her own life.
great book! I love Jeffrey Archer! Highly recommend it.
Archer continues his excellent writing. Keeps you turning the pages.
The theft of a priceless Van Gogh ignites a chase across the globe- This is a "can't put it down" book -
Decent crime thriller; nothing particularly special about it but an OK read.
This was a good book. I have read several of his books and enjoy them.
good story.
Ten years ago, Leeman Hayes, a black teenager was accused of brutally murdering a young woman with a golf club at a posh country club. Now the case is finally going to court. As attorney Ben Kinkaid struggles to pull together a defence, a young boy is falling into the clutch of a child molester and pornographer. When 10 year old Abie Rutherford disappears without a trace, Ben Kinkaid, like the others fears the worse. Then a bone-chilling discovery forges a link between the case of Abie and the case of Leeman.
Makes you sit on the edge of your seat.
Makes you sit on the edge of your seat.
Excellent book to listen to. Plot moves along, characters develop, lots of action. Loved it.
Why was an elegant lady brutally murdered the night before 9/11? Why was a successful New York banker not surprised to receive a woman,s left ear in the mail? Why did a young woman with a brilliant career steal an impressionist painting? Why was an honors gradute working as a temporary secretary after inheriting a fortune? Why was a senior FBI agent trying to work out the connection between these apparently innocent individuals?
Why was an elegant lady brutally murdered the night before 9/11?
Why was a successful New York banker not surprised to receive a woman's left ear in the morning mail?
Why did a top Manhattan lawyer work for only one client, but never charge a fee?
Why did a young woman with a bright career steal a priceless VanGogh painting?
Why was an Olympic gymnast paid a million dollars an assignment when she didn't have a bank account?
Why was an honors graduate working as a temporary secretary after inheriting a fortune?
Why was an English Countess ready to kill the banker, the lawyer, and the gymnast even if it meant spending the rest of her life in jail?
Why was a Japanese steel magnate happy to hand over $50 millon to a woman he had met only once?
Why was a senior FBI agent trying to work out the connection between these eight apparently innocent individuals?
All these questions are answered in Jeffrey Archer's latest novel, False Impression, but not before a breathtaking journey of twists and turns that will take readers from New York to London to Bucharest and on to Tokyo, and finally to a sleepy English village, where the mystery of VanGogh's last painting will finally be resolved.
And only then will readers discover that VanGogh's self-portrait with Bandaged Ear has a secret of its own that acts as the final twist in this unforgettable yarn.
Why was a successful New York banker not surprised to receive a woman's left ear in the morning mail?
Why did a top Manhattan lawyer work for only one client, but never charge a fee?
Why did a young woman with a bright career steal a priceless VanGogh painting?
Why was an Olympic gymnast paid a million dollars an assignment when she didn't have a bank account?
Why was an honors graduate working as a temporary secretary after inheriting a fortune?
Why was an English Countess ready to kill the banker, the lawyer, and the gymnast even if it meant spending the rest of her life in jail?
Why was a Japanese steel magnate happy to hand over $50 millon to a woman he had met only once?
Why was a senior FBI agent trying to work out the connection between these eight apparently innocent individuals?
All these questions are answered in Jeffrey Archer's latest novel, False Impression, but not before a breathtaking journey of twists and turns that will take readers from New York to London to Bucharest and on to Tokyo, and finally to a sleepy English village, where the mystery of VanGogh's last painting will finally be resolved.
And only then will readers discover that VanGogh's self-portrait with Bandaged Ear has a secret of its own that acts as the final twist in this unforgettable yarn.
"A worthy successor to the De Vinci Code" by NY Post.
The theft of a priceless Van Gough ingnites a chase across the globe in JEFFREY ARCHERS latest international Best selling thriller.
The theft of a priceless Van Gough ingnites a chase across the globe in JEFFREY ARCHERS latest international Best selling thriller.
(back cover) Why was an elegant lady brutally the night of 9/11? why was a successful new york banker not surprised to receive a woman's left ear in the mail? why did a young woman with a brilliant career steal an impressionist painting? why was an honors graduate working as a temporary secretary after inheriting a fortune? why was a senior fbi agent trying to work out the connection between these apparently innocent individuals? a breathtaking journey of twiss and turns from new york to london, from bucharest and on to tokyo, ends up in a sleepy english village where the mystery surrounding van gogh's last painting will finally be resolved.
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The theft of a priceless Van Gogh ignites a chase across the globe in Jeffrey Archer's latest international bestselling thriller.
Why was an elegant lady brutally murdered the night before 9/11?
Why was a successful New York banker not surprised to receive a woman's left ear in the mail?
Why did a young woman with a brilliant career steal an Impressionist painting?
Why was an honors graduate working as a temporary secretary after inheriting a fortune?
Why was a senior FBI agent trying to work out the connection between these apparently innocent individuals?
A breathtaking journey of twists and turns from New York to London, from Bucharest and on to Tokyo, ends up in a sleepy English village where the mystery surrounding Van Gogh's last painting will finally be resolved.
Why was an elegant lady brutally murdered the night before 9/11?
Why was a successful New York banker not surprised to receive a woman's left ear in the mail?
Why did a young woman with a brilliant career steal an Impressionist painting?
Why was an honors graduate working as a temporary secretary after inheriting a fortune?
Why was a senior FBI agent trying to work out the connection between these apparently innocent individuals?
A breathtaking journey of twists and turns from New York to London, from Bucharest and on to Tokyo, ends up in a sleepy English village where the mystery surrounding Van Gogh's last painting will finally be resolved.
Why was an elegant lady brutally murdered the night before 9/11?
Why was a successful New York banker not surprised to receive a woman's left ear in the mail?
Why did a young woman with a brilliant career steal an impressionist painting?
Why was an honors graduate working as a temporary secretary after inheriting a fortune?
Why was a senior FBI agent trying to work out the connection between these apparently innocent individuals?
A breathtaking journey of twists and turns from New York to London, from Bucharest and on to Tokyo, ends up in a sleepy English village where the mystery surrounding Van Gogh's painting will finally be resolved.
An easy, fast, fun read. Good edge of your seat thriller.
Why was a successful New York banker not surprised to receive a woman's left ear in the mail?
Why did a young woman with a brilliant career steal an impressionist painting?
Why was an honors graduate working as a temporary secretary after inheriting a fortune?
Why was a senior FBI agent trying to work out the connection between these apparently innocent individuals?
A breathtaking journey of twists and turns from New York to London, from Bucharest and on to Tokyo, ends up in a sleepy English village where the mystery surrounding Van Gogh's painting will finally be resolved.
An easy, fast, fun read. Good edge of your seat thriller.
