Apart from the enchanting and thrilling novels that he writes, Jeffery Archer has never failed to mesmerize his readers with his short stories as well.
Out of his 6 collections of short stories, "And Thereby Hangs a Tale" - (ISBN 0230531451) is the sixth feather in his short-stories' hat.
What makes this collection of stories different from his previous books is a very interesting fact.
10 out of the published 15 stories are true incidents, which the author picked up during his travels abroad.
Well, this definitely makes him an avid traveler and the stories are travel tales to be precise.
As I started with the first story and slowly negotiated my way across pages and pages of intrigue, espionage, mistrust, stealth and deceit,
I realized this book to be more of a financial thriller involving cons.
Atleast I can tell this about most of the stories this book presented.
Looking back at the previous short stories like "A quiver full of arrows", or the last one - "Cat O'nine tales" and the like, I must say that I am a bit disappointed with the stories in this book.
If asked to review, I would rate this as an average book...say a 2.5 on a scale of 5.
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