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False Impression
First published in the UK
– 2006, Macmillan
An engrossing tale of a missing masterpiece,
False Impression is Jeffrey Archer's 12th novel.
In False Impression, his love and knowledge
of the art world resonates on every page, and, although it spans
days, not decades, this novel still captures the epic sweep of
Jeffrey's previous books.
The tale unfolds in New York, where
Anna Petrescu is missing, presumed dead, after 9/11. 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
as she tries to find answers to the following questions:
Why was an aristocratic old lady brutally
murdered in her English country home the night before 9/11?
Why was a successful New York banker
not surprised to receive a woman's left ear in the morning post?
Why did a top Manhattan lawyer only work
for one client, but never charge a fee?
Why was an Olympic gymnast paid a million
dollars an assignment, when she didn't have a bank account?
Why was an Honours 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 $50,000,000 to a woman he had only met once?
Why was a senior FBI agent trying to
work out what the connection was between these eight apparently
innocent individuals?
It will take all the resources of the
FBI and Interpol to work out the connection between this seemingly
disparate cast of characters. The one thing they all have in common
is Van Gogh's Self-Portrait with a Bandaged Ear. Full
of twists and turns and heart-stopping intrigue, False
Impression is guaranteed to pull you into its cleverly
constructed web and not let you go until the final page. |
