Reviews
Archer knows how to dole out tiny crumbs of suspense right up to the last page, which ends with...a really excellent cliffhanger., Archer packs a plot with thrills and chills enough for readers to keep turning the pages, saying, What's gonna happen next'...The conclusion's a turbo-charged cliffhanger that'll have fans screaming Arrrcherr!, "Archer packs a plot with thrills and chills enough for readers to keep turning the pages, saying, What's gonna happen next'...The conclusion's a turbo-charged cliffhanger that'll have fans screaming Arrrcherr!" -- Kirkus Reviews on Mightier Than the Sword "[ The Sins of the Father ] will keep your blood pressure high and you'll risk back injury just from being kept on the edge of your seat...I guarantee that anyone who takes this book from the shelves will not be able to put it down." -- The Spectator (UK) "Archer knows how to dole out tiny crumbs of suspense right up to the last page, which ends with...a really excellent cliffhanger." -- The Washington Post, "Archer continues his storytelling magic to create characters of spellbinding substance, and readers can count on his surprising twists and shocking conclusion. Here, just when the end seems too tidy, Archer provides a killer cliffhanger."-- Publishers Weekly on Cometh the Hour "Archer packs a plot with thrills and chills enough for readers to keep turning the pages, saying, What's gonna happen next?...The conclusion's a turbo-charged cliffhanger that'll have fans screaming Arrrcherr!" -- Kirkus Reviews on Mightier Than the Sword "[ The Sins of the Father ] will keep your blood pressure high and you'll risk back injury just from being kept on the edge of your seat...I guarantee that anyone who takes this book from the shelves will not be able to put it down." -- The Spectator (UK) "Archer knows how to dole out tiny crumbs of suspense right up to the last page, which ends with...a really excellent cliffhanger." -- The Washington Post, Archer packs a plot with thrills and chills enough for readers to keep turning the pages, saying, What's gonna happen next'... Expect once more unto the breach: The conclusion's a turbo-charged cliffhanger that'll have fans screaming Arrrcherr!- Kirkus Reviews on Mightier Than the Sword "No family saga would be complete without a villain, and this book has a good one, a well-drawn and believable character whose motivations are understandable. This thoroughly engaging old-school, multigenerational saga harks back to the work of Malcolm Macdonald, Belva Plain, and Irwin Shaw."- Booklist on Best Kept Secret, "Archer continues his storytelling magic to create characters of spellbinding substance, and readers can count on his surprising twists and shocking conclusion. Here, just when the end seems too tidy, Archer provides a killer cliffhanger."-- Publishers Weekly on Cometh the Hour "Archer packs a plot with thrills and chills enough for readers to keep turning the pages, saying, What's gonna happen next'...The conclusion's a turbo-charged cliffhanger that'll have fans screaming Arrrcherr!" -- Kirkus Reviews on Mightier Than the Sword "[ The Sins of the Father ] will keep your blood pressure high and you'll risk back injury just from being kept on the edge of your seat...I guarantee that anyone who takes this book from the shelves will not be able to put it down." -- The Spectator (UK) "Archer knows how to dole out tiny crumbs of suspense right up to the last page, which ends with...a really excellent cliffhanger." -- The Washington Post, [ The Sins of the Father ] will keep your blood pressure high and you'll risk back injury just from being kept on the edge of your seat...I guarantee that anyone who takes this book from the shelves will not be able to put it down.
Synopsis
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia. Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But is Karin truly in love with him, or is she a spy? Lady Virginia is facing bankruptcy, and can see no way out of her financial problems, until she is introduced to the hapless Cyrus T. Grant III from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who's in England to see his horse run at Royal Ascot. Sebastian Clifton is now the Chief Executive of Farthings Bank and a workaholic, whose personal life is thrown into disarray when he falls for Priya, a beautiful Indian girl. But her parents have already chosen the man she is going to marry. Meanwhile, Sebastian's rivals Adrian Sloane and Desmond Mellor are still plotting to bring him and his chairman Hakim Bishara down, so they can take over Farthings. Harry Clifton remains determined to get Anatoly Babakov released from a gulag in Siberia, following the international success of his acclaimed book, Uncle Joe . But then something unexpected happens that none of them could have anticipated. Cometh the Hour is the penultimate book in the Clifton Chronicles and, like the five previous novels - all of which hit the New York Times bestseller list - showcases Jeffrey Archer's extraordinary storytelling with his trademark twists., The 6th volume in Jeffrey Archer's New York Times bestselling Clifton Chronicles series follows the dazzling tale of the Clifton family's love, loss, betrayal and ambition through another decade