Traitors Gate (William Warwick Series #6)

by Jeffrey Archer

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

A roller-coaster thriller from one of the best in the genre, Jeffrey Archer is nothing if not reliable in the field of effective hooks and dynamic plots. Traitors Gate is just the latest in his long line of captivating page-turners.

24 hours to stop the crime of the century

The race against time is about to begin…

THE TOWER OF LONDON…

Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on earth. But once a year, when the Queen attends the State Opening of Parliament, the Metropolitan Police must execute the most secret operation in their armory as they transport the Crown Jewels across London.

SCOTLAND YARD…

For decades, the elite squad at Scotland Yard have been in charge of the operation. And for decades, it's run like clockwork.

THE HEIST…

But this year, everything is about to change. Because a master criminal has set his sights on pulling off the most outrageous theft in history—and with a man on the inside, the odds are in his favor.

Unless the team can stop him before it's too late…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798885792028
Publisher:	Gale, A Cengage Group
Publication date:	10/25/2023
Series:	William Warwick Series , #6
Edition description:	Large Print
Sales rank:	225,730
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jeffrey Archer is one of the world’s bestselling authors, with sales of over 300 million copies in 115 countries and 48 languages.

Famous for his discipline as a writer who works on up to fourteen drafts of each book, Jeffrey also brings a vast amount of insider knowledge to his books. Whether it’s his own career in politics, his passionate interest in art, or the wealth of fascinating background detail – inspired by the extraordinary network of friends he has built over a lifetime at the heart of Britain’s establishment – his novels provide a fascinating glimpse into a range of closed worlds.

A member of the House of Lords, the author is married to Dame Mary Archer, Chair of the Science Museum Group, and they have two sons, two granddaughters and three grandsons. He splits his time between London, Grantchester in Cambridge, and Mallorca, where he writes the first draft of each new novel.

Hometown:

London and the Old Vicarage, Grantchester

Date of Birth:

April 15, 1940

Education:

Attended Brasenose College, Oxford, 1963-66. Received a diploma in sports education from Oxford Institute

Editorial Reviews

07/17/2023

A plot to steal Britain’s crown jewels animates bestseller Archer’s flaccid sixth crime caper featuring Royal Protection Supt. William Warwick (after 2022’s Next in Line). It’s 1996, and Warwick’s longtime nemesis, master thief Miles Faulkner, has engineered an elaborate scheme to steal England’s crown and sword of state while they’re in transit between Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London. Meanwhile, Warwick’s wife, Beth, deals with a sticky case of art forgery in her new position with the prestigious Fitzmolean Museum, and Warwick’s right-hand man, Insp. Ross Hogan, defends himself in court after an ethical lapse with a juror in an earlier case. Unfortunately, Archer fails to make these plotlines gel: there’s too much time spent away from the main thread, relegating Warwick to a background player in his own story, and the dialogue-heavy action lacks punch. A satisfying ending rescues some of the cluttered proceedings, and Archer’s fans will no doubt enjoy the heist’s familiar rhythms, but this is unlikely to draw in new readers. Anglophiles have a bounty of better British crime fiction to choose from. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

Praise for Jeffrey Archer:

"Only someone like Jeffrey Archer . . . could have written a compelling story like this.”―David Baldacci

“Archer is a master entertainer.”―Time

“One of the top ten storytellers in the world.”―Los Angeles Times

“A storyteller in the class of Alexandre Dumas.”―The Washington Post

From the Publisher

★ 09/01/2023

Once a year, Scotland Yard is responsible for security as the crown jewels are removed from the Tower of London for the queen to wear at the opening of Parliament. It's a nerve-wracking job for Chief Superintendent William Warwick, and it's a relief when he can forget about it for another year. He would rather worry about career-criminal Miles Faulkner, just released from prison. When an insider offers Faulkner the chance of a lifetime, to steal the crown jewels, he's quick to grab at it. If he and his team can pull it off, he can discredit Warwick and all of Scotland Yard. Archer's riveting page-turner follows a minute-by-minute timetable of the heist, along with a frantic countdown as Warwick and other Scotland Yard officers backtrack to find the missing jewels before Faulkner's theft is revealed to the newspapers. VERDICT The sixth William Warwick novel (after Next in Line) pits master criminal Miles Faulkner against the Warwick family in a riveting cat-and-mouse game. Best for fans of the series, although the book can be read as a stand-alone heist novel.—Lesa Holstine

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