Book description
New York, 1939. Tom Bradshaw is arrested for first degree murder. He
stands accused of killing his brother. When Sefton Jelks, a top
Manhattan lawyer, offers his services for nothing, penniless Tom has
little choice but to accept his assurance of a lighter sentence. After
Tom is tried, found guilty and sentenced, Jelks disappears, and the only
way for him to prove his innocence would be to reveal his true identity
- something that he has sworn never to do in order to protect the woman
he loves.
Meanwhile, the young woman in question travels to New York, leaving
their son behind in England, having decided she'll do whatever it takes
to find the man she was to marry - unwilling to believe that he died at
sea. The only proof she has is a letter. A letter that has remained
unopened on a mantelpiece in Bristol for over a year.
In Jeffrey Archer's epic novel, family loyalties are stretched to their
limits as secrets unravel, and the story moves from the backstreets of
Bristol to the boardrooms of Manhattan. Join the great storyteller on a
journey where there are no stop signs, no cul-de-sacs and no dead ends.
Jeffrey Archer, whose novels and short stories include Kane and Abel
, A Prisoner of Birth
and Cat O' Nine Tales
, has topped the bestseller lists around the world, with sales of over
270 million copies.
He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in
fiction (fifteen times), short stories (four times) and non-fiction
(The Prison Diaries
).
The author is married with two sons and lives in London and Cambridge.
www. jeffreyarcher. com
