Cat O'Nine Tales: Jeffrey Archer

While incarcerated for two years in five different prisons, Archer collected numerous ideas for short tales and in this selection, all of them have a twist in the tail: from The Man Who Robbed His Own Post Office to Don't Drink the Water...wherein a company chairman decides to poison his wife while on holiday overseas, with very unexpected consequences; Charity Begins at Home - a story of an accountant who realises he has achieved nothing in life and sets out to make his fortune before he retires. Maestro: the tax man sets out to find how an Italian restaurateur can afford a yacht, a Ferrari and a home in Florence on a profit of £100,000 a year; The Red King: a con man finds a wealthy lord needs only one more piece to complete a chess set that will be then worth a fortune; The Commissioner: A Bombay con man finds himself in the morgue when he involves the Police chief as bait in a scam; The Alibi show3s how a murder can be committed when the killer is already in jail and alibi-ed by two prison officers; and The Eye of The Beholder features a devilishly handsome premier league football player who falls in love with a 20-stone woman...who just happens to be the ninth-richest lady in Italy. With illustrations by the irrepressible Roland Searle.