Description
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...
An unputdownable new thriller from the master storyteller"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
Author: Jeffrey Archer
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 09/26/2023
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.32w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9780008607388
ISBN10: 0008607389
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Police Procedural
- Fiction | Thrillers | Crime
- Fiction | Crime
About the Author
Jeffrey Archer, whose novels and short stories include the Clifton Chronicles, the William Warwick novels, Kane and Abel and Cat O' Nine Tales, has topped the bestseller lists around the world, with sales of over 275 million copies. He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction, short stories and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries). A member of the House of Lords for over a quarter of a century, the author is married to Dame Mary Archer, and they have two sons, two granddaughters and two grandsons.