Be Careful What You Wish For
Author | : | Jeffrey Archer |
Year of Publication | : | 2014 |
Publisher | : | Pan |
ISBN - 13 | : | 9781447265092 |
Edition | : | First |
Language | : | English |
Binding | : | Paperback |
No of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
Subject | : | Fiction |
About the Book :
Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and
his wife Emma rushing to hospital to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who
has been involved in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best
friend Bruno?
When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping
Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to
install his puppet, the egregious Major Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the
Barrington family firm just as the company plans to build its new luxury liner,
the MV Buckingham.
Back in London, Harry and Emmas adopted daughter wins a scholarship to the
Slade Academy of Art where she falls in love with a fellow student, Clive Bingham,
who asks her to marry him. Both families are delighted until Priscilla Bingham,
Jessicas future mother-in-law, has a visit from an old friend, Lady Virginia
Fenwick, who drops her particular brand of poison into the wedding chalice.
Then, without warning, Cedric Hardcastle, a bluff Yorkshireman who no one has
come across before, takes his place on the board of Barringtons. This causes an
upheaval that none of them could have anticipated, and will change the lives of
every member of the Clifton and Barrington families. Hardcastles first decision
is who to support to become the next chairman of the board: Emma Clifton or
Major Alex Fisher? And with that decision, the story takes yet another twist
that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
About Author :
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 (seventeen times), short stories (four times) and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries).