A Twist in the Tale
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    Jan-1989 (Hardcover)
    Mar-1989 (Paperback)
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    General Fiction
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Archer's ( Kane and Abel ) talent as a raconteur is evident in these 12 distinctive short stories, all of which have surprise endings. Many center on human failings such as jealousy, obstinacy, pettiness or prejudice; 10 are based on "known incidents" that Archer has "embellished." An almost reportorial, straightforward style actually enhances each concluding jolt. In "The Perfect Murder," a married man kills his mistress, cunningly implicates someone else, and ensures that hapless person's conviction. "A La Carte" concerns Mark Hapgood, who grudgingly works as a lowly hotel porter to please his father, then unexpectedly becomes a celebrated hotel chef. The amorous, contented female narrator of "Just Good Friends" turns out to be a cat. The stunning "Christinia Rosenthal" shows the needless tragedy that results when a girl's anti-Semitic parents oppose her marriage to a rabbi's son.
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    •  
    • Mar-1989
    • Pocket
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0671677918
    • ISBN13: 9780671677916
    •  
    • Dec-1989
    • Pocket
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0671671499
    • ISBN13: 9780671671495
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    • 1991
    • Longman
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0582060222
    • ISBN13: 9780582060227
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    • Jan-1994
    • HarperTorch
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 006100717X
    • ISBN13: 9780061007170
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    • Jul-2003
    • Pan Books (UK)
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0330419005
    • ISBN13: 9780330419000
    •  
    • Dec-2004
    • St. Martin's
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1250102006
    • ISBN13: 9781250102003
    • First Edition
    • Jan-1989
    • Simon & Schuster
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0671671480
    • ISBN13: 9780671671488
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    • Apr-2010
    • Pan Books (UK)
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0330523503
    • ISBN13: 9780330523509
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    • Apr-2010
    • St. Martin's
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Apr-2010
    • St. Martin's
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1429954299
    • ISBN13: 9781429954297
    •  
    • Apr-2010
    • MacMillan
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1743290179
    • ISBN13: 9781743290170
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    • Sep-1990
    • DH Audio
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 088646272X
    • ISBN13: 9780886462727
    •  
    • Oct-1992
    • DH Audio
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 088646336X
    • ISBN13: 9780886463366
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    • Nov-2004
    • MacMillan Audio
    • Audio CD (abridged)
    • ISBN: 1593975163
    • ISBN13: 9781593975166
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    • Jun-2007
    • Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
    • Audible
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    • Jun-2008
    • MacMillan (UK)
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 0230700438
    • ISBN13: 9780230700437
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    • Nov-1989
    • G.K. Hall & Company
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0816148090
    • ISBN13: 9780816148097
    • Large Print



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