Cat O' Nine Tales : And Other Stories

from AnnieMod

12 short stories, mostly set in England, with a few out of there (India, Russia (although the characters in this one are English so not quite sure if it counts as an oversea one), Greece, Italy, etc). Most of the stories are based on real crimes which Archer had been told about while he was in ja...

from MomsterBookworm

An anthology of shorts stories mostly centered around criminal breaches of trust. It is quite easy to empathize with the motivation behind some of the wrongdoings, and might even give a less scrupulous person unsavory ideas. As with his other collections of short stories, there is always a little...

from Cecilturtle

Archer uses the prison theme through this collection of short stories, all of them based on fact. He has a real talent for story telling : simple, light-hearted and even mischievous, he draws the reader in. A fun, light read which convinces that crime does not pay.

from larawannabe

This book is a collection of twelve short stories, nine of which are ideas he picked up while in prison. The stories are quite enlightening, insightful and engaging. All twelve of them. I enjoyed reading all of them immensely. My favourites are The Man Who Robbed His Own Post Office, Don't Drink ...

from askum

I enjoyed reading these short stories and never got bored with any of them. I am going to have to check out some other books written by this author and see if they are as good.