I’ve resumed reading Clifton Chronicles.

• Only Time Will Tell (2011)
• The Sins of the Father (2012)
• Best Kept Secret (2013)
• Be Careful What You Wish For (2014)
• Mightier Than the Sword (2015)
• Cometh The Hour (2016)
• This Was a Man (2016)

Archer is a terrific story teller.

The book picks up after the events in The Sins of the Father, with the House of Lords having to decide who will be the heir to the fortune of Hugo Barrington.

The vote ends with a tie, which prompts the Lord Chancellor to vote in favor of Giles Barrington.

This leaves Clifton free to marry Emma Barrington …

It goes on from there.

Personally, I most liked the story thread of Sebastian Clifton and his sister.

Sebastian returns to school and is focused on gaining admission to Cambridge University. However, he is rusticated because of certain misdemeanours …

Running off to London, Sebastian is robbed by a pickpocket. Without money, he visits his friend Bruno Martinez.

Bruno’s father (a crook) offers the 17-year-old 100 pounds if he carries a sculpture to London from Argentina.  It contains eight million pounds in fake £5 notes originally produced by the NAZIs.

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