What's insane is that the Barrington's and Clifton's are a good family that just want to maintain their lives in peace. The Clifton Chronicles, a series of seven novels published between 2011-2017, topped the bestseller lists around the world. Mabel has packed an overnight case for you, madam,” he stammered, “and if you’ll allow me, I’ll drive you to the hospital.

Even the cliff hanger at the end is not very intriguing, because there are only two possible resolutions, and the sequence of events following either of them is nothing to look forward to if the writing continues to be so insipid. The Chelsea Magistrates, and the advocates who appear in front of them, apparently wear gowns and transfer criminal cases - without any investigation of the facts - to the High Court (they might have committed them to the Assizes, Central Criminal Court or Quarter Sessions but not to the High Court and never without first hearing committal proceedings). With its short, cliff hanger ending, chapters, I found myself reading late into the night and at every opportunity during the day to find out what happens next.I kept saying to myself "just to the end of the chapter" but had to carry on to find out how they got out of the predicament everybody was always left in. The set up is slow (painfully, painfully slow), and then there’s this moment where lightning strikes, and realisations occur, things start to snowball and before you know it, you’re at the end of the book with another cliffhanger. For some mysterious reasons, the author completely drops the developments of the senior Cliftons - including the three siblings and Harry - where he could have at least provided some good life stories or at least witty interactions with smart dialogues. She had never known their old retainer to show the slightest emotion in front of a member of the family, and hardly recognized the shrunken figure now clutching on to the mantelpiece for support; the usual mask of self-composure had been replaced with the cruel reality of death.

She eventually made her way unsteadily across the room, clinging on to several pieces of furniture, like a sailor in a storm. Marsden pulled into the forecourt of the local garage, where he usually filled up on a Friday afternoon. However, as readers of the previous novels in the series will now expect, the story ends on a cliff-hanger that will probably have you reaching immediately for the next book in the saga! Hardcastle's first decision is who to support to become the next chairman of the board: Emma Clifton or Major Alex Fisher? If you are the publisher or author and feel that they do not properly reflect the range of media opinion now available, send us a message with the mainstream reviews that you would like to see added.

You will be astonished and at the same time equally keen to know about the turn of events that has taken place in the end. Be Careful What You Wish For is the fourth novel in the Clifton Chronicles, set primarily in England and spanning the years 1957 to 1964. The story rattles along at a great rate, and seemingly unimportant details become major parts of the plot.

Whether it’s his own career in politics, his passionate interest in art, or the wealth of fascinating background detail – inspired by the extraordinary network of friends he has built over a lifetime at the heart of Britain’s establishment – his novels provide a fascinating glimpse into a range of closed worlds. Further Archer integrates the Irish Republican Army into the storyline as they with Martinez in toe to do as much harm to Britain as possible. Clifton Chronicles in the fourth episode first drifts then decays and by the end simply disintegrates into a purposeless record of a barely interesting family.He has been married to Dame Mary Archer, Chair of the Science Museum Group, for 55 year, and they have two sons, two granddaughters and three grandsons. The British intelligence service is continually active in the novel as Sir Alan contemplates assassinating Martinez and is heavily involved in thwarting the Argentinian kingpin who likes to pose as an English gentleman. Be Careful What You Wish For’ begins with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital to for urgent news following a fatal car crash involving their son Sebastian and his best friend Bruno. The fourth novel in the Clifton Chronicles series picks up minutes where the “Best Kept Secret” left. In addition, adding to the drama are political battles, boardroom intrigues and skulduggery, international villains and shadowy government agents.

The novel begins as Emma and Harry, her husband, race to the hospital to find out what has happened to their son, Sebastian, who was in a car accident. Reaction to the Clifton Chronicles has not been unanimously positive—Archer has his detractors—but if you like multivolume family sagas, it would be hard to find a contemporary example as ambitious and entertaining as this one. Emma reaches the morgue to see the sole victim’s body, finding that it belongs to Bruno, Sebastian’s friend. BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.Jeffrey has performed an amazing job by making the readers attached to certain characters and then dropping them under the bus. A New York Times Bestselling AuthorBe Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry and Emma Clifton rushing to the hospital to learn the fate of their son, who has been involved in a fatal car accident.