Four in a Long Stretch of Jeffrey Archers

Sons of Fortune, Jeffrey Archer, 2003, St. Martin's Press, Genre: Fiction. 503 pages. Finished 10/1/12.

False Impression, Jeffrey Archer, 2006, St. Martin's Press, Genre: Fiction. 373 pages. Finished 10/7/12.

The Eleventh Commandment, Jeffrey Archer, 1998, HarperCollins. Genre: Spy Thriller. 359 pages. Finished 10/13/12.

As the Crow Flies, Jeffrey Archer, 1991, HarperCollins, Genre: Fiction. 619 pages. Finished 10/25/12.

LesOpinion: Jeffrey Archer's books are often about financial gamesmanship, epic grudges, or legal wrangling. He is at his most tedious when documenting a hostile takeover by majority shareholders (most assuredly those with epic grudges). He is at his best when he keeps the pace of the book moving briskly along with not completely unbelievable plot twists.

We're only about four novels in to a ten-novel Archer slog, but experience tells me I'm in for more of the same. These four already gone? Pass on the first, read the second or third if you have nothing else going on, and make plenty of time for the weighty fifth.