Review: TWELVE RED HERRINGS, Jeffrey Archer - audio book

• audio book from Audible.com
• Narrated by: Alec McCowen
• Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
• Abridged Audiobook
  Release date: 06-01-07
  Collection printed 1994
• Language: English
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

Synopsis (Audible.com)

An imprisoned man is certain that his supposed murder victim is very much alive; a female driver is pursued relentlessly by a menacing figure in another vehicle; a young artist gets the biggest break of her career; a restless beauty manages the perfect birthday celebration; an escaped Iraqi on Saddam Hussein's death list pays an involuntary visit to his homeland. How will they react? How would you?

Twelve Red Herrings is the third collection of irresistible short stories from a master storyteller. Cleverly styled, with richly drawn characters and ingeniously plotted story lines, each of the 12 tales ends with a delightfully unexpected turn of events.

From Wikipedia
The book contains 12 stories.

• "Trial and Error"
• "Cheap at Half The Price"*
• "Dougie Mortimer's Right Arm"*
• "Do Not Pass Go"*
• "Chunnel Vision"*
• "Shoeshine Boy"*
• "You'll Never Live to Regret It"*
• "Never Stop on the Motorway"*
• "Not for Sale"
• "Timeo Danaos"*
• "An Eye for an Eye"*
• "One Man's Meat..."

In the preface the author notes that the stories indicated with an asterisk are "based on known incidents (some of them embellished with considerable licence)."


My Take

Once again a batch of short stories, involving some mysteries, but most are on the edge of crime fiction.
This audio production makes good listening particularly as the narration by Alec McCowen is so well done. Each of the stories has an unexpected twist in the final moments.

My rating:4.5

I've also reviewed
A TWIST IN THE TALE
4.7, TELL TALE
4.6, CAT O'NINE TALES 
They are all collections of short stories.