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Title: Best Kept Secret: Clifton Chronicles, Book 3

Author: Jeffrey Archer

Narrator: Alex Jennings

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-13

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 130 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

1945. The vote in the House of Lords as to who should inherit the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellors deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington. Harry returns to America to promote his latest novel, while his beloved Emma goes in search of the little girl who was found abandoned in her fathers office on the night he was killed. When the General Election is called, Giles Barrington has to defend his seat in the House of Commons and is horrified to discover who the Conservatives select to stand against him. But it is Sebastian Clifton, Harry and Emmas son, who ultimately influences his uncles fate.

In 1957, Sebastian wins a scholarship to Cambridge, and a new generation of the Clifton family march onto the page. After Sebastian is expelled from school, he unwittingly becomes caught up in an international art fraud involving a Rodin statue that is worth far more than the sum it raises at auction. Does he become a millionaire? Does he go to Cambridge? Is his life in danger? Best Kept Secret will answer all these questions, but once again, pose so many more.

Members Reviews:

Disappointing

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I enjoyed the first two books of the Clifton series but this one seemed forced and awkward. I found the characters unsympathetic, the plot unrealistic and the narrative tedious.

If youve listened to books by Jeffrey Archer before, how does this one compare?

Easily the worst. I usually get sucked into his stories and carried along by the fast paced stories but this one dragged.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

I found the narrator pretentious but competent and clear diction.

Any additional comments?

I hope number four will be back to the standard of the first two otherwise it sullies your initial positive impression of the series.

A bit of a soapie

Got tired of the soap opera feel of this series. I read 3 of the series in a row and this will be my last purchase. I may come back in years to come but I am over it at this stage. The story overall is entertaining and I would probably have continued if I didn't feel so "milked" by buying a set of chapters rather than a book.

Jeffery gets lost in a soap opera

What did you like best about Best Kept Secret: Clifton Chronicles, Book 3? What did you like least?

The best part was it kept the story going, however, it starts to become very soapy. Compared to volumes 1 and 2 it lets the reader down, it lost my interest in the story. It gets very bogged down in the story and I found myself wishing he'd get on with it and hurry up, a bit like the English Cricket Team.

Jeffery should've released the volumes sooner as I found myself trying to remember the story.

Would you recommend Best Kept Secret: Clifton Chronicles, Book 3 to your friends? Why or why not?

You'd have to recommend it only to get to the end of the saga.

Which scene was your favorite?

Can't remember any scene that was a stand out.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No, a movie wouldn't be able to capture all the detail in and would leave the reader disappointed.