title: Honor Among Thieves
author:  Jeffrey Archer 
description: Newly minted CIA and Mossad agents work to undo damage wrought by a Mafia/Iraqi conspiracy in English author Archer's ( As the Crow Flies ; Kane and Abel ) witty, action-filled--if improbable--thriller. Some readers, we suppose, might find quite plausible the idea that the mob has arranged for a ringer to impersonate President Clinton during his first months in office. But here the actor who plays Clinton assumes the role only long enough to swipe the Declaration of Independence. The chase is on as mobsters spirit the manuscript-turned-macguffin off to Iraq, where Saddam has plans to barbeque it for the Fourth of July, live on CNN. Meanwhile, Yale Law professor Scott Bradley goes undercover for the CIA, tracking lovely young Mossad operative Hannah Kopec, likewise on assignment in Paris. It's only a matter of time before the two agents are caught up in each other's arms and, of course, in the race to recapture the Declaration. Beyond the thrills and surprises that Archer's masterful narrative provides, readers will remain aware of the extreme unlikelihood that a scam such as Saddam's could succeed, and that two such neophytes would be thrown in to stop it. This deficit in verisimilitude doesn't detract too much from the novel's entertainment value, however, and some will be amused that Archer himself good-naturedly joins in the criticism by ironically making the accuracy of the spelling of "Brittish" (sic) in the Declaration and its copies central to his plot. 50,000 first printing; major ad/promo; author tour. <br />Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  **HONOUR
  
  
  AMONG THIEVES**
  
  
  
  
  
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  _JEFFREY
  
  
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  Copyright
  
  
  ©Jeffrey Archer 1993
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Books by JEFFREY ARCHER
  
  
  
  
  
  **_Novels_**
  
  
  
  
  
  Not a Penny
  
  
  More, Not a Penny Less
  
  
  
  
  
  Shall We Tell
  
  
  The President?
  
  
  
  
  
  Kane & Abel
  
  
  
  
  
  The Prodigal
  
  
  Daughter
  
  
  
  
  
  First Among Equals
  
  
  
  
  
  A Matter of
  
  
  Honor
  
  
  
  
  
  As the Crow
  
  
  Flies
  
  
  
  
  
  Honor Among Thieves
  
  
  
  
  
  The Fourth
  
  
  Estate
  
  
  
  
  
  The Eleventh
  
  
  Commandment
  
  
  
  
  
  Sons of Fortune
  
  
  
  
  
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  **_Short Stories_**
  
  
  
  
  
  A Quiver Full of
  
  
  Arrows
  
  
  
  
  
  A Twist in the
  
  
  Tale
  
  
  
  
  
  Twelve Red
  
  
  Herrings
  
  
  
  
  
  The Collected
  
  
  Short Stories
  
  
  
  
  
  To Cut a Long
  
  
  Story Short
  
  
  
  
  
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  **_Plays_**
  
  
  
  
  
  Beyond
  
  
  Reasonable Doubt
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **_Exclusive_**
  
  
  
  
  
  The Accused
  
  
  
  
  
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  **_Prison Diaries_**
  
  
  
  
  
  Volume One –
  
  
  Belmarsh: Hell
  
  
  
  
  
  Volume Two –
  
  
  Wayland: Purgatory
  
  
  
  
  
  Volume Three –
  
  
  North Sea Camp: Heaven
  