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Shall We Tell the President? (Kane & Abel #3)
After years of great sacrifice and deep personal tragedy, Florentyna Kane’s has finally become the first woman president in America. But on the very day that she is sworn into office, powerful forces are already in motion to take her life.
The FBI investigates thousands of false threats every year. This time, a reliable source has tipped them off about an assassination atte
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Published
February 12th 1983
by Fawcett
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After years of great sacrifice and deep personal tragedy, Florentyna Kane’s has finally become the first woman president in America. But on the very day that she is sworn into office, powerful forces are already in motion to take her life.
The FBI investigates thousands of false threats every year. This time, a reliable source has tipped them off about an assassination attempt. One hour later, the informant and all but one of the investigating agents are dead. The lone surviv...more
After years of great sacrifice and deep personal tragedy, Florentyna Kane’s has finally become the first woman president in America. But on the very day that she is sworn into office, powerful forces are already in motion to take her life.
The FBI investigates thousands of false threats every year. This time, a reliable source has tipped them off about an assassination attempt. One hour later, the informant and all but one of the investigating agents are dead. The lone surviv...more
A rookie agent has to stop the assassination of the President. So this book wasn't bad so much as ridiculous. It was written a long time ago about the future 43rd president, then updated and published again after there had been a real 43rd president. I really think I might have liked it had I read it in 1977 or something. But it was just surreal, and not in a good way, to read someone's vision of the 2000s. He got to first female president, but didn't quite think of the internet. So the hero is...more
'Shall We Tell The President' is something a bit different from Jeffrey Archer. Instead of his usual character-driven epics, we're treated to a lean, taut political thriller involving the potential assassination of US President Florentyna Kane.
First, a clarification: 'Shall We Tell The President' was Archer's second book, written before 'Kane And Abel' and 'The Prodigal Daughter'. However, he later updated it to incorporate the events of those two books, namely Florentyna becoming the first fem...more
First, a clarification: 'Shall We Tell The President' was Archer's second book, written before 'Kane And Abel' and 'The Prodigal Daughter'. However, he later updated it to incorporate the events of those two books, namely Florentyna becoming the first fem...more
Jan 27, 2013
Naveen
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Abhay Nair
I read a 2003 edition of the original. The author's note, clarifying the reset & reworked edition, makes one wonder whether one should have gone for the original 1977 edition! The book is easy to read and as someone suggested, the idea of investigating thru library cards & not using the internet etc., in the revised version doesn't make much sense.
The entire story evolves around a young agent Mark Andrews. The lack of depth in certain characters is quite evident and the revision of the e...more
The entire story evolves around a young agent Mark Andrews. The lack of depth in certain characters is quite evident and the revision of the e...more
Feb 21, 2012
Verona
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4 of 5 stars
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I think anyone wanting a good, fast paced thriller would enjoy this book.
Boy, this book caught me by surprise. I had been intrigued by the title, and I like the author, Jeffrey Archer, and I also have a real love for Washington, DC, so it was inevitable that I would pick it up soon. I got down my hardcover copy of The Eleventh Commandment intending to read it--also by Jeffrey Archer, but this little paperback was by my bed. I picked it up a couple of nights ago, and just couldn't put it down. Jeffrey Archer is such a great storyteller! I was roped in, and I couldn't...more
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My dad left this here for me, said he and my mom really enjoyed it. I tore through it pretty quickly, alternately entertained and underwhelmed. Nothing about the writing style hooked me; in fact, the way the viewpoint would change within paragraphs was very annoying. But it has been such a long time since I've picked up an easy-reading novel. It felt good to just sit back and be told a story again.
The characters were a bit unbelievable, there was almost nothing shown of the cardboard cutout pres...more
The characters were a bit unbelievable, there was almost nothing shown of the cardboard cutout pres...more
I have generally liked books written by this author, but this one just didnt do it for me. I dont know if it was hastily written or if I was just not in the mood for it. It follows a character mentioned in 3 of this author's books. She is the President of the USA, and has a threat against her. A FBI agent stumbles onto the lead and has to be the one to save the day. He gets distracted by the beautiful young doctor (of course), and since it is old school, there are no cell phones. How did we used...more
"Shall we tell the president " by Jaffery Archer
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दोस्तों पिछले वर्ष मैंने जेफरी आर्चर का नोवेल "Shall we tell the president " पढ़ा था। जेफरी आर्चर का उपन्यास पहली बार मैंने पढ़ा था । इस से पहले कई बार विदेशी लेखकों को पढने की कोशिश की लेकिन मजा नहीं आया। २ किताबें भी खरीदी थी इस से पहले लेकिन सब बकवास थी कुछ समझ में ही नहीं आता था। इन किताबों की भाषा में और भारतीय लेखकों की भाषा में बहुत भिन्नता होती है। लेकिन जेफरी आर्चर के इस उपन...more
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दोस्तों पिछले वर्ष मैंने जेफरी आर्चर का नोवेल "Shall we tell the president " पढ़ा था। जेफरी आर्चर का उपन्यास पहली बार मैंने पढ़ा था । इस से पहले कई बार विदेशी लेखकों को पढने की कोशिश की लेकिन मजा नहीं आया। २ किताबें भी खरीदी थी इस से पहले लेकिन सब बकवास थी कुछ समझ में ही नहीं आता था। इन किताबों की भाषा में और भारतीय लेखकों की भाषा में बहुत भिन्नता होती है। लेकिन जेफरी आर्चर के इस उपन...more
The FBI learn about a plot to kill the President of the United States, Edward Kennedy. It is one among a thousand such plots that the FBI hear about that year, but within a few hours, four out of the five people with knowledge about it are dead. The fifth, FBI agent Marc Andrews, attempts to uncover the plot and save the President.[return][return]In many senses this is a typical run of the mill thriller novel, set in America, where there is an act of terrorism in the offing that the authorities...more
I read this on recommendation of my mother, who told me I would enjoy the DC setting and familiar landmarks. That she was right about. I was not blown away by the plot, but I am not a big crime novel fan and didn't feel it was suspenseful enough to be a bonafide thriller. This novel was written in the ?80's or earlier and is was interesting to see the things that have changed so much about how we live. I can't imagine being an FBI agent prior to the cell phone. The main character was constantly...more
Jeffrey Archer is always an author I like to read. Shall we Tell the President? is one of his earlier FBI tales. Set in a time prior to 9/11 and even prior to cell phones, this story was suspenseful while a bit comical as the agents had to resort to pay phones. The FBI received a report regarding an assassination attempt on the first woman president. To add the the suspense, a senator is involved in the threat. Archer keeps the reader in suspense all the way to the end. The ending, though not as...more
I read this book a very long time ago when I had a very different view of life - I think I was about 12 or 13 - but I remember enjoying it enormously.
I suspect that on revision I would not find that it held the same intrigue. It introduced me to a more adult world and made me think about the world differently than I had and made me actually think that reading was worthwhile. Like Grisham and others, Archer is very good at introducing the reader to new worlds they would not otherwise visit. Voye...more
I suspect that on revision I would not find that it held the same intrigue. It introduced me to a more adult world and made me think about the world differently than I had and made me actually think that reading was worthwhile. Like Grisham and others, Archer is very good at introducing the reader to new worlds they would not otherwise visit. Voye...more
This After Florentyna Kane is elected as the first female President of the Unites States of America, the FBI leans of a plot to kill her. FBI Agent Mark Andrews know that the threat is for 6 days’ time, and when 4 people who know about it are killed, he is tasked with finding out who is behind it and how to stop it.
This part political, part thriller and part detective book has, despite the premise, only limited action in this novel, but this does not detract from its good hook, fast pace or from...more
This part political, part thriller and part detective book has, despite the premise, only limited action in this novel, but this does not detract from its good hook, fast pace or from...more
This started out as Jeffrey Archer's second published novel, quite a few years ago, but has now been updated for more current politics. Try to find the original version, because it is vintage early Archer. In the original version, the novel begins just after Ed Kennedy is sworn in as president after Jimmy Carter. It was a rough time in American history, and Archer weaves the mood of the times into the story. The plot revolves around a junior FBI agent's investigation into an assassination attemp...more
I had read the first two of this series years ago and had not even known there was a third book, but it was a quick read, a political thriller and very entertaining. It is the early 90s, the first woman president is in office in the US, one of her big issues is gun control (quite relevant for 2013), the vote is coming up but it is the end of the congressional calendar. A seven day recess would delay the vote until another season and another election may bring a different group into Congress. So...more
Pretty standard thriller. Where the book is going at the beginning is the funnest part of the book. As it goes from there it takes a track revealing most of the bad guys and a few other character interactions. After that, it was clear to me how the book was going to end and, unfortunately, it did end that way. I was hoping for more from my first reading of a book by such a long time author as Archer. More tight writing and more of a chess game for a plot. I do like how the ending includes a mist...more
This was a disappointing ending to this series. I was expecting a lot more after Kane and Abel and then The Prodigal Daughter. Florentyna is practically non-existent in this book as the story focuses around an attempt to assassinate her and what the secret service is trying to do to stop it. The book itself was pretty good and I think that I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I hadn't been setup by the two previous books in the series. Overall a fun read though and I plan to read some more from...more
I liked this book, not as much as the 2nd book in this series, but it was still enjoyable to read. I found it amazing that anyone wants to work in politics because it was making me tired just reading about everybody's duties in DC and how they all interplay with each other.
I was sad that the characters Florentyne and Edward weren't more prominant in this book. But, nevertheless, it was still an enjoyable read.
I was sad that the characters Florentyne and Edward weren't more prominant in this book. But, nevertheless, it was still an enjoyable read.
This is a 1977 book about how the first woman president of the US is about to be assassinated and how the FBI deals with the problem without the president ever becoming aware of the plot. A few murders are thrown in for added thrill. What impressed me most was how the British author mastered the intricacies of the American system and wrote such an interesting suspense thriller about it. A good book to read.
Read this book again after having read it in teenage years, as I needed a break after reading Stephenson's Cryptonomicon. The change felt as if, exhausted after listening to a Brahms symphony, one were to relax and let one's hair down listening to a Mozart divertimento! :)
Nothing particularly noteworthy about this book, just a delightful, fast-paced read for those who like thrillers.
Nothing particularly noteworthy about this book, just a delightful, fast-paced read for those who like thrillers.
Nice summer reading. Enough suspense to keep you going, and I actually liked the characters!
Funny how fast things have changed. Archer gave us a 'modern version' of this book, and it's STILL remarkably out of date. Imagine FBI agents with pockets full of quarters to make phone calls!
Not much about Archer's heroine Ms. Kane in here, which was fine. This is a definite "stand alone" book in his "Kane and Abel" series.
Funny how fast things have changed. Archer gave us a 'modern version' of this book, and it's STILL remarkably out of date. Imagine FBI agents with pockets full of quarters to make phone calls!
Not much about Archer's heroine Ms. Kane in here, which was fine. This is a definite "stand alone" book in his "Kane and Abel" series.
I bought the book after I read a review which claimed this to be far better than "Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth. Well... I was terribly disappointed. The book was not even close to "The Eleventh Commandment" by the same author. The hero finds time to date his girlfriend even though he has to foil an assassination plot to kill the American President in matter of few days!
I am a fan of this author's, but this was not his best work. Not bad, but not the same usual outstanding work. This was 325 pages mystery about an assassination attempt on the President. The last 50 pages are gripping, like a thriller. Well written, but likely I will forget it's content in a week like a James Patterson book. Just read for quick shallow entertainment.
Shall We Tell the President revolves around a conspiracy to kill the first female President Florentyna Kane. FBI Agent Mark Andrews has been assigned to figure out who the killers are and stop them before time runs out.
I hadn't expected much from this book and there were times when it was extremely boring but this book somehow pulled through. It was an average book with not enough action. Not one of Jeffry Archer's best works..
I hadn't expected much from this book and there were times when it was extremely boring but this book somehow pulled through. It was an average book with not enough action. Not one of Jeffry Archer's best works..
So... This book was originally written back in 1977... And JA made Teddy Kennedy the POTUS... it was a kind if silly book not one of his best... It felt very sophomoric .... Then... JA did the unthinkable ... He re-edited the book to tie in as the book three for his Cain and Able series ... Now that was a really REALLY bad idea!
Jeffrey Archer is a brilliant storyteller who increases the pace of his stories with each chapter and this is no different. Throughout the story we were led to make our guesses as to the culprit and as usual, there is a twist at the end. However, I must admit the ending was a bit too convenient for my liking.
Awesome thriller by Jeffrey Archer.Go read on for yourselves.giving the reiview of the plot would spoil the suspense.Just start reading it...you would be surprised very soon to find that you had been turning the pages and and you are almost there at end of the book.
Great book...go on try it
Great book...go on try it
A very fast read that was fun for me since I recognize most of the DC locations. Almost all plot with little character development, and an infuriating romance that undercuts the book's momentum. Still, not bad as beach reading, as long as you keep your expectations low. On a side note, in this book Congress is working to pass a wildly popular gun control bill the President had campaigned on--boy how times have changed. Can you imagine a presidential candidate campaigning on that now?
Its a sequel to Kane and Abel but i should say if you haven't read Kane and Abel, its not an issue. Both the plots aren't connected. The plot is pretty fast and gripping. You would not put down the book for sure. It has many interesting stuff about how its like in the FBI. Good read
A review at the back of my copy said that this book is just like Day of The Jackal, only Jeffery Archer is a better writer that Forsyth. After reading the book, I have to say that the review can't be more wrong. Shall We Tell The President is but a poor man's Day of The Jackal.
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Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is an English author and former politician.
He was a Member of Parliament and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, and became a life peer in 1992. His political career, having suffered several controversies, ended after a conviction for perverting the course of justice and his subsequent imprisonment. He is married...more
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He was a Member of Parliament and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, and became a life peer in 1992. His political career, having suffered several controversies, ended after a conviction for perverting the course of justice and his subsequent imprisonment. He is married...more
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