Heads You Win

Captivating Historical Fiction from the Bestselling and Sublime Storyteller Jeffrey Archer

By: Jeffrey Archer

Narrated by: Richard Armitage

Read by Richard Armitage (The Hobbit, Missing You)

Heads You Win is the incredible and thrilling novel by the master storyteller and bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, Jeffrey Archer.

Leningrad, Russia, 1968.
From an early age it is clear that Alexander Karpenko is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, Alexander and his mother will have to escape Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they have an irreversible choice: board a container ship bound for America or one bound for Great Britain. Alexander leaves the choice to a toss of a coin . . .

In a single moment, a double twist decides Alexander’s future. During an epic tale, spanning two continents and thirty years, we follow Alexander through triumph and defeat as he sets out on parallel lives, as Alex in New York and Sasha in London. As this unique story unfolds, both come to realize that to find their destiny they must face the past they left behind as Alexander in Russia.

With a final twist that will shock even his most ardent fans, this is international number one bestseller Jeffrey Archer’s most ambitious and creative work since Kane and Abel.

Critic reviews

The master storyteller returns with a nail-biter every bit as good as Kane and Abel – utterly enthralling (Joanna Lumley)

A page-turner with a memorable twist that made me shout out loud

Leave it to Jeffrey Archer to spin a continent-straddling, decade-spanning, fate driven yarn that weaves its way from St Petersburg to London and New York, saving its final twist for the very last page (One of the Books of 2018, Mail on Sunday)

Archer certainly knows how to spin a yarn. You will tear through his latest book in no time. It is a fabulous read

Brilliantly conceived . . . the writing and characterizations are superb . . . A splendid novel, featuring one of Archer's most elegantly told stories (Booklist starred review)

Archer draws us in with intrigue and great characters

Wonderfully fres

The story is like a breath of fresh air, pure pleasure, on the background of well trodden history.

Amazing Story

Brilliant. Entertaining. Suspenseful.
As always, one of the best reads, holding reader captive in snowball fashion right down to the last page, with sadness and happiness and much surprise

Really good.

In my opinion Archer's best one to date. Good one to read before getting into the Chronicles.

Disappointing

The narrator was so monotone, it was dull and I had to fight to stay awake, through his nauseating voices and lack of expression. It was very disappointing after having just read all of the Harry Clifton Chronicles where the narrator is extremely good, so good your not aware it a single person. So this was hard work, but the story as always was gripping with JA, and then the end, I thought perhaps I had fallen asleep and missed a large part of the story, but no, it was just a pathetic ending. Sorry Jeffery you can do much better.

Excellent listening. Thorough enjoyable

The story was well written. The reading was very well done. Definitely worth a listen