How to steal a painting from the Louvre

Is what I learned from Jeffrey Archer, in A Matter of Honor (why is there no U in honor?) I'm not gonna tell you though...I'm keeping that secret for myself. lol

Anyway...that was the book I returned without reading the other day. And I'm glad I finally read it! It's really good...though at the end I was rather disappointed about two little matters that weren't cleared up satisfactorily enough...one of the informants is never named (or did I miss an obvious clue?), and another matter, even though highly insinuated, was never confirmed... (sorry, I can't say more without giving out spoilers)

I have also read The Runaway Jury, that I mentioned in the same post. It was really pretty good as well...though it didn't leave me so contented while reading it. I do highly admire the storyline though :)

I think what I like about Jeffrey Archer's books is the humour, the wit (people always mention British wit but I have never managed to differentiate it from other countries' wit), and the little clues scattered over the pages, confirmed in words either in a few pages, or much later. It makes the reading itself so much more enjoyable, even before reaching the end. However, it can be quite exasperating (as in the case of A Prisoner of Birth, and this one as well, I could say) when the book is not yours and you can't exactly reread it at your own leisure...like a few months later. (Aha! Is that a sales strategy? :P )

Next up? Oh, I don't know...I've got three books here but I haven't decided which should be my next target yet...

PS: Oh yeah, and I wanted to mention that the Russian Tsar Nicholas II is turning out to be a writer's favourite subject. (okay, I'm not sure about "favourite", but it certainly is popular) A Matter of Honor touches on the subject, The Romanov Prophecy by Steve Berry (another really good book, that I don't seem to have written about before, and which I have (yay!)) actually revolves around his death, and even Detective Conan had something to do with his family in the movie The Last Wizard of the Century. I guess that when someone dies and there is a lot of mystery surrounding what they might or might not have done, there is fodder for a story...