Be careful what you wish for
Title:
Be careful what you wish for
Author:
Archer, Jeffrey, 1940-
ISBN:
9781447270317
Publication Information:
London : Pan Books, 2014
Physical Description:
465 p. ; 18 cm
Series:
The Clifton chronicles ; 4
Series Title:
The Clifton chronicles ;
Abstract:
Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best friend? When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the Barrington family firm just as the company plans to build its new luxury liner. In London, Harry and Emma's daughter wins a scholarship to the Slade Academy of Art where she falls in love with Clive Bingham, who asks her to marry him
Subject:
| Families -- England -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction |
| Social classes -- England -- Fiction |
| United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction |
| Domestic fiction |
| Historical fiction |
Summary:
Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best friend? When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the Barrington family firm just as the company plans to build its new luxury liner. In London, Harry and Emma's daughter wins a scholarship to the Slade Academy of Art where she falls in love with Clive Bingham, who asks her to marry him