Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less

by Archer, Jeffrey | Thriller / suspense
Published 27/08/2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Macmillan) in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 336 pages
199 x 132mm | 234g

'If there were a Nobel Prize for storytelling, Archer would win' – The Daily TelegraphFirst published 50 years ago, Jeffrey Archer's debut novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, is a page-turning tale of fraud, revenge, and determination as four men stop at nothing to get back what was stolen from them. It was an international success, launching Jeffrey's standing as a master storyteller.

DON'T GET MEAN. GET EVEN. One million dollars – that's what Harvey Metcalfe, lifelong king of shady deals, has pulled off with empty promises of an oil bonanza and instant riches.

Overnight, four men – the heir to an earldom, a Harley Street doctor, a Bond Street art dealer and an Oxford don – find themselves penniless.

But this time Harvey has swindled the wrong men.

They band together and shadow him from the casinos of Monte Carlo to the high-stakes windows at Ascot and the hallowed lawns of Oxford.

Their plan is simple: to sting the crook for exactly what they lost – not a penny more, not a penny less.

Praise for Jeffrey Archer'Probably the greatest storyteller of our age' – Mail on Sunday'Archer has a gift for plot that can only be described as genius' – The Daily Telegraph'Stylish, witty and constantly entertaining' – The Times