Happiness lies in the joy of creative achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
-Franklin D Roosevelt.
The novel deals with creative effort of four brains to fight a con man to get their money back.
’’Not a penny more not a penny less’’ is a great thriller and I could not put down the novel until finishing it. The plot is so intricately woven that you simply ’keep on’ and wonder about what the next move will be.
In the book Jeffery Archer brings us the story of 4 men, plotting together to get back the money they lost to con-man Harvey Metcalfe. The book begins by explaining how Harvey starts as a runner in the stock exchange to become a corrupt millionaire. His newest plot has to do with launching an oil company in the North Sea. Harvey snatches up a cheap permit and forms Prospecta Oil, quickly going public. He starts selling company stock with the story of a upcoming huge oil strike. He hires a young man named David to handle his stock and feeds him false information about a large oil field. David leaks the false information to four men who make large purchases of the stock. After Harvey sells all his stock at escalating prices he walks away. The four men together lost $1mn.
At this point starts the classic tale of these four men planning to get their money back, ’’NOT A PENNY MORE NOT A PENNY LESS.’’ The four men hatch four ingenious but daring plans to take back the money Harvey stole. Will they get caught? How many of these plans will work? Will they ever see the money again? These questions can only be answered in the pages of Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less. You will be hooked on the intricate ideas and the danger of carrying out each move. It’s a great read!