The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer

This book will be released on May 8th, 2012
The Sins of the Father (Clifton Chronicles)
Book Description
On the heels of the international bestseller Only Time Will Tell, Jeffrey Archer picks up the sweeping story of the Clifton Chronicles….

Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of long-buried family secrets, and forced to accept that his desire to marry Emma Barrington will never be fulfilled, has joined the Merchant Navy. But his ship is sunk in the Atlantic by a German U-boat, drowning almost the entire crew. An American cruise liner, the SS Kansas Star, rescues a handful of sailors, among them Harry and the third officer, an American named Tom Bradshaw. When Bradshaw dies in the night, Harry seizes on the chance to escape his tangled past and assumes his identity.

On landing in America, however, Bradshaw quickly learns the mistake he has made, when he discovers what is awaiting him in New York. Without any way of proving his true identity, Harry Clifton is now chained to a past that could be far worse than the one he had hoped to escape.

My thoughts
This book continues where Only Time Will Tell left off. It is the second book in the Clifton Chronicles and begins with Harry Clifton taking the name of an American officer after his merchant ship was sunk by the Germans. Unfortunately, for Harry, the fellow whose name he took was wanted for murder and Harry ends up in prison.

Meanwhile the mother of his child, Emma, doesn’t believe he is dead and travels to America to find out the truth. This is all happening during the time just before American enters WWII.

Jeffery Archer has created a set of characters interwoven with history and stimulating plotlines that I won’t be able to resist the next installment of this saga.

Disclosure: I received this book for review through goodreads.com. I received no compensation for my thoughts.