India, Oct. 6 -- Lord Jeffrey Archer began writing books in 1974 and became a best-selling author almost immediately. His books have been translated into several languages and adapted into screenplays, television, films, and radio plays. A master of pulp fiction, Archer kept his writing simple, and his worldview even simpler. Readers were never left in doubt over what or who constituted good and evil in these novels. Retribution was a given, and evil men often met with a bad end. In a breathless world of constant change, Archer's novels offered a corner of succour where the reader could con themselves into believing all was indeed well. Here are four titles to get you introduced to his oeuvre.

Jeffrey Archer's first book is a story of re...