Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer

Best Kept Secret is the next installment in the enjoyable Clifton Chronicles series. When we last saw our heroes, it was up in the air whether Harry Clifton or Giles Barrington would inherit the huge Barrington fortune--and whether Harry could be with his true love, Emma. The action resumes with the judge ready to make a decision on the inheritance then pinballs around through love and betrayal and duplicity and smuggling and rigged elections. It ends with a frightening car crash--and another cliffhanger. It's all very exciting.