Nothing Ventured heralds the start of a brand new series in the
style of Jeffrey Archer's #1 New York Times bestselling Clifton
Chronicles: introducing Detective William Warwick. *But this is not a
detective story,*** this is a story about the making of a detective .
. .
William Warwick has always wanted to be a detective, and decides, much
to his father's dismay, that rather than become a lawyer like his
father, Sir Julian Warwick QC, and his sister Grace, he will join
London's Metropolitan Police Force.
After graduating from university, William begins a career that will
define his life: from his early months on the beat under the watchful
eye of his first mentor, Constable Fred Yates, to his first high-stakes
case as a fledgling detective in Scotland Yard's arts and antiquities
squad. Investigating the theft of a priceless Rembrandt painting from
the Fitzmolean Museum, he meets Beth Rainsford, a research assistant at
the gallery who he falls hopelessly in love with, even as Beth guards a
secret of her own that she's terrified will come to light.
While William follows the trail of the missing masterpiece, he comes up
against suave art collector Miles Faulkner and his brilliant lawyer,
Booth Watson QC, who are willing to bend the law to breaking point to
stay one step ahead of William. Meanwhile, Miles Faulkner's wife,
Christina, befriends William, but whose side is she really on?
This new series introduces William Warwick, a family man and a detective
who will battle throughout his career against a powerful criminal
nemesis. Through twists, triumph and tragedy, this series will show that
William Warwick is destined to become one of Jeffrey Archer's most
enduring legacies.
