Description
| Product ID: | 9781509851300 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | William Warwick Novels |
| Title: | Nothing Ventured |
| Authors: | Author: Jeffrey Archer |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical crime and mysteries, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Historical mysteries, Sagas, London, Greater London, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Nothing Ventured is the start of the William Warwick series, from Jeffrey Archer, the number one bestselling author of The Clifton Chronicles: telling the story of the life of William Warwick – a family man and a detective who must battle against a powerful criminal nemesis. <p><b>The <i>Sunday Times</i> No.1 Bestseller</b><br><br><b><i>Nothing Ventured</i> is the first thrilling novel in the William Warwick series, by the master storyteller and bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and <i>Kane and Abel</i>, Jeffrey Archer.</b><br><br><b><i>This is not a detective story, this is a story about a detective.</i></b><br><br>William Warwick is eight when he decides to join the police force. Resolute in the face of his prominent QC father’s objections, William graduates in Art History from university and immediately enrols as a constable in the Metropolitan Police.<br><br>Gaining insight from his first mentor, an experienced, world-weary constable, his keen mind quickly takes him into a role in Scotland Yard’s Art and Antiques unit and his first case: the recovery of a Rembrandt stolen from the Fitzmolean Museum.<br><br>It will take skill and tenacity for William to solve the crime, and along the way he will encounter many who will change his life, from Miles Faulkner, a crooked art collector, and his influential lawyer – who bends the law to the point of breaking – to research assistant Beth Rainsford, a woman with secrets who he falls hopelessly in love with . . .<br><br>William Warwick’s destiny is set, the only question is, how far will his ambition take him?<br><br><b>Thrilling, absorbing and entertaining, <i>Nothing Ventured </i>introduces a character destined to become one of Archer's most enduring legacies.<br><br>Continue the series with<i> Hidden in Plain Sight </i>and<i> Turn a Blind Eye</i>.<br><br>'Fast-paced and thrilling, with his trademark plot twists and cliff-hangers' – <i>Daily Mail</i></b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-03-19 |
