The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller.From the number one bestselling author of The Clifton Chronicles, Jeffrey Archer, Nothing Ventured is the thrilling first novel in the William Warwick series.This is not a detective story. This is a story about a detective.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 from university with a degree in art history and immediately enrols as a constable in the Metropolitan Police force.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.It will take skill and tenacity for William to solve the crime. 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 whom he falls hopelessly in love with . . .William Warwick’s destiny is set. The only question is, how far will his ambition take him?Thrilling, absorbing and entertaining, Nothing Ventured heralds the start of a gripping series from master storyteller Jeffrey Archer and introduces a character destined to become one of his most enduring legacies. Continue the series with Hidden in Plain Sight.Praise for Jeffrey Archer:‘Probably the greatest storyteller of our age’ – The Mail on Sunday‘If there were a Nobel Prize for storytelling, Archer would win’ – The Daily TelegraphNothing Ventured was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 28th March 2020. Σελίδες: 400, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0128, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm