William Warwick – serie

Fjärde delen i Jeffrey Archers spänningsserie om William Warwick.

Kriminalkommissarie William Warwick arbetar på Metropolitanpolisens nya Kalla fall-avdelning. Han blir tilldelad ett mystiskt fall där mångmiljonären och konstsamlaren Miles Faulkner har förklarats död sedan länge. Men kroppen har aldrig återfunnits, och både Faulkners omoraliske advokat och hans änka beter sig suspekt.

Samtidigt sker ett brutalt mord ombord på lyxkryssaren The Alden. Bland den förmögna passagerarskaran döljer sig mörka hemligheter och intrikata maktkamper. Med hjälp av den före detta undercoverspecialisten Ross Hogan, som motvilligt återvänt till hetluften, gör William Warwick allt i sin makt för att gräva fram sanningen innan det är för sent.

Jeffrey Archer (1940) är en engelsk författare och före detta politiker. Archers böcker har publicerats i 97 länder och översatts till mer än 33 språk. Hans främsta verk Rivalerna nådde första plats på New York Times bästsäljarlista och är en av de mest sålda böckerna i världen.

THE TOWER OF LONDON… Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on earth. But once a year, the Metropolitan Police must execute the most secret operation in their armoury when they transport the Crown Jewels across London. SCOTLAND YARD… For four years, Chief Superindendent William Warwick - together with his second-in-command Inspector Ross Hogan - has been in charge of the operation. And for four years it's run like clockwork. THE HEIST… But this year, everything is about to change. Because master criminal Miles Faulkner has set his heart on pulling off the most outrageous theft in history - and with a man on the inside, the odds are in his favour. Unless Warwick and Hogan can stop him before it's too late…

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 . . .“Archer has a real gift for family sagas, and here, with Warwick, he’s launching what promises to be a series just as riveting as the Clifton Chronicles.” —Booklist THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA William Warwick has always wanted to be a detective and decides that, rather than become a lawyer like his influential father, he will join London’s Metropolitan Police Force. And so, after university, William embarks on a career that will define his life: from his early months on the beat to his first high-stakes case as a fledgling detective in Scotland Yard’s arts and antiquities squad.THE END OF AN OLD REGIMEInvestigating the theft of a priceless Rembrandt painting, William meets Beth Rainsford, a research assistant at the gallery with whom he falls hopelessly in love. But Beth has a secret—one that threatens to tear her and William apart. Meanwhile, as he follows the trail of the missing masterpiece, William comes up against an art collector and his influential lawyer, a man who knows everyone and sfears no one—and will use whatever means necessary to keep William off his client’s trail. . .“Archer is a master entertainer.”—Time