Nothing Ventured

Dear Reader,

After I finished writing the last of the Clifton Chronicles, several readers wrote to tell me they’d like to know more about William Warwick, the eponymous hero of Harry Clifton’s novels.

I confess that I had already given the idea some thought before I began working on Nothing Ventured, the first in the William Warwick series.

Nothing Ventured opens when William leaves school and, much to his father’s dismay, decides he wants to join the Metropolitan Police, rather than become a pupil in his father’s chambers. William perseveres, and in this opening novel we follow his life on the beat with a cast of characters, some good, some not so good, who cross his path as he tries to become a detective and transfers to Scotland Yard.

During the series, you will follow William’s fortunes as he progresses from detective constable to the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.

I’m currently working on the second novel in the series which will focus on William’s time as a young detective sergeant in the elite drugs unit.

Should he ever make it to commissioner will depend as much on William Warwick’s determination and ability as my hopes for longevity — mine, not yours.

Jeffrey Archer

September 2019