Nothing Ventured is the incredible and thrilling novel by the master storyteller and bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel; Jeffrey Archer. 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 barrister 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? Nothing Ventured heralds the start of a brand new series in the style of Jeffrey Archer's number one Sunday Times bestselling The Clifton Chronicles: telling the story of the life of William Warwick - as 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.