This is not a detective story, it is a story about a detective.

All his life, William Warwick wanted to become a police officer. So, to his father's great disappointment, he decides that he prefers to join the Metropolitan Police rather than follow the family tradition and become a lawyer.

After finishing university, William embarks on a career that will define his life, from his first patrols on the streets of London to his first major case as a detective in Scotland Yard's Art and Antiques Unit. While trying to solve the theft of an invaluable Rembrandt painting, he meets and falls in love with Beth Rainsford, a research assistant at the Fitzmolean Museum. But Beth has a secret of her own, and she will do anything to keep it buried.

As William follows the trail of the stolen masterpiece, he comes face to face with the wealthy collector Miles Faulkner and his cunning lawyer, who do not hesitate to play with the law to evade the detective. Meanwhile, Miles' charming wife offers her help to William, but what are her true motives?

"Nothing Ventured" is the first book in Jeffrey Archer's new series about the life story of William Warwick - as a family man and as a police officer who will confront the powerful forces of crime throughout his career. Through twists, triumphs, and tragedies, William Warwick is destined to emerge as one of Jeffrey Archer's greatest heroes.