Jeffrey Archer is a terrific story teller.

Now age 84, he’s determined to finish his William Warwick series.

• Nothing Ventured (2019)
• Hidden in Plain Sight (2020)
• Turn a Blind Eye (2021)
• Over My Dead Body (2021)
• Next in Line (2022)
• Traitor’s Gate (2023)
• An Eye for an Eye (2024)

William begins his career, after leaving university in 1970, as a constable on the beat. You follow the lives of William, his friends, family, colleagues and adversaries over five tumultuous decades, until William finally becomes Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 2022, not without many setbacks along the way.

He first becomes a detective in the art squad, and through his career moves through drugs, murder, royal protection, Olympic Games security and finally counter terrorism – with several triumphs and a few disasters in between.

A backdrop of colourful characters, including his remarkable wife Beth, The Hawk, his boss, Inspector Ross Hogan, his closest friend, and often the cause and sometimes the solutions of his problems, Princess Diana, The Crown, and Miles Faulkner, a brilliant and resourceful criminal who dogs his path and chance of promotion at every opportunity.

An Eye for an Eye is a drama revolving around a potential arms deal between Saudi Arabia and Great Britain. William is now Scotland Yard’s Chief Superintendent.

The arms deal is complicated by a murder — and international intrigue.

Meanwhile, villain Miles Faulkner has been released from prison, intent on ruining the lives of William and his wife Beth.

This one is excellent, as are all in the series.

A TV adaptation is planned.

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