Over My Dead Body
(William Warwick #4)
by
Archer_Jeffery
Book Review-Turn-a-Blind-Eye
Turn a Blind Eye
(Warrick-#3)
by
Jeffery Archer
*****
Turn a Blind Eye continues after Hidden in Plain Sight. William has covertly been promoted to lead a newly formed anti-corruption squad. However, for all intents and purposes, he is still working on bringing Rashidi to justice.
Miles Faulkner, Khalil Rashidi (a major player in South London drug distribution), Gerry Summers (a suspected bent cop), newly resigned Inspector Lamont (also bent), along with lawyer Booth Watson form the bad guys.
There are two court cases in Turn a Blind Eye in which Sir Julian, his daughter, Grace and her partner, Clare, again join forces to defeat the common enemy. If I mention the outcomes of these cases I will spoil the story. However, I will say that the majority of Turn a Blind Eye is set in the courtroom, with Christina and the now resurrected Miles Faulkner playing cameo roles.
Gerry Summers, William’s bent ‘friend’ nearly got away with his crimes, his downfall was generosity.
Turn a Blind Eye which moves along at a good pace, as usual, however, it is not until the end that the police come to the conclusion that they may have been deceived, which sets up Over My Dead Body (Warwick #4) nicely.
****
I rated
Turn a Blind Eye
as a
Four Star audiobook/read.
****
At the time of completing my review
other Goodreads readers had awarded
Turn a Blind Eye
an average of 4.16 stars
from 10,575 ratings
and 628 reviews.
****
Turn a Blind Eye
can be purchased online at
Amazon, Booktopia, and Fishpond
Book Review-Hidden-In-Plain-Sight
Hidden In Plain Sight
by
Jeffery Archer
*****
Hidden In Plain Sight follows on after Nothing Ventured with William continuing his good work in the police force. Hidden In Plain Sight opens at the same cracking pace that Nothing Ventured attained and that which is expected from a Jeffery Archer novel.
William is progressing through the ranks and finds himself with a Drug Squad that is trying to catch to of the major drug importers in London. One of the targets is Miles Faulkner who has a 4 year suspended sentence hanging over his head courtesy of the judiciary system in Nothing Ventured. The other villain in Hidden in Plain Sight is Khalil Rashidi. Rashidi is a drug dealer, of note, operating out of South London.
Faulkner and Rashidi meet and bond in Pentonville Prison where they bot being held pending their respective trials. All the while Christina, Faulkner’s, soon to be, ex-wife is angling to have Faulkner’s 73 paintings, which for his entire art collection held locally, included in her divorce settlement.
Faulkner is soon in a courtroom again where again Booth Watson is his adversary
Although Sir Julian does not think of women being good enough to be a QC he does appoint Grace as his junior, where she earns some respect from her father.
I rated
Hidden In Plain Sight
as a
Four Star read.
***
At the time of writing my review
other Goodreads readers had awarded
Hidden In Plain Sight
an average of 3.98 stars
from 9,853 ratings
and 793 reviews.
***
Hidden In Plain Sight
can be purchased online at
Booktopia, Fishpond and Amazon
Book Review-Nothing-Ventured
Nothing Ventured
by
Jeffery Archer
*****
It has been a few years since I last read a Jeffery Archer novel so it was with a bit of trepidation that I commenced Nothing Ventured. I felt that I was labouring through the prologue and first chapter or so. But I soldiered on, soon after realising that I was again reading a Jeffery Archer novel.
Nothing Ventured is the first of the William Warwick series. Not a detective story, but the story of the making of a detective, according to the blurb. Since he was eight years old, William Warwick had always wanted to be a detective much to his father’s disappointment. Sir Julian had always expected that William would always join the family law firm.
After graduating with a Degree in Arts, William joins the police force and hits the beat with his first mentor, Constable Fred Yates. William eventually has the opportunity to join Scotland Yard where he ends up in the Arts and Antiquities Squad.
His first case investigation is the seven-year-old theft of a priceless Rembrandt which was stolen from its home in the Fitzmolean Museum.
Beth Rainsford, a research assistant at the gallery, becomes the love of William’s life; however, Beth has some secrets of her own.
Towards the end of the book, there are two court cases in which William and Beth have an interest and is enjoyable to read.
After a shaky beginning, Nothing Ventured soon became a book of Archer quality.
I have rated
Nothing Ventured
as a
read.
***
At the time of writing my review
other Goodreads readers had awarded
Nothing Ventured
an average of 3.91 stars
from 29,665 ratings
and 1,758 reviews.
***
Nothing Ventured
can be purchased online at
Booktopia, Fishpond and Amazon
Book Review-Prisoner-of-Birth
Prisoner of Birth
by
Jeffery Archer
Prisoner of Birth was my first Jeffery Archer read for several years and as with his past novels I was not disappointed.
I will not disagree with those who claim that the plausibility of being convicted of murder and then walking free under another’s identity may be more than stretching the truth.
However, I read for enjoyment and I always find Jeffery Archer novels entertaining. Again, I found this a real page turner.
As My-Good-Wife had only been able to purchase the large print edition, as a Father’s Day gift, the hundred or so words per page were quickly devoured! Was there a slight reference to my nearly three score years and eyesight in that purchase???? Hmm??!!..
Definitely a
read.
Read…September 19, 2008
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