Turn a Blind Eye: A Detective William Warwick Novel (William Warwick Novels, 3)

by Jeffrey Archer

Hardcover, 2021

Status

Available

Call number

823.914

Genres

Collection

Publication

St. Martin's Press (2021), 352 pages

Description

Fiction. Literature. HTML: Turn a Blind Eye is the third installment in the gripping story of Detective Inspector William Warwick, by the master storyteller and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles. Newly promoted to Detective Inspector, William Warwick is tasked with a dangerous new line of work, to go undercover and expose crime of another kind: corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan Police Force. Along with detectives Rebecca Pankhurst and Nicky Bailey, his team is focused on following Detective Jerry Summers, a young officer whose lifestyle exceeds his income. But the investigation risks being compromised when Nicky falls for Summers. Meanwhile, notorious drug baron Assem Rashidi goes on trial, defended by Booth Watson QC, while William's father Sir Julian and sister Grace lead the prosecution case. And William's wife Beth, now a new mother to twins, makes a surprising new friend in Christina Faulkner�??the ex-wife of William's former rival, criminal financier Miles - who has not only turned over a new leaf, but also has a new-found source of income when Faulkner dies suddenly of a heart attack and she stands to be sole inheritor of his estate. As the undercover officers start to draw the threads together, William realizes that the corruption may go deeper still, and more of his colleagues than he first thought might be willing to turn a blind eye.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member Judiex
Newly promoted Detective Inspector William Warwick is assigned to work undercover to expose corruption in the Police Department. He and his team, Rebecca Pankhurst and Nicky Bailey, focus on Jerry Summers, an officer whose life style appears to be above his income. Nicky is relatively new to police
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work and while to get close enough to him to get information, ignores warnings about his relationship with women and falls for him.
Additional plots involve a drug baron and a financier who dies suddenly, making his ex-wife, a recent friend of Warwick’s wife, quite wealthy through a somewhat unusual method of raising money.
Much of the story takes place in a courtroom.
TURN A BLIND EYE is the third book in the William Warwick series. It can be read without having read the previous two. It’s a decent, quick read with some predictable twists.
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LibraryThing member nyiper
What fun to have this series---I can hardly wait for the very next book---the sooner the better so I don't forget where I was in the story!!! The twists and turns are so beautifully constructed from all sides. Totally fun to read anything written by Archer.
LibraryThing member rmarcin
Book #3 in the William Warwick series. In this novel, William is investigating corruption in his department. One of his detectives gets involved with the cop who is dirty. There is also a trial of a drug lord which William’s father and sister are prosecuting. Finally, William’s wife, Beth,
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becomes besties with the wife of William’s nemesis, who in the process of divorcing the wife, hid many priceless works of art. When he is presumed dead, Christine, the wife, stands to inherit it all. But of course there are twists in all of these stories, and the question is asked more than once— who will turn a blind eye?
I enjoyed this novel much more than Book 2, and look forward to book 4!
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Original language

English

Physical description

352 p.; 9.6 inches

ISBN

1250200806 / 9781250200808
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