The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller From number one bestseller and author of The Clifton Chronicles, Jeffrey Archer, Nothing Ventured is the thrilling first novel in the William Warwick series. This is not a detective story. This is a story about a detective. William Warwick is eight when he decides to join the police force. Resolute in the face of his prominent QC father’s objections, William graduates from university with a degree in art history and immediately enrols as a constable in the Metropolitan Police Force.