Newly promoted to Detective Inspector, William Warwick has a new line of work. More dangerous than any before. He must now go undercover to expose the worst crime of all – corruption within the Metropolitan Police Force.
Top of the list is Detective Jerry Summers, a young officer whose lavish lifestyle far outweighs his income. But the investigation soon becomes compromised by one of the team.
Meanwhile, notorious drug baron Rashidi goes on trial and Sir Julian and Grace Warwick must once again face Booth Watson in the courtroom.
But as William begins to piece the puzzle together, he realises more of his colleagues than he expected might be willing to turn a blind eye.
After being a little disappointed with the second instalment of this series I was pleasantly surprised with this one. The Warwick family were back on fine form, and I really enjoyed the return of their witty familial banter.
Once again, we were back amongst familiar faces, the Hawk, Jackie and Marlborough Man; but we were also introduced to some new members of the team like Rebecca and Nicky who played vital roles within this instalment.
This novel was expertly plotted, as is typical for the author, filled with suspense and clever twists that I wasn’t able to second guess at all. There was one shocking part, hitting like a sledgehammer in true Archer fashion, that even brought a tear to my eye.
I look forward to continuing the journey with William Warwick and this master storyteller.
* Thanks to Pan Macmillan, via NetGalley, for this ARC *