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Nothing ventured  Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book

Nothing ventured / Jeffrey Archer.

Summary:

As a member of Scotland Yard's arts and antiquities squad, Detective William Warwick investigates the theft of a priceless Rembrandt painting, falling in love with Beth Rainsford, a gallery research assistant, while conducting the investigation.
Much to his father's dismay, William Warwick rejects a career in law to join London's Metropolitan Police Force. He advances from a beat cop to a detective in Scotland Yard's arts and antiquities squad. Investigating the theft of a priceless Rembrandt painting, William meets and falls in love with Beth Rainsford, a gallery research assistant. As William searches for the missing masterpiece, he comes up against art collector Miles Faulkner and his brilliant lawyer, who are willing to bend the law to stay one step ahead of William. Meanwhile, Faulkner's wife, Christina, befriends William, but whose side is she really on?

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781432870393
  • ISBN: 1432870394
  • Physical Description: 511 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, [2019]
Subject: Police > England > London > Fiction.
Art thefts > Fiction.
Large type books.
Genre: Romance fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Blair County Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Altoona Area Public Library LP ARC (Text) 332401000000262 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Hollidaysburg Area Public Library F Arc Lg.Type 2019 (Text) 10HOL000452772 Adult Fiction Available -

Summary: As a member of Scotland Yard's arts and antiquities squad, Detective William Warwick investigates the theft of a priceless Rembrandt painting, falling in love with Beth Rainsford, a gallery research assistant, while conducting the investigation.
Much to his father's dismay, William Warwick rejects a career in law to join London's Metropolitan Police Force. He advances from a beat cop to a detective in Scotland Yard's arts and antiquities squad. Investigating the theft of a priceless Rembrandt painting, William meets and falls in love with Beth Rainsford, a gallery research assistant. As William searches for the missing masterpiece, he comes up against art collector Miles Faulkner and his brilliant lawyer, who are willing to bend the law to stay one step ahead of William. Meanwhile, Faulkner's wife, Christina, befriends William, but whose side is she really on?

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