William Warwick decided he would join the police at the age of eight, which makes for awkward Sunday lunches when your father is Sir Julian Warwick, a distinguished criminal barrister. An art history degree from King’s College London later earns William a place in Scotland Yard’s Art and Antiques unit, where a stolen Rembrandt draws him towards Beth Rainsford of the Fitzmolean Museum and Miles Faulkner, a collector whose taste in paintings outruns his scruples. Archer the storyteller is in fine form, launching a series with real charm.
