"Turn a Blind Eye" by Jeffrey Archer is a riveting and meticulously plotted thriller that will keep you engrossed as you unravel its complex web of secrets and deception.

DI Warwick is back and eager to get on with his newest tasking. Warwick's character has grown since the last book. His loyalities and dedication to duty have been recognized so he's placed in charge of rooting out corruption in the Metropolitan Police Department. The characters in this series are all connected to law enforcement and/or each other. It makes the story three dimensional as events speed up the tension and Warwick must put himself in the front of danger to protect those he cares about. Another great book from Jeffrey Archer.

All the characters are back from the previous book series. This book continues more scenes within the courtroom giving William’s father and sister bigger roles within the book. This is a good addition to the series and the battle between William and Faulkner continues.

William Warwick is a great character who continues to grow under the masterful hand of author Jeffrey Archer. I have always liked Jeffrey Archer's books and his writing style. Looking forward to read more books from this series

This is the third book in the William Warwick series by Jeffrey Archer. William is once again tracking down Miles Faulkner and dealing with the cunning QC Booth Watson. A storyline with many twists and turns making it an enjoyable read. Classic Jeffrey Archer !Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Continuing in this series, you follow the detectives as they try to figure out who is responsible and how it all goes together. This is set in England and allows the reader to learn things without leaving your chair. I can’t wait for the next book in the series!

Turn a Blind Eye, by Jeffrey Archer, is the third book in the series featuring William Warwick, a London police inspector. I did have trouble remembering what happened in the previous book and struggled because there was not much introduction for new readers. Most of the usual characters are back. Sir Julian and daughter Grace (William’s father and sister) are representing The Crown in the Assem Rashidi case. Booth Watson is back as the defendant’s lawyer. Miles Faulkner seems to have died of a heart attack. Christine, Faulkner’s ex-wife and friend of William’s wife, Beth, has inherited all of Mile’s paintings. The plot moves quickly and there are lots of twists and turns for the reader. I just was confused at the beginning due to the abrupt start of the book.

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.

I thought this would be the last in the series and my, oh my, was I shocked when I found out that I was going to have to wait for the next book for things to be resolved. I have been a fan of Jeffrey Archer since I discovered his first book while traveling to England many years ago and I have read them all. I find them all interesting and creative and in general a very good read. This series has been especially interesting as he has dealt with some very crooked cops. So far it is unresolved.

I really couldn't read this one fast enough to find out how it ended only to be disappointed. But the next one will be out soon. . . .I hope.

A thank you to the publisher, author and Netgalley for a copy of this book.

Turn a Blind Eye” is the third book in the “Detective William Warwick” series. Familiar characters continue from the previous books, and a few new ones are added. There are frequent mentions of events from the prior books, however there is enough background information included in the narrative to enable new readers to follow along. Of course, the most substantial reading experience will be for regular readers of the series.

The story begins shortly after the previous book ended; now the perpetrator is going to trial. This involves not only DI William Warwick as a witness but also his family since his father and sister are presenting the Crown’s case. Meanwhile, Warrick’s new assignment is as head of the anti-corruption team. This job plunges him into a top-secret undercover investigation of corruption and misdeeds in Metropolitan Police Force itself. He faces complex moral challenges as the team scrutinizes the life of a detective who seems to be living beyond his means. The investigation is complicated, and many people seem to be willing to overlook the obvious.

“Turn a Blind Eye” has many seemingly disconnected pieces that come together in unexpected ways. Things that might appear casual or unimportant at the time become significant later. I received a review copy of “Turn a Blind Eye” from Jeffrey Archer and St. Martin’s Press. It is somewhat predictable, however it is quick to read, and there are enough twists and turns throughout to keep readers turning the pages

I am just as hooked on the Warwick series as I was on the Clifton Chronicles. Jeffrey Archer has a gift for keeping you on the edge of your seat, driving you towards the resolution and then hitting you with a surprise on the very last page of the book. I find myself staring at the last sentence of each story thinking "You can't possibly end there....how am I supposed to wait for the next book??" This story was no exception; we picked up right where we left off in the prior book. I love a good mystery and suspense novel, good vs. bad, but what keeps me coming back to these stories, is the superior story-telling gift of Jeffrey Archer. His stories suck you in, the characters become real, and you become invested in their journey. This genre can easily become "all about the twists" so much that they become unbelievable...but the beauty of these stories, is that they maintain their character and deliver an excellent story progression in each installment. I cannot wait for the October release of the next story to see what challenges await William Warwick and his team!

I received a copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Turn a Blind Eye (Detective William Warwick #3) by Jeffrey Archer

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This is the 3rd book in the Detective William Warwick Series and it is just as suspenseful as his earlier ones. Just when you think it's going to go one way, there's a twist. And then it finishes with a cliffhanger. Looking forward to the next installment with baited breath.

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Turn a Blind Eye, by Jeffrey Archer, is the third entry in the series featuring William Warwick, an up-and-coming London police inspector. Archer builds his characters and relationships slowly, and it makes sense to go back and read this series from its beginning so that you can fully appreciate the nuances. Archer offers comfort in his characters – they are old friends with whom you welcome reuniting. The heroes are exceptionally upstanding, ethical, and resourceful while the adversaries are evil and fortunately, for the reader, also resourceful. Good and evil rarely overlap in these books.

In contrast to the characters, the plot offers many twists and turns as well as a satisfying courtroom drama. At times, it was a bit of a challenge to follow but the final pages had me looking forward to the next episode.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for a very enjoyable read.

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Reading Jeffrey Archer is like visiting old friends. William, Beth, The Hawk, and the team have many pies in the oven this time around - Miles is missing, Rashidi is on trial, and there are corrupt cops to catch. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this one and can’t wait to find out what happens next. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the arc.

I loved Archer's Clifton chronicles and thought this was a great idea to write the Warwick novels. This one was a great continuation of the first two.

A story that opens with a Detective trying to resign. A Commander determined to keep him. A department rife with corruption. An offer he cannot refuse. Here is the premise for the third Detective Inspector William Warwick. Warwick finally has the culprit in hand if only they could find the evidence. A master in every sense of the word. Warwick is a formidable character who sees beyond the surface in more ways than one. Our hero even gets to attend his own memorial service. Well Done as the English are want to say. Happy reading

Turn a Blind Eye by Jeffrey Archer is a Detective William Warwick mystery taking place in 1987, although it many ways it seems like longer ago. This is an entertaining novel that lays out exactly how high-level criminals think and how the police have to out-think them. Crooked cops who not only help the criminals, but help themselves, financially mostly, occupy much of this novel. It is also about a young woman who fancies herself in love with a man who does nothing but take advantage of her, sadly. It was a study in personalities, and a good one. Warwick has the advantage or disadvantage of having his father as one of the prosecutors for the Crown and his sister as his junior. There is a humorous example of how this relationship was turned against them all fairly early in the book. That situation taught them all lessons. There are a lot of characters so it took a bit to get into the book and get them all sorted. Then it was off to the races.

William is interested in nothing more than catching the bad guys. Sometimes it's trickier than it looks, and sometimes they are people you know. This is when Archer's odd sense of humor takes over and turns people almost into caricatures. There are some pretty normal people in this story: William's sister, Grace, and her partner, Clare, both lawyers; his wife, Beth; some of the other policemen, although they are mostly overly loyal and overworked. It was a totally engrossing story covering several independent, but related crimes, with at least some happily-ever-afters. I recommend it.

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3.75 Hearts This is the third in the series but we have known these characters from other stories so it is like catching up with friends. In this one we are at the trial of Rashidi.

What I enjoyed about this is the trial part. Some of it got a bit wordy but the trials in England are so different than the trials in the USA. And it is kind of interesting thinking “they can do that there?” or “we could do that here.”

I like DI Warwick. And this time he has to investigate his own. No, he is not a police officer but they are all in the line of work to bring justice and now he has to investigate a young officer who just may be in more than he should be involved in.

Another good story by Jeffrey Archer.

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I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

Published by St. Martin's Press on April 13, 2021

William Warwick enters Turn a Blind Eye as a Detective Sergeant and leaves as a Detective Chief Inspector. That is the pattern in the Warwick novels. The young man starts from the bottom, completes an investigation with an arrest and a conviction (aided by his father, who prosecutes), and earns a promotion. His meteoric rise must be the envy of the Metropolitan Police.

The Warwick series divides William’s story into multiple novels — three so far. After a brief stint as a beat cop, Warwick put his art history education to use in the first book, where he met his nemesis, the wealthy Miles Faulkner. In the second book, Warwick moves to drug investigations, where he again encounters Faulkner, who has expanded his criminal repertoire from art forgery to drug distribution. In this third novel, Warwick moves into a new unit, the Met’s version of internal affairs, where he investigates corrupt cops.

Faulker dies and is cremated at an early point in the story, although nobody believes he’s really dead, least of all the reader. By the novel’s end, Warwick is again promoted and transferred to the murder squad. Faulkner is still at large and engaged in more scheming with his art collection. Warwick’s wife and Faulkner’s former wife continue to pursue their unlikely friendship.

The primary plot involves a bent copper named J.R. Summers, who investigates burglaries and helps himself to part of the loot. He’s particularly successful at busting members of a London crime family while spectacularly unsuccessful at gathering evidence against a rival crime family. That discrepancy leads to the obvious suspicion that Summers is corrupt. Summers becomes involved with a detective constable who apparently doesn’t understand the concept of birth control, leading Warwick and his cohorts to hope that she will merely experience heartbreak as a girlfriend rather than a conviction as a co-conspirator.

A second plot thread involves Assem Rashidi, another drug dealer. Warwick must testify against Rashidi, resulting from Warwick’s earlier stint in the drug unit. As always, the Crown is represented by Warwick’s father, Sir Julian, who is second chaired by Warwick’s sister. Why anyone thinks that a father questioning his son is a good idea is beyond me, given the likelihood that the defense will be pointing out the conflict of interest to the jury at every opportunity. The defense barrister, Booth Watson, instead focuses on a variety of dirty tricks. The Warwicks go up against Watson again in the novel’s second trial, this one involving Summers.

The trials are the best part of Turn a Blind Eye. None of the barristers are as clever as Rumpole, but courtroom clashes are always fun. Both sides get away with questioning that would never be allowed in an American courtroom, but perhaps British judges are more tolerant of unfair tactics.

As always, Warwick — whose commitment to rectitude has earned him the name “choirboy” — is a one-dimensional character, and that dimension is dull. As proof that Warwick has a personality, Jeffery Archer has Warwick and his father reciting historical facts and quoting great works of literature. To be a Warwick is to be admired by other Warwicks. I suppose being pompous and self-satisfied is indeed a personality, but it is not one anyone would admire other than similarly pompous and self-satisfied members of the British aristocracy. How Warwick managed to conceive his twins is a mystery, since he has no discernable interest in anything as messy as sex. He likely thought it was his duty to procreate. Warwick is all about duty.

None of these novels suggest that there is any gray area between good and evil. Good people are resolutely good and only a scallywag like Watson would defend the guilty. Readers who don’t want to grapple with the complex reality of life will probably find this series refreshing. The stories are certainly pleasant and the courtroom scenes, at least, are entertaining. Others might find the Warwick novels to be a bit one dimensional, if not dull. The novel’s ending isn’t exactly a cliffhanger, but it does set up another confrontation between Warwick and Faulkner.

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Number 3 in the William Warwick series and the best so far.. Doesn't really work as a standalone since each book just picks up after the one before. This one does resolve a lot of the plot lines but still leaves plenty hanging for the next book. Plenty of action and never gets boring..
Likeable characters.

Turn a Blind Eye by Jeffrey Archer is the third book in the William Warwick series. The author, Jeffrey Archer, is not a new author to me. I read a couple of early books by him many years ago including Cain and Abel. I renewed my interest in Archer’s work with the Clifton Chronicles (seven books in the series). William Warwick, now Detective Inspector Warwick, is charged with finding corruption in the police department appeared in the last installment of the Clifton Chronicles.

This book could be read as a stand alone, but I think it would be much more enjoyable if the reader has met the characters in the first two books. Most of the characters are back. Sir Julian and daughter Grace (William’s father and sister) are representing The Crown in the Assem Rashidi case. Booth Watson is back as the defendant’s lawyer. Miles Faulkner, William’s nemesis seems to have died of a heart attack. Christine, Faulkner’s ex-wife and friend of William’s wife, Beth, has inherited all of Mile’s paintings.

There are lots of new characters to meet in the book. The plot moves quickly and there are lots of twists and turns for the reader. I really enjoyed the book. There were some twists I figured out before mentioned and others I did not. I do feel that the close interactions between Beth and William and William and his father and sister were lacking. Hoping we see more in their personal lives in the next book in the series. The reader is also left with a cliffhanger. Guess I need to wait patiently for the next book.

My thanks to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for an ARC of this book. The opinions in this review are my own.