I know I didn’t realise that this is part of a series, thankfully I realised it quite late in the book and I don’t think it affected me. A set of well-honed plot lines keeps the story electric and provides some forks in the narrative progression, keeping the reader on the edge of their seats throughout. But then Jeffrey Archer does seem to be very well connected with the more scurrilous scandals of not only the The British Royal Family!

He has a way to introduce A Twist in the Tale ( no pun intended), but have always found his books fast paced having-meticulously planned plots, that hardly seems unreal. Added to this, they are also dealing with the fallout of the previous novel with Miles Faulkner and Booth Watson (I don't want to spoil too much here for people who haven't read the previous novels). when the story wove around characters who were real people and members of the British Royal Family, with one behaving very indiscreetly! Back in this new installment is the cunning Booth Watson, Faulkner's attorney, who may be just as evil as his client. I think it’s crucial to have read the earlier books in the series to get a firm grasp on all of the characters involved, their relationships with one another and their respective backstories.

Give me something with a well-defined storyline, add some suspense (or spice), and I am a happy reader. He is committed to his job, but he has a certain air of devil may care when it comes to strictly following the rules, though this may not be a bad thing when he finds the lives of those he is protecting are in danger. The fifth book in the series sees William Warwick and team getting involved with the protection of Royal family, precisely Princess Diana. In this book his team have to protect Princess Diana and it has a real royal theme to it, brilliant for the Platinum Jubilee year.

EXCERPT: An outrider from the Special Forces Group swept into Scotland Yard, closely followed by a green Jaguar and an unmarked Land Rover, while two police motorcycles brought up the rear, completing the royal convoy. Archer has Warwick offer more insight into the wonders of British policing in the late 1980s, climbing the ranks on his way to the ultimate promotion. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. When Ross’s fears are realised not even he could have predicted the scale of what is taking place, will he be powerless to do anything? The art industry continues to play a dominant role in the story, proving to be a reliably consistent part of Warwick’s life.You may wonder then why I picked this particular book to start with and I guess it was partly because it was set in the world of the Royalty Protection Service and the time of Princess Diana and partly because I knew that I was going to see Jeffrey Archer at Bloody Scotland Crime Festival. DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Harper Collins UK, Harper Fiction, via Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of Next in Line for review. Taking place in 1988, there are a couple of plot lines with related characters, all revolving around Scotland Yard’s DCI Warwick. The slower build up allowing the various scenes to be set mean that when it all started to kick off later in the book I was invested in the outcomes and as the pace picked up so did my reading speed as I wanted to find out if everyone would come out ok and those responsible would get their comeuppance. Thanks to HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction, HarperCollins and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

As a result, I am now the proud owner of four Kindles -- all different kinds, but plenty of back-ups! Following doubts about the Command team’s ability and performance, a Scotland Yard squad led by DCI William Warwick, are sent in to investigate, because anything less than the utmost dedication to duty in the protection of the Royal family, will not be tolerated. Warwick and his team have just completed a successful mission, Miles Faulkner is back in Belmarsh Prison where he belongs and Booth-Watson, Faulkner’s lawyer, continues to smarm his way from one meeting to the next. It’s getting so monotonous that he had to go back in time and use Margaret Thatcher and Princess Diana in the story to make it interesting. One line finds Warwick and his team investigating possible misdeeds wtihin the Royalty Protection Command, assisted by DI Hogan, working undercover as Princess Diana’s body guard.The other thing you can see about him is that his family is very important as are his team and he thinks nothing of becoming a surrogate parent for Ross Hogan’s daughter so that he can take on his latest mission.

To access your ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose.Another enjoyable part was the antics of Faulkner’s lawyer, Booth Watson, to abscond with his client’s fortune. I appreciated the quicker pace of Next In Line compared to a couple of the earlier books in the series. Jeffrey Archer is one of the world’s bestselling authors, with sales of over 275 million copies in 97 countries, and is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction (twenty times), short stories (four times) and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries).