A riveting bestseller from one of the UK's biggest thriller writers.
Robert Goddard's first novel, Past Caring, was an instant bestseller. Since then, his books have captivated readers worldwide with their edge-of-the-seat pace and their labyrinthine plotting. He has won awards in the UK, the US and acrossEurope and his books have been translated into over thirty languages. In 2019, he won the Crime Writers' Association's highest accolade, the Diamond Dagger, for a lifetime achievement in Crime Writing.
A book that will push the edges of late night fatigue... had me
utterly spellbound... cracking good entertainment
*Washington Post*
Impossible to put down... Totally compels you from the first page
to the last... a wonderful storyteller
*Yorkshire Post*
A cracker, twisting, turning and exploding with real skill
*Daily Mirror*
Confirms his reputation as a spellbinding storyteller
*Sunday Independent*
Ultimate page-turner and late-night obsessive read
*Rocky Mountain News*
Goddard's newest novel shows that even a middle-aged, frumpy man can become a hero. When Heather Mallender, English schoolteacher, disappears while sightseeing in Greece with Harry Barnett, Barnett must discover whether she disappeared voluntarily or was a victim of malice. In Hitchcockian tradition, the hero finds himself trapped in a web of intrigue that threatens not only his reputation, but also his life. Barnett's quest leads him from Greece to England and back, followed everywhere he goes, encountering suspicion and resistance at every turn. Everyone, it seems, has things to hide. Goddard's ( Painting the Darkness , LJ 9/1/89) elegant and gothic portrait of blackmail, deception, and death is hampered by its meandering pace and intricacy. Still, the novel is ultimately successful.-- Bettie Alston Spivey, Charlotte-Mecklenburg P.L., N.C.
A book that will push the edges of late night fatigue... had me
utterly spellbound... cracking good entertainment * Washington Post
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Impossible to put down... Totally compels you from the first page
to the last... a wonderful storyteller * Yorkshire Post *
A cracker, twisting, turning and exploding with real skill * Daily
Mirror *
Confirms his reputation as a spellbinding storyteller * Sunday
Independent *
Ultimate page-turner and late-night obsessive read * Rocky Mountain
News *
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