Dying To Tell - Robert Goddard

Set in Stone - Robert Goddard

I took Robert Goddard's Set in Stone from the library shelf as a standby in case I finished my favoured choice too quickly. I had not read the author before and only glanced at the reviews on the back cover before deciding, "That'll do". In fact I wearied of my first selection and, giving up on it, turned to the alternative read to find a gem of a mystery story which I didn't want to put down. This is a story which takes us from quiet beginnings as Tony Sheridan grieves for his wife, Marina, found dead at the bottom of a Cornish cliff. Feeling her close to him as the bereft do, he tells her of the events which followed and so takes us with ...

Sea Change - Robert Goddard

of the triple double-cross" and "the prince of plotters" His paperbacks carry the legend: "The most compelling storyteller of them all". I can personally vouch for that - the first Robert Goddard novel I read kept me glued until 4am one night. His novels usually follow a set pattern: Middle-aged bloke going through a mid-life crisis meets and falls for a mysterious woman who then disappears. Somehow he ends up suspected of murder and on the run trying to unravel the truth, clear his name and find the lady. So what can I tell you about the plot of Sea Change without giving the game away? Quite a lot actually, because, like all his books, it ...

Sea Change - Robert Goddard

Robert Goddard has written some of the most compulsively readable thrillers I have come across in recent years. He invariably constructs complex plots, drawing the reader in as the novel gathers pace. Finally, the strands are unravelled in what is a satisfying, frequently moving conclusion. Most readers will be full of admiration for Goddard's skill and will look forward to his next book. Unfortunately, I believe those of us who have looked forward to Sea Change will have been pretty disappointed. Goddard has written of a laborious chase across 18th century Europe, with a lacklustre group of individuals in search of a ledger which will reveal the secrets of the South Sea Bubble. For ...