Name to a Face - Robert Goddard

Days without Number - Robert Goddard

good review his books get on review sites persuaded me that I was on safe ground with this book, that was my thinking anyway. About the author: Robert Goddard was born in Hampshire in 1954.Before he became a successful international writer he was an Educational Administrator in Devon. So far in his writing career he had written 17 novels plus three in the Harry Barnett series. The book I m reviewing here was first published in 2003. My synopsis of the book: Nicholas Paleologus brother Andrew s 50th birthday brings him back to his family home in Cornwall for the weekend. On route he decides to visit his sister Irene, who explains that their elderly father Michael ...

Play to the End - Robert Goddard

Background: I have read several novels written by Robert Goddard in the past few months. His books are usually exciting thrillers and of the ones I have read I have enjoyed his style and his storylines. So when I saw this one at my local jumble sale I was keen to purchase it at the fantastic price of just 20 pence. About the author: Robert Goddard was born in Hampshire in 1954. He is an international best selling author and was nominated for the Edgar Award for his novel Beyond Recall in 1999. He has written twenty novels so far of which three are from the Harry Barnett series. The novel I am reviewing was written in 2004. Synopsis of the book: Toby Flood has come ...

Robert Goddard in general

I discovered Robert Goddard when a friend who was moving house gave me some books that were destined for the charity shop. He writes mystery novels, which although they often involve a death, are not “crime” or “murder” stories predominantly. An example is a book I recently read called Beyond Recall. This book is based on a character called Chris Napier. After meeting a long lost childhood friend, who subsequently commits suicide, Napier is forced to re-examine the true circumstances of his great-uncle Joshua’s murder in 1947, for which the friend’s father, Michael Lanyon, was hanged. As the story delves deeper into the past, the ...