Books by Robert Goddard
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review 1: From a low-voltage & unpromising opening amongst St Austell's china clay workings, & the disappearance of company records, Robert Goddard's 2012 crime novel develops into an entertaining if convoluted whodunnit,whatdunnit & whydunnit! It moves in 3 distinct time-zones (1967-9 to ...
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review 1: I found this book a thoroughly engrossing read. I took it with me when I was out of town for five days, thinking, given its 500-page length, that it would last me for the entire trip; however, it engaged me so much that I finished it in two days. The story begins when the presid...
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review 1: I should have known I'd made a mistake when I encountered the sentence about a character's sweet perfume, with 'a tang of decay, of death, hovering behind it', but I was on a 4 hour bus trip and thus desperate. The writing is terrible, and the plot is interesting enough though hi...
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review 1: Brilliant, Robert Goddard's latest is easily his best book to date. The perfect tonic and just what the doctor ordered for my week in Anglesey in a tent.Set around the 1919 Paris peace conference the setting and period is very topical as we note the centenary of the first world w...
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review 1: I have always enjoyed Robert Goddard's books and there is almost always one on my shelves waiting to be read; but they never jump out and say read me, so I might read one every couple of years.They are always well written, well researched and plotted; so, what is missing? I'm not...
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review 1: Good mystery set primarily in Paris at time of the peace talks after WW1. Downside is the whole thing is still somewhat unresolved at the end when you see a nice large "To be continued" message. I was looking at the remaining pages and wondering how it was all going to get wrappe...