REVIEW BY BABS SIMPSON ON SHOW 17TH JUNE
I’VE BEEN RATHER DISAPPOINTED BY ROBERT GODDARD’S LAST COUPLE OF BOOKS – PREDICTABLE AND NOT NEARLY AS EXCITING AS THEY SHOULD BE. HOWEVER, I’M VERY PLEASE TO SAY THAT THIS BOOK IS ANOTHER WINNER.
THE HERO IS STEPHEN SWAN WHO RETURNS FROM WORKING IN THE USA TO GO TO PAIGNTON TO SEE HIS MOTHER. TO HIS TOTAL AMAZEMENT HIS UNCLE, ELDRITCH, WHO HE HAS ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD TO BE DEAD, IS THERE AND THERE THE STORY BEGINS. ELDRITCH HAS BEEN LANGUISHING IN AN IRISH JAIL FOR 36YRS AND THERE IS NO RECORD F HIS CRIME, BUT GRADUALLY AND VERY TORTUOUSLY, THE TALE UNFOLDS FROM DUBLIN DURING THE WAR TO LONDON TO ANTWERP AND SLOWLY WE BEGIN TO FIND OUT THE REASON FOR HIS LONG INCARCERATION.
THE SECRET SERVICE’S WARTIME INVOLVEMENT CARRIES ON AND THE STORY, ALTHOUGH EXTRAORDINARY, IS VERY PLAUSIBLE – EVERYTHING IS EXPLAINED AND ALL LOOSE ENDS TIED UP (BUT IF THAT MAKES THE TALE SOUND SIMPLE, BELIEVE ME IT ISN’T!)
THIS IS A BOOK THAT I AM SURE WILL APPEAL TO ALL ROBERT GODDARD’S MANY FANS – THE PLOTTING IS ALMOST BREATHTAKING, THE CHARACTERS SYMPATHETIC – EVEN SCHEMING UNCLE ELDRITCH -AND THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS WELL DESCRIBED.
IT’S A GREAT READ AND I’M PLEASED TO GIVE IT A WHOLE-HEARTED RECOMMENDATION.
REVIEW BY BABS
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