About this ebook
Martin Radford, history graduate, disaffected and unemployed, jumps at the chance to visit Madeira at the invitation of an old university friend who is running the local English language newspaper. Luck continues to run for him when he is offered a lucrative commission to research the mysterious resignation and subsequent obscure retirement on Madeira of Edwardian cabinet minister Edwin Strafford. However, his investigation triggers a bizarre and inveitably violent train of events which remoreslessly entagles him and those who believed they had escaped the spectre of crimes long past but never paid for.
Ratings and reviews
4.5
2 reviews
Pro_ Jay54
- Flag inappropriate
December 18, 2015
Real history combined with bread and butter fiction create a very climatic read fron start to finish. Have read some other works by the author and find it dissapointing to see his titles in the bargain bin, excellent.
About the author
Robert Goddard was born in Hampshire, where he and his wife now live. He read history at Peterhouse, Cambridge and worked as an educational administrator in Devon before becoming a full-time writer. Other titles by the same author include: In Pale Battalions, Painting the Darkness, Into the Blue, Take No Farewell, Hand in Glove, and Closed Circle. Past Caring was his first novel.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.