Advanced
Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.
Title details for Found Wanting by Robert Goddard - Available

Found Wanting

by Robert Goddard
David Rintoul
Audiobook
1 of 1 copy available
Borrow Listen to a sample Listen to a sample
1 of 1 copy available

Richard Eusden is on his way to work in London one unremarkable winter morning when he is intercepted by his ex-wife, Gemma. She has sad news: his old friend, Marty Hewitson is dying, and needs a favor from Richard. He sets off on what should be a simple errand, but soon turns into a race for life, sweeping across Belgium, Germany and Denmark, and into the Nordic heart of a mystery that connects Marty's long-dead grandfather, Clem, an Isle of Wight police officer, with the tragic fate of the Russian Royal Family.

  • Creators

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 3, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792768739
      • File size: 275905 KB
      • Duration: 09:34:48

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      David Rintoul brings a satisfying noirish sensibility to this thriller about a contemporary British foreign service officer who is suddenly caught up in an intrigue involving the end of tsarist Russia and the undying rumor that Nicholas and Alexandra's youngest daughter, Anastasia, somehow survived the family's massacre. It's a well-worn tale, of course, but Goddard manages enough new twists to keep the mystery fresh, and in Rintoul he has an able accomplice. The story propels its hero, Richard Eusden, across Europe, and Rintoul expertly handles all the accents Goddard throws at him--Danish, Finnish, American, Russian--without ever overdoing it or stooping to caricature. M.O. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 3, 2011
      At the start of Goddard's highly entertaining suspense novel, London civil servant Richard Eusden is contemplating "the predictable day and unsurprising week that lie ahead" one Monday morning outside his office in Whitehall. Then Richard's ex-wife, Gemma, pulls over in her car and insists he get in. Marty Hewitson, Richard's "childhood friend" and Gemma's "other ex-husband," is dying from a brain tumor, and she needs Richard to deliver to Marty an old leather attaché case that belonged to Marty's grandfather, Clem Hewitson. An Isle of Wight police officer who's been dead more than 20 years, Clem was known to exaggerate and sometimes invent adventures that included spies, murderers, and arsonists. But this ordinary errand takes a wild turn, and soon Richard is crisscrossing Europe, dodging assassins trying to protect the satchel that may contain secret documents related to the Romanovs. Richard can't trust anyone, least of all Marty. Goddard (Long Time Coming) imbues his clever plot with hairpin turns and sophisticated humor.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Loading