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| Original Title: | Long Time Coming |
| ISBN: | 0593060253 (ISBN13: 9780593060254) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Anthony Award Nominee for Best Paperback Original (2011), Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original (2011) |
Robert Goddard
Hardcover | Pages: 391 pages Rating: 3.74 | 1729 Users | 199 Reviews
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| Title | : | Long Time Coming |
| Author | : | Robert Goddard |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 391 pages |
| Published | : | February 8th 2010 by Bantam Press (first published November 20th 2009) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Thriller. Fiction. Suspense. Historical. Historical Fiction. Crime |
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Stephen Swan is amazed when he hears that the uncle he thought had been killed in the Blitz is actually alive. For nearly four decades, Eldritch Swan has been locked away in an Irish prison and now, at last, has been released. Shocked and suspicious, Stephen listens to the old man’s story and is caught up in a tale that begins at the dawn of World War II, when Eldritch worked for an Antwerp diamond dealer with a trove of Picassos—highly valuable paintings that later disappeared. Stephen, who finds his uncle by turns devious, charming, and brazen, then meets Rachel Banner, a beautiful American who may have inherited the Picassos—and is determined to see justice done for her family. But in this tale of revenge and redemption, justice is the ultimate illusion. Eldritch, Stephen, and the woman Stephen has fallen in love with soon find themselves fighting for their lives—against sinister forces still guarding a secret that must never be revealed.Rating Appertaining To Books Long Time Coming
Ratings: 3.74 From 1729 Users | 199 ReviewsWeigh Up Appertaining To Books Long Time Coming
Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard4.5 starsFrom The Book:Stephen Swan is amazed when he hears that the uncle he thought had been killed in the Blitz is actually alive. For nearly four decades, Eldritch Swan has been locked away in an Irish prison and now, at last, has been released. Shocked and suspicious, Stephen listens to the old mans story and is caught up in a tale that begins at the dawn of World War II, when Eldritch worked for an Antwerp diamond dealer with a trove of PicassoshighlyTheres the kernel of a good book here: a roguish uncle returns from the dead and soon embroils his nephew in a mystery concerning a long ago art fraud and a very dubious part of English/Irish history. Ostensibly set in the seventies, it flashes back repeatedly to the forties with the two narratives intertwining. If done right conjuring a good sense of time and place, while revealing its secrets judiciously then this could be a nifty little suspense yarn.Unfortunately, theres no way I can put
Stephen Swan is surprised when his uncle Eldritch, whom he had thought was dead, is released from an Irish prison after 36 years. Eldritch refuses to tell anyone why he was imprisoned or why he's been unexpectedly released. It's not long before other people are trying to find Eldritch and soon Stephen finds himself drawn into a mystery that began in 1940. We discover that just before WWII Eldritch returned to England from Belgium, where he worked for a Jewish diamond merchant and art collector.
This started off a little slow but like all Goddard pulls in the reader, fascinates and confuses her, then reveals every carefully thought out thread at the end...
Long Time ComingAfter reading Fault Line by Robert Goddard I got used to his flash back style. I feel that in Long Time Coming this facilitated the plot better, giving a look into the consequences and outcomes of a decision that would change Swan's life forever. The way that the story was told allowed for the mystery to be slowly revealed from multiple perspectives, heightening the tension as you slowly became more aware of the tale's complexities. The two points in history for the book were
Stephen Swan's uncle Eldritch has suddenly shown up after 36 years in prison in Ireland. No one knows for sure why Eldritch was imprisoned and Eldritch isn't saying.Then, one day a lawyer shows up on the doorstep with an offer for Eldritch - one he can't ignore. Suddenly Stephen finds himself in the middle of political intrigue, art theft and diamond smuggling...with a few murders thrown in.Rating: 4 stars
Glad I checked out this book. The British have always had a lock on the stories about scoundrels who had moral lines they don't cross, dubious heroes, if you like that description, and Robert Goddard's story about Mr. Eldritch Swan falls in that category. Of course the counterpoint is his nephew, the real hero of the story. But in a story that switches between the 70's and the late 30's he manages to spin a very good yarn. Some parts, especially where a government secret service is too ready to
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