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En effet, grâce aux investigations que Guy effectue afin de comprendre qui était véritablement Fabian Charnwood, on revisite les évènements qui ont précédé la déclaration de la première guerre mondiale et cet aspect historique est bien mené, d’autant que Goddard sait y mêler un complot impliquant ses personnages. He read History at Cambridge and worked as an educational administrator in Devon before becoming a full-time novelist. Whilst sometimes the book can be a bit slow to develop as we are introduced to the characters and developing plot line, the end is always satisfying with few, if any loose ends. I likened reading his later works to eating a fast food meal - filing, delicious at times but ultimately forgettable.

It is 1931 and on board the transantlantic liner Empress of Britain the two meet a wealthy heiress, the beautiful Diana Charnwood and her aunt Vita Charnwood. One just knew that the good "bad" guy couldn't possible win, but how that was to be achieved was well hidden until the end.Balancé entre la nécessité d’assurer son existence et la culpabilité envers son ami, Guy se retrouve entrainé dans une folle aventure, pleine de rebondissements plus ou moins crédibles mais auxquels j’ai trouvé tout de même un certain intérêt. He is a swindler and fraudster on the run with his friend Max from some dirty business they were involved in in the United States.

Since then, his books have captivated readers worldwide with their edge-of-the-seat pace and their labyrinthine plotting.

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Con artists Max Wingate and Guy Horton decide to do just that in this Robert Goddard novel published in 1993 and set in the 1930s.

The festive holidays are the perfect time to escape the cold, cosy up with a hot drink and lose yourself in a new book. It is simple to avoid this though by continuing up Hob Lane past the Hobbit, then turning right onto Goose Nest Lane.

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