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Title: Borrowed Time by Robert Goddard ISBN: 0-552-14223-9 Publisher: Acacia Press, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good, if a bit long-winded
Comment: ...
There are three types of mystery novels. The best of them grab you by the throat and pull you along. You give up eating and sleeping to get through them in one sitting. The worst of them can be encapsulized in a page and a half, you've figured out who the killer is in three sentences, and you can safely consign them to the fire without enduring the rest of the writing therein. The third type sits between the two. It's well-written enough, and fine while you're reading it, but you don't feel that compulsion to continue when something else beckons; you don't resent the phone ringing when you hear it. These are the good mysteries (as opposed to the great ones). Robert Goddard writes good mysteries. This is his eighth, the story of how a man on a hike's chance encounter with a beautiful woman gets him (and some members of his family) tangled up in her family's odd twists and turns. It's well plotted, moves along at a steady if not brisk pace, and there are enough satisfying twists and turns to keep the reader occupied. But it doesn't beg to be picked up every time it's put down. Perhaps the problem lies in Goddard's writing style, which is a bit on the thick side; perhaps it's just his characters, who always seem to be teetering on the brink of two-dimensionality without ever actually getting there (that, of course, is a charge that can be laid against many mysteries, including some of the best; Spillane's female characters, e.g., had all the depth of a lasagna noodle). Or perhaps, Borrowed Time just doesn't read as fast as some of its contemporaries. It's certainly not a bad novel, and mystery fans who have grown tired of reading the same authors over and over again might do well to refresh themselves with a dip in Goddard's pool. Just don't be expecting another Lehane, Parker, or Highsmith. ** 1/2
Rating: 5
Summary: Lengthy ingenious thriller
Comment: I thought this was a very cleverly crafted mystery, a bit slow at first but all of the detail ultimately important to the plot. I live only a mile from where the initial fictional crime occurred, and the author has got the local detail just right. It was good for two long plane flights!
Rating: 5
Summary: The BEST Robert Goddard book!!!
Comment: This was my first Robert Goddard book. Without doubt, it is the best. I highly recommend it to lovers of suspense and mystery. 10 out of 10, Mr Goddard!!! (PS. Past Caring is also an excellent read, if you survive the politics!)
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Title: In Pale Battalions by Robert Goddard, Robert Goddard ISBN: 0552132810 Publisher: Acacia Press, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 September, 1989 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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Title: Closed Circle by Robert Goddard, Robert Goddard ISBN: 0552138401 Publisher: Acacia Press, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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Title: Caught in the Light by Robert Goddard, Robert Goddard ISBN: 0552145971 Publisher: Acacia Press, Inc. Pub. Date: 10 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Beyond Recall: A Novel by Robert Goddard, Smil ISBN: 0805051104 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Dying to Tell by Robert Goddard ISBN: 0552148776 Publisher: Corgi Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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