- This edition read on my Kindle as an e-book (AmazonAU)
- ASIN : B08JMFFCYL
- Publisher : Joffe Books crime thriller and mystery, Publication date : 20 September 2020
- first published 1986
- Print length : 530 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-1789313178
Synopsis (AmazonAU)
A BEST-SELLING NOVEL WHICH WILL HAVE YOU UTTERLY ENTRANCED TILL ITS THRILLING CLIMAX.
At a luxurious villa on the sun-soaked island of Madeira, unemployed historian Martin Radford is given a second chance. Martin is shown the leather-bound journal of another ruined man, former British cabinet minister Edwin Strafford.
Martin is offered a job—to return to England and investigate the rise and fall of Strafford, an ambitious young politician whose downfall, in 1910, is as mysterious as the strange deaths that still haunt his family.
Martin is intrigued. Strafford resigned at the height of his career, disappearing from the public eye. The woman he loved, for whom he was willing to sacrifice everything, suddenly and coldly rejected him. All the reasons for his fall from grace are shrouded in darkness.
Martin’s investigations trigger a violent series of events, throwing him straight into the path of those who believed they had escaped punishment for crimes long past but never paid for . . . And Martin himself may find that he must risk his life to discover the truth.
DON’T MISS THIS ABSOLUTELY BEGUILING TALE WEAVING PAST AND PRESENT. ONE OF THOSE BOOKS YOU JUST CAN'T PUT DOWN.
My Take
This is a very solid and intricate read, covering a period of over 50 years, almost a family saga. There are several unexpected twists in the plot, several murders, and a number of truly evil and unprincipled characters.
In some ways it is a style of novel that we rarely see these days, recalling historical events, although swathes of history are dealt with cursorily.
My rating: 4.4
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