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The breathtaking new race-against-the-clock thriller from the master of the triple cross
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Thirteen years ago, surgeon Edward Hammond performed a life-saving operation on Serbian gangster Dragan Gazi. Now Gazi is standing trial for war crimes at the international court in The Hague. After Hammond saved his life, Gazi's men went on to slaughter thousands in the Balkan civil wars.
Now, in exchange for keeping Hammond's dirty little secret, Gazi's family want a small favour: to find the man who knows what happened to Gazi's money. But Italian financier Marco Piravani doesn't want to be found. And no sooner has Hammond tracked him down than he disappears again. Hammond has no choice but to set off across Europe in pursuit.
In Blood Count, every action has a consequence and every question must have an answer. Only then might Hammond be able to lay the past to rest...
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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I suppose some of us can say we have read all Goddard's novels. I can and have. Without exception they have all been superior reads, full of twists, turns, suspense, and plain good writing, and therein lies the problem. I said without exception, but his last book Long Time Coming disapointed me. I kept waiting for that final gut wrenching twist and it never came. Sadly, and I hope this isn't a "Spoiler Alert" situation, I felt let down by the anti climactic ending of this one. Now probably that's just because I have come to expect so much and I would certainly not wish to put anyone not sure about buying this off a purchase. It's a good novel, no messing around, no cutting from character to character and setting to setting leaving you wanting to skip a chapter to find out what happens to what you have just been reading about (make sense??). So, just not 5 stars, and I await his next, cos I will read it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have to agree with the apparently common (but not universal) view of RG fans that this is another of his recent offerings that falls more into the "routine thriller" category than many of his earlier works. It's not that this isn't an enjoyable read by many standards - it's just that the storyline is less complex (one earlier reviewer aptly used the term "linear"), the characters less engaging, and, for me, the whole less satisfying than I had come to expect of RG. I say "had" rather than "have" because I'm sorry to say I'm now beginning to wonder whether RG will be able to reach his earlier standards with future novels, particularly if he is now inclined to shift from his more complex plotting towards action thrillers. One final point - I wrote the foregoing as an RG fan: this is still worth reading. (For those unfamiliar with RG and who want to read him at his best, in my view you can't do better than his first "Past Caring".)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I am a Robert Goddard fan through and through. Even his supposedly below-par books I found excellent.
'Blood Count' is typical Goddard. He takes a normal, to a point bland protaganist and thrusts him into a world of lies, betrayal, criminality and murder, a world in which our 'hero' manifestly doesn't belong. And this time that 'hero' is Edward Hammond, who, after performing life-saving surgery on a Serbian warlord during the Nineties, sees his actions come back to haunt him in the present.
The plot moves along at Goddard's usual pace, steadily but surely, as the tension is subtly cranked. Around every corner Hammond finds a new obstacle, bigger and more problematic. The writing is, in a word, beautiful - perhaps the author's greatest asset is his ability to write tense thrillers with a literary bent.
As with many Goddards, the story fizzles out slighty towards the conclusion, but that doesn't matter. With his stories it's not the destination but the journey.
You're bound to enjoy this.
'Blood Count' is typical Goddard. He takes a normal, to a point bland protaganist and thrusts him into a world of lies, betrayal, criminality and murder, a world in which our 'hero' manifestly doesn't belong. And this time that 'hero' is Edward Hammond, who, after performing life-saving surgery on a Serbian warlord during the Nineties, sees his actions come back to haunt him in the present.
The plot moves along at Goddard's usual pace, steadily but surely, as the tension is subtly cranked. Around every corner Hammond finds a new obstacle, bigger and more problematic. The writing is, in a word, beautiful - perhaps the author's greatest asset is his ability to write tense thrillers with a literary bent.
As with many Goddards, the story fizzles out slighty towards the conclusion, but that doesn't matter. With his stories it's not the destination but the journey.
You're bound to enjoy this.
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Another winner for Goddard
I have enjoyed Robert Goddards books for years. This one hasn't disappointed. His usual twists and intrigues are all here. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Loops
Stop picking it,Robert.
I found this to be pretty well your average Goddard-decent bloke gets caught up with a bunch of baddies,spends a fortune on plane and train tickets escaping from or chasing them... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Valentine Gersbach
Blood Count
Unlike other reviewers I have not read any other books by Robert Goddard so cannot compare this with his previous output, only with other thrillers. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Carroty Nell
a twisty turny thing
This was my first Goddard. He was recommended to me by a friend who doesn't like her reading too gory, and who knows I like good plotting. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Judi Moore
blood count
A good read particularly for loyal robert goddard fans.....well worth buying...enjoyed the plot and can thoroughly recommend this to other people
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. Yvonne J. Overell
A disappointment
I have enjoyed reading Robert Goddard's books over the years. Partway through this one I just lost interest. I agree it's relevant to today and well written. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Lazy Lady
Not his very best but still an enjoyable read
After 22 novels using Goddard's winning formula, it's inevitable that gradually the format of his storylines has started to become a little jaded and samey. Read more
Published 6 months ago by S. Mackay
This blood count could have been so much better!
I wasn't sure what quality of story Goddard would deliver with this novel, as he has been inconsistant of late. Read more
Published 7 months ago by 1fcscout
New Direction
I, like many others who have reviewed Blood Count have read all Robert Goddards previous books. I even build a website, [... Read more
Published 7 months ago by cs
Goddard scores again!
20 titles into his works Robert Goddard would be entitled to have dropped the ball or slipped in standards slightly... Read more
Published 7 months ago by R. Chappell
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