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by Robert Goddard (Author)
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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Corgi Books; New edition edition (8 Dec 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552138401
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552138406
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 64,005 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In 1931, a new and luxurious transatlantic liner is making her eastward passage. Among the first-class passengers are two smooth English confidence tricksters, leaving a little awkwardness behind them in America. The author's other novels include "Take No Farewell" and "Hand in Glove".

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The year is 1931. The new and luxurious transatlantic liner Empress of Britain is on her eastward passage. Among the first-class passengers on board are two English confidence tricksters, making a discreet exit from a little awkwardness they have left behind them in the United States. A chance meting on deck brings them a tempting new target in the shape of Miss Charnwood and her niece, the beautiful Diana, only child of the immensely wealthy Fabian Charnwood.

It's a trick they've pulled before, with some success. Charm the daughter into an engagement to marry, then get the father to buy you off. So confident are they of success, in fact, that they make a pact: whichever of them wins Diana Charnwood's love will share his fortune with the other. Who would imagine that these smooth operators would let their hearts rule their heads? Or that violent death would find its way into their neat little scheme? Or that they would stumble into something much darker and deeper than either had suspected?

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4.0 out of 5 stars From America with counterfeit love, 4 Mar 2009
By Budge Burgess (Kilmarnock, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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A pair of confidence tricksters flee an embarrassing financial collapse in the USA - as if an American financial institution could be guilty of fraudulent dealings or would be so mismanaged as to plunge itself into insolvency! It's surely the sort of thing that could only happen in a novel? Our two English adventurers while away their sea voyage pursuing an heiress, a young woman whose beauty matches her riches. Their schemes come apart at the seams - can love really get in the way of business (or crime)? Having become used to manipulating others and stage-managing situations, our two anti-heroes suddenly become pawns in someone else's game and find themselves caught up in a web of murder and betrayal.

Goddard again weaves together a compelling narrative - he handles historical adventures with convincing skill ... you are absorbed into the period, into its values and sensibilities, you become absorbed by the lives and emotions of the characters. It's a process of osmosis - the plot, the dynamic invades your imagination. Goddard doesn't go in for startling special effects or loud bangs, though this novel does have its slightly visceral moments. His tales are quite gentle, quite cosy ... but with dark and disturbing undercurrents.

This is a highly entertaining novel by one of the finest story-tellers in the business. He's very English, he probably doesn't translate to an American audience as well as some writers, but for anyone interested in writing, Goddard offers master classes in plot construction and characterisation, and nobody handles fictional history quite so well.

Excellent piece of writing, red herrings a plenty, and perhaps more of a conventional murder mystery than most of Goddard's novels. A very good read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A thouroughly compelling read, 19 Jul 2000
By robert@northsealumber.co.uk (Worcestershire, UK) - See all my reviews
As ever Robert Goddard continues to be an undisputed master of thriller novels. Closed Circle, provides the usual twists and turns that gradually build into a solid plot. Betrayal; deceit and denial abound at every corner and keep the reader guessing from start to finish. For Robert Goddard fans this is another book you will want to read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect circle, 22 Feb 2007
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Superb thriller, with echoes of John Buchan (although better). As with many of Goddard's books this is written in a deceptively light style but is very cleverly plotted. The love triangle of Guy, Max and Diana is originally done and the chase section at the end genuinely gripping, especially with the period details. The 1930s setting, with war looming, makes it especially fascinating, and the idea of an international conspiracy more convincing than it ought to be.
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