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Dying to Tell (Hardcover)

by Robert Goddard (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Press; First Edition (Second Impression) edition (5 Nov 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0593047583
  • ISBN-13: 978-0593047583
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.5 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 817,245 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Set in Glastonbury, Goddard's deliciously convoluted mystery Dying to Tell introduces us to Lance Bradley, leading an uneventful, indolent life in Somerset until he receives a plea for help from the sister of an old friend. The friend, Rupert Alder, has terminated the allowances to his feckless siblings, and Bradley agrees to track Rupert down to find the reason for his actions. But in London, Bradley finds that Alder has disappeared, and his employers (a prestigious shipping company) believe him to be the perpetrator of a major fraud. An American by the name of Townley has, it seems, hired a private eye to find Rupert, only to be neutralised by powerful interests. And there's the Japanese businessman who claims Rupert has stolen an important document... As Bradley gets closer to the centre of an arcane mystery, he finds that the year 1963 (in which Bradley was born) holds the key to a series of bizarre puzzles.

This is the kind of finely-tuned mystery that Goddard dispatches with total assurance: elegantly crafted, with a quirkily characterised anti-hero in the mystified Lance Bradley. Other novelists noted for their storytelling abilities may have fallen from public favour, but Robert Goddard remains one of the soundest and most compelling novelists the UK has produced--perhaps because all his abilities have gone into producing narratives of total authority and persuasiveness, rather than the creation of any public persona. We don't know who Goddard is, and we don't care: his name on a book is an ironclad guarantee of something the reader will find very hard to put down. --Barry Forshaw

Daily Mail

'Gripping…woven together with more twists than a country lane' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read as usual, 5 May 2002
I don't know how Goddard manages to create such non-descript heroes, but he does it every time. Lance Bradley is not quite as dumb as some of his predecessors but he does paint himself as a total loser and he drinks a lot. When his best friend's sister tells him Rupert is missing and would he go to London to see if he can find him Lance does not know what he is letting himself in for. No sign of Rupe in London except for a trail of crime that does not look good. Lance follows the trail and finds out things about his friend he cannot believe. Then the killings begin and Lance starts to run for his life.
Robert Goddard is my favourite author and he never disappoints me.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Encouraging Return To Form By a Master of the Genre, 10 Dec 2001
By Gary J. Murray "moss murray" (Sutton, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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When picking up a new Robert Goddard novel, one usually know what to expect: an underachieving, down-on-his-luck, unlikely hero who is quite suddenly, through no fault of his own, caught up in a tempest of events seemingly well beyond his capability to comprehend, much less control. Then, usually about a third of the way into the story, our protagonist, sensing this may be his one and only chance at redemption for some real or imagined past misdeed, hurls himself straight into the maelstrom, determined to set things right. Goddard always includes any number of red herrings and twists along the way to keep you guessing; and his prose is almost always literate
and entertaining, often inspiring one to reread passages to fully appreciate the brilliance of his descriptive powers. That being said, many admirers would agree that most of his greatest novels ("Painting The Darkness"; "Take No Farewell"; "Past Caring" all come to mind) were from the earlier part of his writing career, while a few of the more recent efforts, such as
"Out Of The Sun" or "Sea Change", have disappointed. "Dying To Tell" is a return to form:
a page-turning thriller that leaves you by turns shocked and breathless, but always anxious for more. The formula still works beautifully....Bravo, Mr. Goddard!
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Back to his best!, 31 Jan 2002
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After the somewhat disappointing Set in Stone and Sea Change, Goddards back to form with Dying to Tell. Fantastic conclusive revelations at the end and high paced action and twists and turns through Berlin, Tokyo, Kyoto and San Francisco. Knowing those cities quite well added to the experience for me.

By the way, if you are a Goddard fan, try 'The Alienist' by Caleb Carr - it's absolutely mind blowing.

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4.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed this book very much
I occasionally read crime/detective novels, and have been searching for a "new" author for some time. Read more
Published 2 months ago by B. Powell

2.0 out of 5 stars Dying to tell
If you can't sleep read Dying to Tell what a big Yawn! My First Robert Goddard Book , I will try another one of his books but Give me Peter Robinson any day.
Published 23 months ago by By Shaz

4.0 out of 5 stars exciting
This is an exciting read (not as good as painting the darkness)the characters are great especially the Alders but after reading a few of Goddards book i have realised that a few... Read more
Published 24 months ago by mrs waters

4.0 out of 5 stars A fine read
Great stuff here from Mr Goddard. A fast-moving plot, intrigue, suspense.

The main character, Lance, gets landed in some major trouble by friend Rupert, who has disappeard... Read more

Published on 5 Aug 2005 by Lis

5.0 out of 5 stars A definite read
What an excellent read. Goddard portrays his protagonist, Lance Bradley, as someone I can identify with. He's not your typical hero. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars The best ever novel I've read so far
For a long while I had been searching for an English novel until I came across Robert Goddard's Dying To Tell. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2002

2.0 out of 5 stars Goddard's poor run continues
I devoured Goddard's earlier books but his recent novels have been very disappointing. I feel he peaked with Caught in the Light, but Set in Stone, Sea Change and now Dying to... Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Dying to see what else Robert Goddard can do
I've been a big Robert Goddard fan ever since he won the Thumping Good Read award some years back, and there's no doubt that he is one of the best prose stylists in the... Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2001

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