Dying to Tell [Mass Market Paperback]

Robert Goddard (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Bantam Books (2003)
• ASIN: B000KW7ZA6
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, April 6, 2004

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Peter Greed (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dying To Tell (Paperback)

Perhaps not in the class of Goddard's "Past Caring" or "In Pale Battalions" but still an enjoyable read. Anything that this author writes is worth reading!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dying to tell, August 9, 2003

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linda (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dying to Tell (Hardcover)

I have been reading Robert Goddards books for years and eagerly await his next book out, I savour all his books and find he is a master story teller. He always has a very normal person as his key character. His latest book 'dying to tell' has not let me down and I congratulate him again for a great read..please continue writing Robert.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Goddard Struck Out, October 29, 2003

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D. Kaplan "sleuth029" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dying to Tell (Hardcover)

This is the story of Lance Bradley, a young British man who is asked to look for Rupe, his childhood friend, who has gone missing for about three months. Lance, a bit of a wastrel with little or no direction in his life, undertakes this search which takes him to three continents in the course of a couple of weeks. There doesn't seem to be any reason why Rupe would just disappear although Goddard introduces a number of possibilities.

I have long been a great fan of Robert Goddard but this book just didn't do it for me. By the end, I didn't care what had happened to Rupe or even why he was nowhere to be found. I somehow got the impression that Goddard felt the same way.

There are hordes of good guys, villians and those who fall somewhere in the middle. The descriptions of all the cities Lance visits during his whirlwind two-week round the world trip was rather interesting though.

What was lacking from this book was what I always refer to as the "whiplash" effect that I have come to expect from a Goddard book. Just when you are complacent and think you have all the players analyzed, he throws you a curveball. Alas, mighty Goddard struck out.