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Take No Farewell

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Debt of Dishonour was the first Robert Goddard book I ever read -- I was hooked and read all the US-published titles. I ordered "Take No Farewell" and anxiously awaited reading it! I only read the first few pages when I realized it was, in fact, "Debt of Dishonour" -- published in England under another title! Alas . . . I'll just have to wait for Mr. Goddard to write another wonderful story!

First , please be aware that this b ook has also been published

under the title, "Debt and Dishonour". I bought both books not

bothering to read the description under both before purchase so

now I have two of t he same book. Geoffrey Staddon, prominent

architect has been commissioned to build an estate for Victor

Caswell and his beautiful Brazilian bride, Consuelo. The estate

is called, Clouds Fromme and seemingly was absolutely breathtaking

in its beauty but dark clouds form to take away what was to be

much happiness for Victor and Consuelo. Geoffrey fell in love

with Consuelo. Some years later Geoffrey was married to another

and read in the newspaper where Consuelo had been charged with

the murder of her husband's neice and attempted murder of her

husband. You can imagine; Geoffrey has to get involved and help

Consuelo as he doesnt believe she is guilty. Goddard is probably

the fastest plot changer on earth. He literally keeps you guessing

until the last page. Most of his books you might as well not

plan on doing anything important as it will be awfully hard to

put this book down.

Please recheck your sources. If you look at "Debt of Dishonor", you will notice that it is the same synopsis.

I have read all Robert Goddard's books, and until now thought that his earlier works were more riveting than the more recent ones. With Take No Farewell he has regained some of the suspense that was the hallmark of his earlier books. In addition to being a smashing good read, the book is well researched and fascinating for someone like myself whose grandparents were growing up in this particular era in Britain. I can't wait for his next book ...

I believe I read this book a long time ago but had forgotten most of it. So it was great to read it again. Robert Goddard's mysteries never disappoint. They keep you guessing until the last sentence.