Closed Circle

by Robert Goddard

Overview

A spellbinding tale of love, murder, and betrayal, this is the story of two English scam artists, Guy Horton and Max Wingate, and their plan to con the beautiful daughter of a wealthy munitions dealer.

When two con men, traveling to England in 1931 aboard a transatlantic liner, decide to fleece a wealthy heiress, they become enmeshed in a deep and dangerous mystery involving betrayal, deceit, and intricate political machination.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780671890926
Publisher:	Gallery Books
Publication date:	01/01/1996
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Robert William Goddard is a novelist.

Editorial Reviews

British novelist Goddard's thriller of deception and conspiracy takes place in Europe between the world wars. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Guy Horton and Max Wingate, both disaffected veterans of World War I, have roamed the world as partners in various confidence games. Amid Depression-era gloom they court English heiress Diana Charnwood with hopes of quick financial gain. Their callow scheme leads, however, to murder and a harsh moral education as Guy's investigation of the homicides unexpectedly uncovers those responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The author of Hand in Glove (Poseidon, 1993) begins his new novel with hijinks reminiscent of P.G. Wodehouse but soon establishes moral quandaries worthy of Graham Greene. Carefully plotted and elegantly phrased, this is at once a suspenseful mystery and a thoughtful examination of the lingering effects of evil.-- Albert E. Wilhelm, Tennessee Technological Univ., Cookeville

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