'This exciting story, with its careful complexity and completeness-no loose ends-is a joy to read. A superb storyteller.' - Sunday Independent (Ireland) 'It explodes into action so that the reader is hooked by the time he reaches the third page. engaging and satisfying.' - The Times (London) ' has all the ingredients of a first-class melodrama.

Although Constance remembers him, Davenall's family refuses to recognize him as one of their own.įorced into an uneasy alliance with the stranger, Trenchard struggles to hold on to his wife and his sanity until the dark secrets of the Davenall family can finally be brought to light. Painting the Darkness Audible Audiobook Unabridged Robert Goddard (Author), Michael Kitchen (Narrator), & 1 more 496 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition £3.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook £0. 1989 by Robert Goddard (Author) 491 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 3.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 4.00 10 Used from 4.00 Paperback 8.49 10 Used from 2.05 16 New from 8.05 Audio, cassette 19.99 1 Used from 19. He was thought to have committed suicide eleven years ago. Robert Goddard Painting the Darkness Hardcover 1 Sept. The stranger claims he is Sir James Davenall, the former fiancé of Trenchard's wife, Constance. On a mild autumn afternoon in 1882, thirty-four-year-old husband and father William Trenchard sits quietly at home when the creak of the garden gate announces the arrival of a mysterious visitor.

Robert Goddard's international bestselling third novel is a masterful exercise in suspense set in Victorian-era England. On a mild autumn afternoon in 1882, William Trenchard sits smoking his pipe in the garden of his comfortable family home. From the author of the James Maxted series, 'a plot worthy of Wilkie Collins' unfolds as an Englishman struggles to maintain his sanity and his marriage ( Kirkus Reviews). Painting the Darkness by Robert Goddard (1989) Publisher: Corgi See the book on Amazon Robert Goddard’s international bestselling third novel is a masterful exercise in suspense set in Victorian-era England.

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