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The Fine Art of Invisible Detection
- Author
- Robert Goddard
- Narrator
- Naoko Mori
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 18 March 2021
- Run Time
- 11 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Tokyo, Japan
Umiko Wada has had enough excitement in life. With an overbearing mother and her husband recently murdered, she just wants to keep her head down. As a secretary to a private detective, her life is pleasantly filled with coffee runs and paperwork.
That is, until her boss takes on a new case. A case that is surrounded by shadows. A case that means Wada will have to leave Tokyo and travel to London.
London, England
Nick Miller never knew his father, and was always told he wasn't missing much. But when an old friend of his late mother says there are things that Nick needs to know about his parents, he can't ignore it.
When a chance encounter brings Wada and Nick together, they couldn't know the series of violent events set off by their investigations. And when they discover Nick's father might have been the only witness to a dark secret forever buried, they realise there are some powerful people who will do whatever it takes to keep it that way...
© Robert Goddard 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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...the plot unwinds with a deceptively light touch that does not falter ... genuinely entertaining [with an] explosive finale
Evening Standard
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One of the finest crime writers of any generation, Goddard here exercises all of his elegant, understated style and meticulous eye for detail...Goddard at his impeccable best: do not miss it.
Daily Mail
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A fascinating and satisfyingly complex mystery with dark tones..Wada is a superb character... very enjoyable.
New Books
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Top-class action packed storytelling
Choice Magazine
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A deftly plotted page turner from this much loved author'
Saga Magazine
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Mixes gentle character comedy with an alarming body count and pounding suspense... Goddard manages to pull it off perfectly.
Daily Express
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'In the smartest of prose and with a stunningly fast-moving plot, Goddard brings us the heroine we've been waiting for. Umiko Wada is an unexpected joy: unassuming and tenacious, inventive and brave. If The Fine Art of Invisible Detection isn't the first in a series, then it jolly well should be!'
Lesley Kara, bestselling author of The Rumour
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'If it wasn't written by Robert Goddard, you'd say 'Alexander McCall Smith meets Robert Goddard' because few people are as brilliant at plots as he is - or the broad, sweeping, twists and turns that we never see coming - that final epilogue-ultra-twist was really clever...It's an incredibly courageous move on Robert's part and it's worked in spades. . Wada's a perfect new character: intelligent, wryly funny, unhampered by domestic concerns and completely unswerving once she's set her mind on something. I sincerely hope she turns up again - often.'
Manda Scott, author of A Treachery of Spies, Sunday Times Thriller of the Month and McIlvanney Prize winner
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Details
- Author
- Robert Goddard
- Narrator
- Naoko Mori
- Duration
- 11 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 March 2021
- ISBN
- 9781473575158
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Thriller / suspense fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Humorous fiction
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. Tokyo, JapanUmiko Wada has had enough excitement in life. With an overbearing mother and her husband recently murdered, she just wants to keep her head down. As a secretary to a private detective, her life is pleasantly filled with coffee runs and paperwork.That is, until her boss takes on a new case. A case that is surrounded by shadows. A case that means Wada will have to leave Tokyo and travel to London.London, EnglandNick Miller never knew his father, and was always told he wasn't missing much. But when an old friend of his late mother says there are things that Nick needs to know about his parents, he can't ignore it.When a chance encounter brings Wada and Nick together, they couldn't know the series of violent events set off by their investigations. And when they discover Nick's father might have been the only witness to a dark secret forever buried, they realise there are some powerful people who will do whatever it takes to keep it that way...© Robert Goddard 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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