Long Time Coming

By Robert Goddard

Book Overview

Stephen Swan is amazed when he hears that the uncle he thought had been killed in the Blitz is actually alive. For nearly four decades, Eldritch Swan has been locked away in an Irish prison and now, at last, has been released. Shocked and suspicious, Stephen listens to the old man's story and is caught up in a tale that begins at the dawn of World War II, when Eldritch worked for an Antwerp diamond dealer with a trove of Picassos--highly valuable paintings that later disappeared. Stephen, who finds his uncle by turns devious, charming, and brazen, then meets Rachel Banner, a beautiful American who may have inherited the Picassos--and is determined to see justice done for her family. But in this tale of revenge and redemption, justice is the ultimate illusion. Eldritch, Stephen, and the woman Stephen has fallen in love with soon find themselves fighting for their lives--against sinister forces still guarding a secret that must never be revealed. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385343612
• ISBN13: 9780385343619
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent thriller told by a deft storyteller.

Goddard manages to go back and forth in time and masterly reveals story details to make a satisfying war time tale which is only understood thirty years later. Highly recommended. This reader will look for more Robert Goddard books.

A novel of suspense for our times

Robert Goddard writes suspenseful novels that typically span many years in British history and demonstrate graphically the unforeseen consequences of long-ago acts. Long Time Coming is one of the 20 books he has written since the early 90s and one of 12 now available for the Kindle. I acquired an addiction for Goddard's work six or eight books ago and grab every new entry on the list as soon as it's available. Each of Goddard's...

terrific thriller

In 1976, sixty-eight year old Eldritch Swan arrives at his widow sister-in-law's home in Paignton after over three decades in an Irish prison. His nephew Stephen Swan is also heading to his mom's home having ended an engagement. Stephen is shocked to learn his paternal uncle is alive as he thought Eldritch died in the Nazi Blitz in 1940. He asks his Uncle Eldritch why he was incarnated all these years without anyone aware...