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Long Time Coming: A Novel by Robert Goddard is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. In this irresistible thriller full of deceit, duplicity, and vengeance, British author Goddard (_Name to a Face_) shifts effortlessly between 1976, when 68-year-old Eldritch Swan, thought killed in the Blitz, resurfaces from 36 years in an Irish prison, and 1940, when Eldritch, a cocksure secretary for an unscrupulous Antwerp diamond merchant, Isaac Meridor, prepares to leave for America. The older Eldritch, who appears as weird as his given name implies, assures his nephew, Stephen, he'd been framed in Dublin for unspecified offenses against the state, though he admits to helping steal Meridor's Picasso collection. Eldritch needs Stephen's help to prove the collection rightfully belongs to Meridor's wife, daughter, and granddaughter, Rachel Banner. Bit by tantalizing bit the convoluted tale of Eldritch's unknowing involvement in high wartime crimes and misdemeanors during Britain's finest hour emerges, deftly counterpointed by Stephen's growing attachment to Rachel. (Mar.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FromAn ill-gotten family fortune culled from Congolese diamond mines, a forged P
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- Author
- Robert Goddard
- Publisher
- Random House, Inc.
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Mystery, Fiction
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (1,672 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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