Past Caring

At a lush villa on the sun-soaked island of Madeira, Martin Radford is given a second chance. His life ruined by scandal, Martin holds in his hands the leather-bound journal of another ruined man, former British cabinet minister Edwin Strafford. What’s more, Martin is being offered a job—to return to England and investigate the rise and fall of Strafford, an ambitious young politician whose downfall, in 1910, is as mysterious as the strange deaths that still haunt his family.

Martin is intrigued by Strafford’ s story, by the man’s overwhelming love for a beautiful suffragette, by her inexplicable rejection of him and their love affair’s political repercussions. But as he retraces Strafford’s ruination, Martin realizes that Strafford did not fall by chance; he was pushed. Suddenly Martin, who has not cared for many people in his life, cares desperately—about a man’s mysterious death and a family’s terrible secret, about a love beyond reckoning and betrayal beyond imagining. Most of all Martin cares because the story he is uncovering is not yet over—and among the men and women still caught in its web, Martin himself may be the most vulnerable of all….

History graduate Martin Radford, investigating the mysterious resignation and obscure retirement of Edwardian Cabinet minister Edwin Strafford, opens a labyrinth of long-hidden secrets and triggers a violent series of events tied to long ago crimes. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

A wonderful read...the satisfying climax weaves together the strands of past and present....A poised telling of a complex tale. --Publishers Weekly

Combines the expert suspense manipulation skills of a Daphne DuMaurier romance with those of a John Le Carre thriller.--New York Times

One of the best novel I've read in a long time...I loved every one of its 500 pages--Washington Post

A hornet's nest of jealousy, blackmail and violence. Engrossing--Daily Mail

A complex trail of blackmail and murder. Recommended--Daily Express

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Robert Goddard’s first novel Past Caring was an instant bestseller. Since then his books have captivated readers worldwide with their edge-of-the-seat pace and labyrinthine plots.

From the Trade Paperback edition.