Paris and the famous post-war peace conference the city hosted are characters themselves in the peopling of this story. It initiates a trilogy of novels about the quest of James ‘Max’ Maxted, former First World War flying ace, to discover the strange and beguiling truth that lies behind the death of his father, Sir Henry Maxted, in Paris during the spring of 1919. Convinced otherwise, one man attempts to uncover the truth and throws himself head first into the dark heart of a seemingly impenetrable mystery.Īnd here’s a note from Robert himself, introducing his new novel:Įvery new novel is a new departure for a writer, but The Ways of the World is also a change of scope for me. Set in Paris at the end of the Great War, The Ways of the World opens with the mysterious death of a senior British diplomat that is passed off as a bizarre accident by the local authorities. The Ways of the World, published in hardback and ebook on 4th July, is no different. Time Out went a step further by labelling him ‘one of Britain’s finest thriller writers’ – and who are we to argue? Robert’s novels grip you from the first page, are thoroughly compelling and contain the kind of unexpected plot twists that will leave you disoriented and dizzy, yet still hungry for more. In recent years, Robert Goddard has been described as ‘the master of the triple double-cross’ ( The Times), ‘a conjurer’ ( The Guardian) and ‘a compelling storyteller’ ( The Sunday Telegraph).
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