Robert Goddard Books in Order

Unemployed historian Martin Radford visits Madeira and is offered a job investigating the memoirs of Edwin Strafford, a disgraced Edwardian cabinet minister. As Martin digs into the seventy-year-old mystery of Strafford's fall from grace, he uncovers secrets that powerful people still want to hide.

A mystery rooted in the chaos of World War I. Leonora Galloway sets out to prove that her father was not a traitor, but the truth is buried under decades of lies. Her journey uncovers a shocking identity swap and a family history darker than she imagined.

In Victorian England, a man appears claiming to be the long-lost heir to the Davenport estate, despite having been presumed dead. His fiancée accepts him, but his family is skeptical. A psychological thriller about identity, impostors, and the lengths people go to for an inheritance.

Harry Barnett, a down-on-his-luck caretaker in Rhodes, is the prime suspect when a young woman vanishes. To clear his name, he returns to England and follows a trail of photographs that reveal a conspiracy far bigger than a simple disappearance.

Geoffrey Staddon, an architect, returns to a house he built twelve years ago in Nice to help a woman he once loved. She is accused of murder, and to save her, Staddon must confront the secrets of the darker side of the Roaring Twenties.

When an elderly poet is murdered, the investigation leads to a missing collection of letters from the Spanish Civil War. The trail exposes a tangled web of betrayal and hidden identities that has been kept quiet for fifty years.

Two con men on a cruise liner in 1931 plan to fleece a wealthy heiress, but their scheme goes wrong when she is murdered. Years later, the survivors of that voyage find that the truth of what happened is finally coming to light.

During a hike in Wales, Robin Timariot meets a beautiful woman who is murdered shortly after. He is left with a single clue—a name—that pulls him into a mystery involving stolen gold coins and a family curse that spans generations.

Harry Barnett learns he has a genius mathematician son he never knew about, who is now in a coma. When Harry investigates, he finds that his son’s work has attracted the attention of ruthless corporate interests who will kill to keep it secret.

A man returns to Truro for a funeral and gets drawn into a family mystery dating back to 1947. A suicide, a missing fortune, and a wedding day tragedy resurface, forcing him to question everything he thought he knew about his own family.

A photographer on assignment in Vienna becomes obsessed with a woman who seems to be running from her past. His infatuation pulls him into a dangerous game involving a missing husband and a cold case that refuses to stay cold.

A woman whose husband is dying reveals that she gave a child up for adoption years ago. The search for the missing heir leads to a dilapidated mansion and a history of violence and secrets that the current residents are desperate to protect.

In 1721, mapmaker William Spandrel is tasked with delivering a package to Amsterdam in the wake of the South Sea Bubble collapse. He finds himself caught between government agents and Jacobite rebels in a historical thriller of finance and espionage.

Lance Bradley is sitting in a pub when a barmaid asks him for help, then disappears. He is left to investigate the eccentric family of a deceased inventor, uncovering a legacy of lies and a secret that people are still dying to protect.

An archeologist returns to his family home in France to make peace with his estranged father. Instead, he uncovers a feud involving a local landowner and a mystery connected to an ancient excavation that shattered the family years ago.

An actor in Brighton becomes the target of a mysterious stalker who seems to know about a dark event in his past. As the threats escalate, he realizes the drama he is living is far more dangerous than anything on stage.

In 1981, a young man witnesses a tragedy at an ancient stone circle. Decades later, he is drawn back to the site when new evidence emerges, suggesting that what he saw was part of a much larger and deadlier deception.

Published for the Detection Club’s seventy-fifth anniversary, this collection offers twelve original crime stories by members including P. D. James, Colin Dexter, Reginald Hill, and Robert Goddard. Editor Simon Brett also contributes a history of the long-running mystery-writing society.

Harry Barnett attends a reunion of his old RAF unit at a remote Scottish castle. The nostalgia turns into a nightmare when one of the veterans is murdered, and Harry realizes the killer is hunting them down one by one.

A ring recovered from a 1707 shipwreck triggers a modern-day mystery. When the artifact is auctioned, it connects a diverse group of people who are all chasing the legend behind the ring—and the fortune it might lead to.

Edited by Maxim Jakubowski, this volume gathers thirty British detective and mystery stories. It includes contributions by Robert Goddard, Lee Child, Alexander McCall Smith, Colin Dexter, and other crime writers, presenting a cross-section of contemporary crime fiction.

A bureaucrat in 1930s England embarks on a journey to deliver money to an old flame, but ends up entangled in a conspiracy involving the last survivors of the Romanov dynasty and the rise of Nazi Germany.

A mystery centering on a cache of Picasso drawings left behind in Belgium during World War II. When the drawings resurface, they bring with them a story of wartime betrayal and a family secret that has been kept for decades.

Dr. Ed Hammond is asked to provide a medical alibi for a man accused of war crimes in the Balkans. His refusal sets off a chain of events that threatens his family and forces him to confront his own past mistakes.

A gripping mystery about a missing girl and a family-run porcelain business in Cornwall. The discovery of a geological report suggests that the company—and the family—is built on unstable ground, both literally and metaphorically.

James Maxted investigates his father's mysterious death in Paris during the 1919 peace conferences. Refusing to believe it was suicide, Max uncovers a spy ring and a conspiracy that could derail the treaty ending World War I.

Max Maxted continues his hunt for the German spymaster Fritz Lemmer. Working as a double agent, he travels to the Orkney Islands to recover a secret file from a German battleship, but his cover is blown, forcing a desperate run for survival.

The conclusion to the Wide World trilogy takes Max Maxted to Japan. Presumed dead, Max operates in the shadows to stop a plot that spans continents, leading to a final showdown at a remote castle in the Japanese mountains.

The conclusion to the Wide World trilogy takes Max Maxted to Japan. Presumed dead, Max operates in the shadows to stop a plot that spans continents, leading to a final showdown at a remote castle in the Japanese mountains.

A young woman house-sitting a remote, high-tech mansion discovers a panic room that shouldn't exist. When a man arrives looking for the owner, they uncover a dark secret about human trafficking and a past that the house was built to hide.

Joe Roberts meets a stranger in a pub who offers him a job, but the encounter is no accident. Joe is pulled into a revenge plot involving gambling debts and old rivalries, where a single mistake could cost him his life.

Commissioned to mark Goldsboro Books’ twenty-first anniversary, this limited-edition anthology gathers thirty-four original short stories by writers associated with the bookshop. It includes contributions from Adele Parks, Clare Mackintosh, Katie Fforde, John Connolly, and many others.

Umiko Wada, a quiet secretary in Tokyo, is thrust into a dangerous investigation when her boss dies. She must track down a missing businessman, a task that leads her into a conspiracy involving the sarin gas attacks and powerful enemies.

Superintendent Taleb of the Algiers police is forced to work with a secret service agent to track down a fugitive. The case reopens wounds from Algeria’s fight for independence, revealing secrets that powerful men are desperate to keep buried.

Umiko Wada investigates a cold case involving her late boss and a missing son. The trail uncovers a web of lies stretching back to the chaos of post-war Japan, pitting Wada against a powerful figure who will do anything to protect his legacy.

Superintendent Taleb finds his retirement plans derailed when a TV interview lands him in hot water. Forced back into the fray, he and Agent Hidouchi must navigate a new conspiracy that threatens to expose the dark heart of the Algerian state.