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Name to a Face | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Goddard
Publisher: Corgi Books
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 1236
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.6
ISBN: 0552152129
EAN: 9780552152129
ASIN: 0552152129
Publication Date: July 28, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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 What a great book with brilliant backdrop August 7, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I thoroughlly enjoyed this book. I felt that I'd read not only a thriller/mystery story, but I was given a very interesting history lesson too.
I've been to Cornwall many times over the years and on one occasion to the Scilly Isles too, so can picture the places mentioned very well.
This book keeps you guessing right up until the end having drawn you in from the beginning, so it therefore keeps your attention and before you know it you've nearly finished it. Brilliant.
 Disappointing June 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is poor from Goddard, I really wanted to stop reading. The plot just seemed to get increasingly implausible; and how the main character gets motivated to chase round after a series of half-baked clues stretches credulity too far.
Work of Two Writers? June 4, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Echoing the thoughts of some other reviewers - disappointing overall. It read like a detailed plot summary rather than a fully developed story and had lots of loose ends. I enjoyed the earlier books - Past Caring particularly. I notice that the last 4 books attribute copyright to Robert AND Vaunda Goddard and wonder if this is the reason for the uneven quality?
Name to a Face - Robert Goddard March 22, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I found this disappointing and must admit I found myself speed reading the last few chapters. The characters have no depth to them which prevents you from connecting with them and as events unfold it all becomes totally fanciful.
However, on the plus side, the historical element is interesting, Goddard's choice of language fits with the characters and he uses a clever technique of cliff hangers at the end of chapters which urges the reader on and keeps the pace fast and flowing.
Overall, the story line is lacking the usual Goddard well-drawn characters and intrigue that the dust jacket praise promises.
 Very disappointing March 12, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This felt like he had been on holiday very recently to each of the locations in the book, and decided to link them together into a very poor story. I lost the focus of the plot halfway through, and didn't care one jot about any of the characters. However, it made me read "Take no farewell" again which has a wonderful, compelling, tight plot which makes one want to carry on reading.
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