In this thriller by Robert Goddard, our hero is Richard Eusden, a Foreign Office employee who is sucked into a dangerous game of cat and mouse when his ex-wife contacts him out of the blue. She is acting on behalf of their old friend, Marty. Richard's job? To bring an attache case belonging to Marty's grandfather to his friend in Europe. However, when Richard gets to the appointed destination, it's not Marty who meets him, but someone else, who has double-crossed his friend and has taken him hostage. Having handed over the case, Richard rescues Marty, who is determined to get the case back and spend his last few weeks (he is terminally ill), having the adventure of a lifetime. And so begins a chase across Europe, and a mystery involving the contents of the case which purport to contain evidence proving, once and for all, what the fate was of Anastasia Romanov. However, with so many people after that case, is there something else going on too? In Found Wanting, the author has put so many twists and turns and double dealings that it is, quite frankly, hard to keep track of who is who and what they want. I seemed to spend much of my time being as bewildered as poor Richard Eusden. The action quickly moves from country to country with the case changing hands on numerous occasions. I do like my action coming thick and fast, but even this a little on the frantic side for me. I did get swept along, but I am still not 100% sure that I fully understood everything by the end of the book, which is a little disappointing. A definite page-turner and a pleasant way to while away a few hours. Not a cracker to end 2017 on, but not a complete duffer either!
My STAR rating: THREE.
Length: 478 print pages.
Price I paid: £0.50.
Formats available: print, audio cassette, ebook.
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