Richard Eusden stops for a coffee at a pavement cafe on his way to work one morning. His ex-wife appears and manages to convince him to help her undertake a task she has been asked to perform for Marty Hewitson, his old friend from childhood. Marty is terminally ill and has requested that an old briefcase is delivered to him in Brussels. Richard agrees to take the case and finds himself dragged back into the past and stories told by Marty's grandfather Clem.
Clem had claimed that in 1909 he saved the two oldest daughters of Tsar Nicholas II from a would-be assassin on the Isle of Wight. Years later a lady appeared who claimed to be Anastasia, the younger daughter of the Tsar. Some people confirmed her claim and others rejected it.
Richard helps Marty to uncover some of the mystery around Anastasia and to find out just how Clem had been involved.
I have read a number of books by Robert Goddard and have enjoyed them all. The stories can be very different but there is always some intrigue.
I have read at least 'Days Without Number', 'Play to the End', 'Closed Circle', 'Dying to Tell', 'Set in Stone' and 'Sight Unseen'. I have 'Long Time Coming' and 'Out of the Sun' on my bookcase.
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