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  • Published: 2 May 2011
  • ISBN: 9780552164184
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $24.99

Beyond Recall




A riveting bestseller from one of the UK's biggest thriller writers.

Estranged from his family for most of his adult life, Chris Napier is persuaded to return home for his niece's wedding. At the reception, he is shocked to recognise a dishevelled intruder as his childhood friend Nicky Lanyon, whose presence is a chilling reminder of a murder and subsequent trial that Chris has tried hard to forget.

When Nicky hangs himself, Chris is compelled to revisit the tragic events of 34 years ago, and the apparent justice that was served. But as present day mysteries begin to shadow his footsteps into the past, his search for the truth soon becomes a desperate struggle for his own survival.

  • Published: 2 May 2011
  • ISBN: 9780552164184
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Robert Goddard

Robert Goddard's first novel, Past Caring, was an instant bestseller. Since then, his books have captivated readers worldwide with their edge-of-the-seat pace and their labyrinthine plotting. He has won awards in the UK, the US and acrossEurope and his books have been translated into over thirty languages. In 2019, he won the Crime Writers’ Association’s highest accolade, the Diamond Dagger, for a lifetime achievement in Crime Writing.

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Praise for Beyond Recall

Satisfyingly complex... finishes in a rollercoaster of twists

Daily Telegraph

Absorbing and intriguing

Evening Standard

One of Britain's finest thriller writers

Time Out

Goddard is clever and riveting

Stephen King

Robert Goddard's elegant prose and intelligence... place him in the company of such masters of historical suspense as John Fowles and Daphne du Maurier

San Francisco Chronicle

Goddard is a master of the sly double and triple cross

Seattle Times

The suspense mounts to a fine crescendo. A superior example of Goddard's velvet-cloaked menace

Kirkus Reviews