The Fine Art of Uncanny Prediction

Nov 17, 2024 10:44 AM

Author:Robert Goddard

From the author of the BBC 2 Between the Covers hit, The Fine Art of Invisible Detection

'The world's greatest storyteller' Guardian

'One of the finest crime writers of any generation' Daily Mail

'Our finest practitioner of the double-cross plotting' Mick Herron

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Umiko Wada never set out to be a private detective, let alone become the one-woman operation behind the Kodaka Detective Agency. But so it has turned out, thanks to the death of her former boss, Kazuto Kodaka, in mysterious circumstances.

Keen to avoid a similar fate, Wada chooses the cases she takes very carefully. A businessman who wants her to track down his estranged son offers what appears to be a straightforward assignment. Soon she finds herself pulled into a labyrinthine conspiracy with links to a twenty-seven-year-old investigation by her late employer and to the chaos and trauma of the dying days of the Second World War.

As Wada uncovers a dizzying web of connections between then and now, it becomes clear that someone has gone to extraordinary lengths to keep the past buried. Soon those she loves most will be sucked into the orbit of one of the most powerful men in Tokyo. And he will do whatever it takes to hold on to his power...

The Fine Art of Uncanny Prediction is another tour de force from the cunning mind of master storyteller Robert Goddard. Spanning seventy years, it takes the reader on a head-spinning journey of twist and counter-twist which keep you guessing until the final pages.

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Readers love the Umiko Wada series:

***** 'Guaranteed and satisfying escapism'

***** 'Twists and turns right up to the last page'

***** 'Edge-of-the-seat stuff'

***** 'Fresh and inventive'

***** 'The master of twists and suspense ... sublime'

***** 'Scintillating and wickedly twisty'

Reviews

Masterful storytelling and macabre forensic details make his novels utterly chilling reads

—— TESS GERRITSEN

Beckett cranks up the suspense... some unexpected twists and a gory climax

—— Daily Telegraph

Well paced and contains a whole load of spicy ingredients

—— Daily Mirror

Excellent... an atmospheric, exciting story... the information about forensic medicine is as instructive as Patricia Cornwell's

—— Literary Review

One of the country's best crime writers

—— SUNDAY EXPRESS

Grimwood is a damned fine writer

—— - , Independent

The new le Carré . . . an absolutely brilliant page turner . . . if you love thrillers, Jack Grimwood is a name you need to remember

—— - , BBC Radio 2 The Sara Cox Show

Spring's best thriller

—— - , Observer

A powerful, addictive, twisty tale where no-one can be trusted

—— David Young, author of Stasi Child , -

A compulsive and supremely intelligent thriller from a master stylist

—— - , Independent

An intriguing thriller

—— - , SciFi Now

Mesmerising, surefooted, vividly realised . . . something special in the arena of international thrillers

—— Amanda Craig , -

Even better than Child 44 . . . A blizzard of exciting set pieces, superbly realized

—— Michael Marshall, author of The Straw Men , -

An extraordinarily atmospheric and immersive read ... escapism at its best

—— - , Literary Review

So atmospheric, so elegantly written . . . like Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, or like early le Carré. I really recommend it. I just disappeared into it totally

—— - , Financial Times

The thriller of the summer ... Grimwood raises the stakes in this dark, twisty tale

—— - , Daily Telegraph

Fact and fiction merge in what they used to call a rip-roaring yarn that is totally credible. Excellent

—— - , Good Housekeeping

Matches Robert Harris, Joseph Kanon, Ken Follett and John le Carré thrill for thrill

—— Marian Keyes , -

Top-notch . . . the suspense never wavers

—— - , iPaper

Note-perfect, multi-layered, rugged as a T-34 tank. Grimwood is about to become your new favourite thriller writer

—— - , What's On Glasgow

The writing is elegant, the dialogue razor sharp, the characters drawn economically but effectively, and the action is unrelenting

—— - , Crime Time

The superior spy thriller of the year. Le Carré fans will be delighted

—— - , Scotsman

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