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[A] wildly entertaining historical thriller...The prospect of a series starring a suave yet gutsy WWI vet cavorting about the international espionage stage (imagine Cary Grant in the role) is, well, more than a little intoxicating. -- Booklist (starred review) A sly, highbrow take on the espionage thriller with a rich background that lends sophistication to an already opulent story. -- Kirkus Reviews British narrator Derek Perkins authentically delivers this spy story set in Paris in the early twentieth century. His facility with accents makes for an outstanding listening experience... With verve and flawless pacing, Perkins displays excellent storytelling skills. His French and American accents are good, so the international cast is fully believable, and the clever plot moves forward quickly and precisely...Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. -- AudioFile Dashed good yarn-spanning. The action is insistent and often deadly. -- Toronto Star (Canada) Goddard paints the Paris of that era with sure strokes. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Maxted, the dashing protagonist of Robert Goddard's historical espionage thriller, is a refreshing throwback to an earlier romantic tradition of heroes...A rip-roaring adventure. -- New York Times Book Review Robert Goddard is the master of complex, tricky thrillers that dazzle with surprises. Another stellar performance. -- Sydney Morning Herald

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Robert Goddard is an award-winning English novelist. In 2019 he was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger by the Crime Writers' Association for his outstanding lifetime's contribution to the crime fiction genre. His Into the Blue won the first WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award, and Long Time Coming won the Edgar Award. He read history at the University of Cambridge. Derek Perkins is a professional narrator and voice actor. He has earned numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration, as well as numerous Society of Voice Arts nominations. AudioFile magazine named him a Best Voice consecutively in 2014, 2015, and 2016. Augmented by a knowledge of three foreign languages and a facility with accents, he has narrated numerous titles in a wide range of fiction and nonfiction genres.

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