Robert Goddard was born in Hampshire. He read History at Cambridge and worked as an educational administrator in Devon before becoming a full-time novelist. He is the author of many bestselling novels, including Into the Blue which won the first WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award and was dramatized for TV in 1997, starring John Thaw.
Without a doubt one of his best... a heady blend of mystery and adventure, further spiced up with a judicious sprinkling of the supernatural Oxford Times A series of twists bursting into a surprising and convincing climax Daily Telegraph A fascinating tale of suspicion and treachery... head and shoulders above his competitors Yorkshire Post