'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. But Trenchard must plumb the depths of his own despair before the dark secrets of the Davenall family can finally, shockingly, be revealed. When the creak of the garden gate heralds the arrival of an unexpected stranger, he is puzzled but not alarmed. On a mild autumn afternoon in 1882, thirty-four-year-old husband and father William Trenchard sits smoking his pipe in the garden of his comfortable family home. Davenall’s mother and younger brother, who has since inherited the family’s baronetcy, refuse to recognize this stranger as one of their own, and they soon force Trenchard who fears the loss of his wife’s affections and his own sanity into an uneasy alliance against him. Painting the Darkness Robert Goddard 4.04 1,682 ratings141 reviews On a mild autumn afternoon in 1882, William Trenchard sits smoking his pipe in the garden of his comfortable family home. In Robert Goddard’s third novel, a bestseller in the United Kingdom and now back in print, is a masterful exercise in suspense set in Victorian-era England.

The stranger offers his name as James Norton, but claims he is in reality Sir James Davenall, the man to whom Trenchard’s wife Constance had once been engaged, and who had supposedly committed suicide eleven years ago. He has no inkling of the destruction this man will wreak on all he holds most dear. When the creak of the garden gate announces the arrival of an unexpected visitor, he is puzzled but not alarmed. On a mild autumn afternoon in 1882, thirty-four-year-old husband and father William Trenchard sits smoking his pipe in the garden of his comfortable family home. Robert Goddard Painting the Darkness (Eagle Large Print) Hardcover Large Print, Februby Robert Goddard (Author) 465 ratings See all formats and editions Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 15.87 32 Used from 2.00 7 Collectible from 4.98 Paperback from 28.91 1 Used from 32.89 2 New from 28.

In Robert Goddard’s third novel, a bestseller in the United Kingdom and now back in print, is a masterful exercise in suspense set in Victorian-era England.

Painting the darkness by robert goddard