Debt of Dishonour

New York: Poseidon Press, 1991. BH3 - A first American edition hardcover book in very good condition and a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling on the edges and corners, book has some light stains/soiled patches on the right side page edges, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discolroation and shelf wear. Includes a laid in Publisher promotional material. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 9.5"x6.5", 463 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Robert Goddard has been hailed as "the heir to the late Daphne du Maurier" (the Philadelphia Inquirer). His ingenious plotting, richly conceived charac-ters, and vividly portrayed social milieus have drawn comparisons to such masters as Dickens and John Fowles. Now Goddard tells his most romantic and passionate tale--a story of betrayal and redemption set against the glitter and grandeur of England and the Côte d'Azur in the Roaring Twenties. The estate at Clouds From was Geoffrey Stad-don's greatest achievement-his first important commission and the best building he had ever designed as an architect. It was also the site of his greatest dishonour-for it was there that he met Consuela Caswell, the beautiful and fiery Brazilian wife of Clouds Frome's proprietor. He loved Con-suela immediately, fiercely, recklessly. In return, she risked everything for him- until he betrayed her for an opportunity to build a grand hotel. When Staddon learns, twelve years later, that Consuela has been charged with the poisoning of her niece and the attempted murder of her husband, he feels his debt has come due. And when she sends her daughter to him, pleading for his help, he knows he must go to her aid. He returns to Clouds Frome searching for a way to vindicate Consuela, only to discover a web of betrayals and secrets darker and more complex than he had ever imagined. And in his struggle to pay his debt of dishonour and rescue his lost love, he must jeopardize everything he is and has achieved. Debt of Dishonour is riveting reading; its heart-stopping twists and turns lead the reader ever more deeply into a labyrinthine mystery that is truly impossible to put down.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.