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  • Published: 2 May 2011
  • ISBN: 9780552164900
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $32.99

Days Without Number




A riveting bestseller from one of the UK's biggest thriller writers.

Some secrets are best kept hidden...

Nick Paleologus is summoned to resolve a dispute that threatens to tear his family apart. His father, Michael, is a retired archaeologist and supposed descendant of the last Emperors of Byzantium. Michael has received a hugely generous offer for the family home in Cornwall, but refuses to sell - and refuses to divulge why.

But soon the stalemate between Nick's siblings and their father is tragically broken. And only then do they discover why their father was bound to protect the house at all costs.

Their desperate efforts to conceal the truth drag them into a deadly conflict with an unseen and unknown enemy. Soon, Nick realises the only chance they have of escaping from their persecutor's trap is to hunt this ruthless adversary down. But the hunt involves excavating a terrible secret from their father's past. And once that secret is known, nothing will ever be the same again.

  • Published: 2 May 2011
  • ISBN: 9780552164900
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $32.99

About the author

Robert Goddard

Robert Goddard's first novel, Past Caring, was an instant bestseller. Since then, his books have captivated readers worldwide with their edge-of-the-seat pace and their labyrinthine plotting. He has won awards in the UK, the US and acrossEurope and his books have been translated into over thirty languages. In 2019, he won the Crime Writers’ Association’s highest accolade, the Diamond Dagger, for a lifetime achievement in Crime Writing.

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Praise for Days Without Number

Fuses history with crime, guilty consciences and human fallibility in a way that makes his books an intelligent escapist delight

The Times

An absorbing, contemporary thriller with a hint of mysticism. Highly recommended

Good Book Guide

Gripping... woven together with more twists than a country lane

Daily Mail