The unmissable new novel from the author of the BBC 'Between the Covers' book club hit The
Fine Art of Invisible Detection 'The world's greatest storyteller' GUARDIAN 'One of the
finest crime writers of any generation' DAILY MAIL 'Our finest practitioner of the
double-cross plotting' MICK HERRON _______ Umiko Wada never set out to be a private
detective let alone become the one-woman operation behind the Kodaka Detective Agency. But so
it has turned out thanks to the death of her former boss Kazuto Kodaka in mysterious
circumstances. Keen to avoid a similar fate Wada chooses the cases she takes very carefully.
A businessman who wants her to track down his estranged son offers what appears to be a
straightforward assignment. Soon she finds herself pulled into a labyrinthine conspiracy with
links to a twenty-seven-year-old investigation by her late employer and to the chaos and trauma
of the dying days of the Second World War. As Wada uncovers a dizzying web of connections
between then and now it becomes clear that someone has gone to extraordinary lengths to keep
the past buried. Soon those she loves most will be sucked into the orbit of one of the most
powerful men in Tokyo. And he will do whatever it takes to hold on to his power... The Fine
Art of Uncanny Prediction is another tour de force from the cunning mind of master storyteller
Robert Goddard. Spanning seventy years it takes the reader on a head-spinning journey of twist
and counter-twist which keep you guessing until the final pages. _______ Readers love Robert
Goddard: ***** 'Guaranteed and satisfying escapism' ***** 'Twists and turns right up to the
last page' ***** 'Edge-of-the-seat stuff' ***** 'Fresh and inventive' ***** 'The master of
twists and suspense ... sublime' ***** 'Scintillating and wickedly twisty' ***** 'If Stephen
King has taken it to a baseball game I'm going to read it'
