Most of the book is almost as good as the early Rober Goddard books but it is totally let down by an unbelievebly poor ending.

About the Author: “Since then his books have captivated readers worldwide with their edge-of-your-seat pace and their labyrinthine plotting.” Okay, there you have it folks! Nothing more needs to be said!

Just ok, a bit of a rollercoaster, but i got a bit fed up with it in places and couldnt wait for the end. Very far fetched as well.

I haven’t read any RG for a while although it’s fair to say that I used to enjoy his books. I’m uncertain whether it’s me or the format that is growing tired but I think this will be my last novel by him. About the only thing I really liked was the setting of the book which was principally in the Lizard peninsular in Cornwall which is a lovely area and his writing did do this justice. However, that’s about the extent of it I’m afraid. I found much of the story rather boring, too far fetched, at

Just got this but I again had one of those mornings where I was up dead early to phone abroad and so I read this whilst waiting. It woke me up for sure! A house on a cliff in Cornwall with something akin to a panic room inside, maybe something in it, the owner unknown, the housesitter a bit of a character and a dubious estate agent.....I normally read novels set in Cornwall that involve men on horses, romantic tales or historical reads so this was as refreshing!And oh my...wait till you see insi...

This is my first encounter with Robert Goddard, and he has written a wonderfully tense and suspenseful ecological techno thriller, set primarily in Cornwall, although there is a fair degree of action in London and Switzerland. Estate agent Don Challenor has just been let go at work, and unexpectedly his ex-wife, lawyer Fran, has a temporary well paid assignment that she offers him. Her client, Mona Jackson, wants to sell a huge uninhabited luxury home in Cornwall, part of her divorce settlement,...

Panic Room is the first book I have read by Robert Goddard and the cover and blurb intrigued me. A panic room that should be open, but is closed and no one knows what's inside, together with a mystery woman who is hiding out at the house. I just knew I had to read the book.Panic Room is a book that not really lived up to my expectations, sure it's an interesting book, with a great mystery, but I found myself not really engrossed in the story and one thing that really disappointed me was that Bla...

Robert Goddard is the master of thrillers and he has excelled himself with Panic Room. I was gripped and could not put it down! What is in the panic room? I HAD TO KNOW! A review will follow shortly on For Winter Nights.

What's that old adage, it's all about the journey not the destination. Well I guess that it is applicable to many things in life, but when it comes to the world of Books and Films, can we really forgive a crap denouement after a 'thumping good' story. As a devoted Robert Goddard reader for the past twenty years, there's only been a few occasions when I have considered that he has dropped his bundle.Panic Room is a case in point. From the outset, it was obvious that Goddard was trying something d...

Panic Room by Robert Goddard is a fast paced eco thriller that had me turning those pages so fast i finished chapters before i knew it, the chapters were long but not drawn out & boring, the prose was wonderful it was tense enthralling, absorbing & brilliantly plotted. the characters were well written but Goddard does pull the wool over your eyes with one character.Don Challenor was let go from work his ex - wife Fran Previll an ex - Lawyer gives him work on behalf of Mona Jackson who wants to s...

‘I feel safe here. That’s really what it comes down to.’Fasten your seatbelt. Suspend your disbelief and go with the story. I expect that some conspiracy theorists would find this novel confirming many of their worst fears...Her lawyer, Fran Revell, contacts her ex-husband Don Challenor, an estate agent currently unemployed, and offers him a well-paid assignment. The owner of a vast mansion in Cornwall wants to put it on the market as part of a divorce settlement. All Don must do is travel to th...

Robert Goddard has been a long term favourite author. This thriller is just that. Don Challenor recently sack from his job as an estate agent in London and is hired by his ex wife Fran, a solicitor, to go to Cornwall and prepare details of a house called Wortalleth West. On the face of things this appears a straight forward, well paid assignment. That is until he meets the housekeeper and discovers a discrepancy on the measurements.Is the owner quite who they might be? Is there some undercurrent...

Very interesting concept. It also kept you on your toes and was hard to put down. The storyline was not where I expected it to go. I also like that it was set in Cornwall because its not that often books are set there. However, the ending was a bit too abrupt.

What a boring novel! Sounded great and I got up to around page 100 and it just wasn't doing anything for me. Would love to know what happened to Blake and what was in the panic room but even those two factors couldn't keep me going .... life is too short to read uninteresting books!

I've only ever come across one other Goddard story, when I listened to it on audio; I can't now remember which one it was. So I haven't had much to do with his novels before. This one is told from two points of view almost continually (a third character occasionally gets a chance to lead the way). Don has recently lost his job as a real estate agent - the high end kind. A young woman, Blake, is the sort-of housekeeper of a huge house in Cornwall, a house with a dreadful secret hidden in its wall...

This is the first novel I’ve ever read by veteran crime writer Robert Goddard and it’s made me wonder what I’ve been missing all these years. On the evidence of this novel, he’s obviously someone who can produce original, thrilling and credible plots peopled with colourful characters.The chapter names start at Ten and count down to Zero which perfectly encapsulates the ticking time-bomb atmosphere of the whole story. Unemployed estate agent Don Challenor is hired by his ex-wife to evaluate a lar...

I should have just put this down after the rough start. It was pretty mediocre, but I wanted to find out what was in the so-called "Panic Room", and more about the history of Blake and why she got her own little first-person vignettes...And the answers were completely mundane for the first and so completely ridiculous for the second that if I believed in throwing books across the room I would have.Spoilers for the ridiculous ending to save you reading the book to find out: (view spoiler)[Jane is...

Panic Room – Not Goddard’s finest but still a goody!Panic Room, in my opinion is not his finest work, but in saying that it is still above the attempts of many crime writers. What to me, does not make it his finest, it starts too slowly, seems rushed at the end and the two female protagonists is never fully exposed or explained.While I think the ending was rushed I also had the feeling of get real there is no way that could happen. It was a let-down, which is unusual for a Goddard thriller. But

If I could give a book zero stars, I would. I didn't finish it but discussed it with my book group and the general consensus was that it was truly awful. The first 150-or-so pages that I managed to read were, indeed, dire. Some of it was so bad it made me laugh out loud ('So, what were these gloomy thoughts about?' / He sighed. 'My father...and how he died.' / 'Not well, I assume.' / 'Alcoholic poisoning, if you really want to know. He wasn't found...for several days.' / 'And when he was found,