The Fine Art of Invisible Detection

By: Robert Goddard

Narrated by: Naoko Mori

Brought to you by Penguin.

Tokyo, Japan

Umiko Wada has had enough excitement in life. With an overbearing mother and her husband recently murdered, she just wants to keep her head down. As a secretary to a private detective, her life is pleasantly filled with coffee runs and paperwork.

That is, until her boss takes on a new case. A case that is surrounded by shadows. A case that means Wada will have to leave Tokyo and travel to London.

London, England

Nick Miller never knew his father and was always told he wasn't missing much. But when an old friend of his late mother says there are things that Nick needs to know about his parents, he can't ignore it.

When a chance encounter brings Wada and Nick together, they couldn't know the series of violent events set off by their investigations. And when they discover Nick's father might have been the only witness to a dark secret forever buried, they realise there are some powerful people who will do whatever it takes to keep it that way....

©2021 Robert Goddard (P)2021 Penguin Audio

Phenomenal Fun

I love Wada as a character. The locations in England & Iceland are two my favorite places I’ve ever been. Highly recommended!

The build up of tension throughout the story…the layers of each personality were described in detail and clarity

I liked the characterisation of voice parts…easy to understand who was talking in each conversation. I liked the slow ‘reveal’ of the full extent of the plot.

Probably Better Read

The story seemed promising, but the narration was so incredibly slow I found myself zoning out. Kindle has the average reading time listed at around 8 hours, yet this audiobook clocks in at just under 12 hours, if that helps indicate just how slowly the narrator reads. I think this would be a better read than a listen.

I've got the followup!!

Not a word out of place for the story, plot and buildup. So many characters but so well narrated that it just flowed, not without concentration though, I had to rewind occasionally when my mind wandered. Also my understanding of the value of Greenland/Iceland to the various big player countries in our world is much clearer.

Narrator

I thought it was a good story. The narrator was excellent.
The plot is a bit unnecessarily complex.