However, the author Robert Goddard was not impressed with the adaptation, and in an interview, he said that the adjustment was a false and suggested that future adaptations should be made original. The film featured a popular television character John Thaw, featured in other range of cinema and stage roles.

The fourth book Into the Blue was made into a television film in 1997. Subsequently, in 2011, Long Time Coming won the Edgar Award for the Best Original Paperback prize, later the same year, it was nominated the 2011 Antony Award for the same award. His fourth book Into the Blue was the winner of the Thumping Good Read Award under the category of best fiction writer of the year.īeyond Recall (1997) was nominated the Edgar Award under the category Best Novel. These books have also been nominated and won numerous awards. Many of the Robert Goddard novels have made it to top ten lists of various bestsellers. However, they form a chronological series featuring Harry Barnett as the central character. Never go back, into the Blue, and out of the Sun are three different books. The Ends of the Earth is Goddard latest book published in 2015. Since then more than 20 of his writings have been released, the majority of the books making it up the top ten list bestsellers of the Sunday Times. Goddard first novel Past Caring was published in 1986. Most of his novels revolve around a different lead characters who gradually uncover conspiracies that have been held a secret for decades or even hundreds of years using historical documents such as artifacts, diaries or even means of mouth to mouth passage of information through generations. His thriller novels have had an aspect of historical figures, with settings being in most of English towns and cities.

Closed Circle by Robert Goddard