Robert Goddard, Author, Donna Ng, Editor Pocket Books $22.95 (332p) ISBN 978-0-671-89092-6 British novelist Goddard's thriller of deception and conspiracy takes place in Europe between the world wars.

Author Robert Goddard is not to be confused with early rocket designer Robert Goddard. Too bad; it would be pretty cool to go from rocketeer to suspense novelist. —Carolyn Kellogg.

Robert Goddard, . . Delta, $12 (294pp) ISBN 978-0-440-24280-2. This compelling stand-alone thriller from British author Goddard (Play to the End) ...

Rocket scientist Robert Goddard's Uncle Spud gave him this copy of The War of the Worlds in 1898. More than a hundred years later, it passed into the hands of essayist Amanda Katz.

A fresh crop of crime fiction for summer reading includes new books by Walter Mosley, British writer Robert Goddard and Seattle novelist Ingrid Thoft. Thoft appears June 30 at Seattle ...