Days Without Number

Nick Paleologus Is Summoned To The Unyielding Bosom Of His Family To Help Resolve A Dispute Which Threatens To Set His Brothers And Sisters Against Their Aged And Irascible Father. Michael Paleologus Lives Alone In A Remote And Rambling House On The Cornish Bank Of The River Tamar. A Ridiculously Generous Offer Has Been Made For The House, But He Refuses To Sell Despite The Urgings Of His Children, For Whom The Proceeds Would Solve Many Problems. Nick Accomplishes Little As Mediator, But The Stalemate Is Soon Tragically Broken. Only Then Do Nick And His Siblings Discover Why Their Father Was Bound At All Costs To Reject The Offer And What May Really Be The Motives Of The Prospective Buyer. Robert Goddard. "Nick Paleologus is summoned to the unyielding bosom of his family to help resolve a dispute which threatens to set his brothers and sisters against their aged and irascible father. Michael Paleologus, retired archaeologist and supposed descendant of the last Emperors of Byzantium, lives alone at Trennor, a remote and rambling house on the Cornish bank of the Tamar. A ridiculously generous offer has been made for the house, but he refuses to sell despite the urgings of his children, for whom the proceeds would solve a variety of problems." "Nick accomplishes little in the role of mediator, but the stalemate is soon tragically broken. Only then do Nick and his siblings discover why their father was bound at all costs to reject the offer and what may be the real motives of the prospective buyer." "Their increasingly desperate efforts to conceal the truth drag them into a deadly conflict with an unseen and unknown enemy, who seems as determined to force them into a confrontation with their family's past as he is to conceal his own identity." "Late in the day, perhaps too late, Nick realizes that the only way to escape from the trap their persecutor has set for them is to hunt him down, wherever - and whoever - he may be. But the hunt involves excavating a terrible secret from their father's archaeological career. And once that secret is known, nothing will ever be the same again."--BOOK JACKET " ... Nick Paleologus, a coolly efficient Englishman, is summoned home to resolve a dispute that threatens to tear his family apart. His father Michael is a retired archaeologist and supposed descendant of the last Emperors of Byzantium. Michael has received a hugely generous offer for the family estate in Cornwall, but refuses to sell--and refuses to divulge why. Soon the stalemate between Nick's siblings and their father is tragically broken, and only then do they discover why their father was bound to protect the house at all costs ..."--Page 4 of cover. Nicks far er en pensjonert arkeolog. Han får inn et usannsynlig høyt bud på huset sitt, men til frustrasjon for familien nekter han å selge. Først etter hans død forstår de hvorfor? Robert Goddard har skrevet en rekke bøker innen krim- og spenningssjangeren. Flere av dem er oversatt til norsk Nick's father is a retired archaeologist who is a supposed descendant of the emperors of Byzantium. When someone puts in a ridiculously high offer for the family's home in Cornwall, the old man refuses to sell, to the fury of his family. Only after his death does Nick discovers why.