2007-07-02 Another twisty tale by Robert Goddard

Harry Barnett, the anti-hero in this novel, leads a dismal life as part-time attendant at the Mitre Bridge Service Station in London. One day he gets a telephone call from the National Neurological Hospital informing him that his son David John Venning is lying in a deep coma in room E318. To this day Harry has lived a presumably childless life and this piece of news comes as a great surprise.
Harry decides to go and visit this new son of his, and in room E318 he finds a comatose thirty-four-year old man. Glancing at the clipboard hanging on the bed, he acknowledges the fact that David John Venning was born on May 10th 1961. Could he be the result of Harry's long forgotten fling with Iris Venning in July 1960? Who placed the call at the Mitre Bridge Service Station knowing that Harry is David's father? Iris? Why is David in a deep coma resulting of an overdose of insulin? Did he try to commit suicide?
A twisty and breathtaking adventure is about to start for Harry on his long search for the answers to all these questions. This is a sequel to "Into The Blue" so readers may want to start with that novel and read "Out Of The Sun" subsequently. The book is superbly read by Paul Shelly for BBC audiobooks.