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Random House presents the audiobook edition of One False Move by Robert Goddard, read by Fiona Hampton and Alistair Petrie.

What value can be put on a human mind?

How Joe Roberts does what he does is a mystery. He has a brain that seems able to outperform a computer. To a games company like Venstrom that promises big profits if his abilities can be properly exploited. So they send Nicole Nevinson to track him down and make him an offer too good to refuse.

But Venstrom aren’t the only people interested in Joe. His current boss, a shady businessman, is already making serious money out of Joe’s talents and isn’t going to let him go without a fight. And then there are other forces, with still darker intentions, who have their own plans for him.

Almost before she knows it, Nicole’s crossed an invisible line into a world where the game being played has rules she doesn’t understand and where no-one can help her win.

But win she must. Because the battle now isn’t just for Joe’s mind, it’s for Nicole’s life.

 Crime Fiction Genre Fiction Historical International Mystery & Crime Mystery Small Town & Rural Women Sleuths Fiction Human Brain Game Crime Suspense

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In One False Move, [Goddard] is at the peak of his powers
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Another page turner from Goddard where the story starts on one course and changes tack unexpectedly halfway through. Marked down slightly as it finishes with a few loose ends

The plot thickens

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Nicole perseveres in a men’s world and, in adventurous intriguing situations, survives to engineer a happy ending.
Her narrator is outstanding.

Women aren’t weak

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excellent narrator despite book becoming sadly a little tiresome to complete.
Story line good but not gripping enough to keep me, as with others, spellbound

one false move

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A bit different from Robert Goddard's usual work, and story was sometimes a bit implausible, but I enjoyed listening to this. Narration was good.

not Goddard's best, but still worth a listen

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Robert Goddard always produces the goods, it's not my favourite but it was an enjoyable listen on my daily commute.

A good story that help pass the miles.

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