The Man With the Brooding Eyes (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

John Goodwin

9780483609884: The Man With the Brooding Eyes (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0483609889 ISBN 13: 9780483609884

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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A cagey band of masterminds hatches a high-stakes plan that hinges on a captivating heiress and a hidden past.

From a smoky drawing room to glittering Knayth, this tale blends crime, risk, and sly wit.

In this suspenseful fiction, a circle of partners contemplates a bold coup after a failed big prize. They seek a “safe, profitable” path and set their sights on a woman who could unlock endless possibilities. As the story shifts between opulent settings and private shadows, tension mounts around loyalty, power, and the price of ambition.

A tense, character-driven crime plot with a calculating leader and wary partners
Intrigue framed by wealth, social status, and private loyalties
Shifts of power and shifting alliances that keep the reader guessing
A look at how one person’s past can influence a dangerous present

Ideal for readers who enjoy classic English crime dramas, intricate schemes, and morally gray characters.

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About the Author

John Goodwin is a Reader in Sociology at the University of Leicester. As a sociologist, his principal research interests include the broad areas of the sociology of work, (especially education to work transitions and gender and work), social science research methods (life histories, work narratives, auto/biography, the re-use of qualitative and archival data) and the history of sociology. He has expertise in using biographical methods and has used narrative interviews and epistolary analysis in his research on Norbert Elias, Ilya Neustadt and his restudy of Elias's Adjustment of Young Workers to Adult Roles project. He is currently an editorial board member of the "Journal of Youth Studies, Education and Training", and the "European Journal of Industrial Training".

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