True- it is very much different than his other works, in that the book is a very slow-burner, and it takes awhile for things to actually get going. Some reviews stated that "Painting the Darkness" is not one of Goddard's best works, but I beg to differ. As the quest to find the real truth ensues, not only lives and fates are at stake, but also people's own sanity, as the puzzle pieces are slowly coming together. Secrets, that some people will do anything to keep them buried, even kill. A hearing and a trial to establish Norton's identity commences, but this is only the beginning- because Norton's arrival and claim will open up a can of worms, reopen old wounds, and will uncover dark, twisted secrets regrading events that go back at least forty years- events that stil have dire repercussions. Constance husband, William, sure himself that Norton is nothing more than an impostor, finds himself in an uneasy alliance with the Davenall family against Norton. His brother and mother refuse to recognize him, but his former fiance, Constance, now married and a mother, is at first unsure Norton says he is who he is, but she is later convinced he is indeed her lost love that came back for her. A mysterious stranger named James Norton arrives in London and claims to really be Sir James Davenall- a man everybody knew for certain to be dead for 11 years, seeing as he committed suicide.
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