Never Go Back

Never Go Back by Robert Goddard In the spellbinding new
mystery by the master of “the clever twist” a group of
ex-RAF comrades journey to a Scottish castle for a
reunion. But by the time they reach their destination two
of them are dead. Harry Barnett is leading a contented
life in Vancouver with his wife and daughter when he is
brought back to England by the death of his mother. He
intends to spend just a few days sorting out her affairs
when a chance meeting he will regret for the rest of his
life makes him change his plans. Two old acquaintances
from his National Service days track Harry down to his
mother’s house — the last address they had for him. A
lavish reunion has been organized to mark the fiftieth
anniversary of their RAF days. Harry decides to go. During
the war Harry and his fellow RAF conscripts spent three
months in a Scottish castle where they acted as guinea
pigs in a psychological experiment. The reunion is to take
place in the same castle. It will be a chance to see
friends settle old scores and lay a few ghosts to rest.
The party begins on the train up to Aberdeen until the
apparent suicide of one of their number shatters the
holiday atmosphere. Their arrival in Scotland seems under
a cloud and when another comrade dies soon after their
arrival Harry is gripped by a sense of foreboding. As well
the recollections of the old comrades of their time in the
castle are frighteningly different and unexplained events
from 1955 still haunt them. As Harry tries to solve the
mystery of what really happened fifty years ago he
uncovers an extraordinary secret that convinces him he
will never leave the castle alive.