I enjoyed Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard. It's set in two time periods - 1940 and 1976. Eldritch Swan is released from an Irish prison after 36 years on the condition he does not reveal why he was there. He meets up with his nephew Stephen Swan and together they set out to prove an art fraud happened in 1940. The granddaughter, Rachel, is obsessed with knowing what happened to her grandfather's valuable art collection which is now owned by others, though the provenance is not proved. There is an inevitable romantic aspect to the story. Eldritich's mysterious imprisonment is linked to the British secret service, Irish nationalism, German intelligence. It's a good yarn. 4/5
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