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  • Written by: Peter May
  • Narrated by: Peter Forbes
  • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (16 ratings)

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The Man with No Face

Written by: Peter May
Narrated by: Peter Forbes
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Publisher's Summary

There are two men on their way to Brussels from the UK: Neil Bannerman, an iconoclastic journalist for Scotland's Daily Standard whose irate editor wants him out of the way, and Kale - a professional assassin.

A classic early Peter May novel situated among the political intrigue of 1979. Expecting to find only a difficult, dreary political investigation in Belgium, Bannerman has barely settled in when tragedy strikes. His host, a fellow journalist, along with a British Cabinet minister, are discovered dead in the minister's elegant Brussels townhouse.

It appears that they have shot each other. But the dead journalist's young autistic daughter, Tania, was hidden in a closet during the killings, and when she draws a chilling picture of a third party - a man with no face - Bannerman suddenly finds himself a reluctant participant in a desperate murder investigation.

As the facts slowly begin to emerge under Bannerman's scrutiny, he comes to suspect that the shootings may have a deep and foul link with the rotten politics that brought him to Brussels in the first place.

And as Kale threatens to strike again, Bannerman begins to feel a change within himself. His jaded professionalism is transforming into a growing concern for the lonely and frightened Tania, and a strong attraction to a courageous woman named Sally - drawing him out of himself and into the very heart of a profound, cold-blooded, and infinitely dangerous conspiracy.

"Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth." (Marilyn Stasio, New York Times)

©1981 Peter May (P)2019 Hachette Audio

What the critics say

"Unnerving nail-biter." (Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times)

"May keeps the stories clear and the pace fast." (Booklist)

"No one can create a more eloquently written suspense novel than Peter May. His prose evokes a setting that is almost mystical in its untamed beauty." (New York Journal of Books)

"May's lyrical prose brings full color to the scenery, and the narrative intrigues from start to finish." (Shelf Awareness)

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Good tale with twists and turns

Typically well crafted Peter May mystery. Some events can be predicted but they still presented in clear meaningful detail.

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A bit of history

I am grateful for the opportunity of listening to this vintage Peter May novel.
The combination of fast paced mystery and sensitive rendering of a man’s redemption results in a first class piece of writing.
Great narration too.

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Good book

I like the politics and, intrigue plus I liked the characters portrayed in the book 

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