The Face

'It's a wonderful story, beautifully told, and if literary thriller means anything it means The Face. Buy at once.' -- Brian Case, Timeout'A gripping page-turner from award-winning novelist Whitaker... a suspense-filled read that you won't be able to put down' -- Glasgow Evening Times'Extremely good... A beautifully told tale of how lies and guilt can catch up with you' -- Mark Timlin, Independent on Sunday'The book is... steady in its gaze, and deeply penetrating in its insight into flesh and blood... A considerable technical accomplishment' -- Ian Sansom, Guardian When Ray Arthur, a retired detective, is killed mysteriously in a road accident, his daughter Zoe is shattered. Her need to understand his life, and the circumstances of his death, sends her home to the town in which she grew up. She tracks down Declan, a former police artist and a one-time friend of her father's. Through their fraught encounters, a terrible picture of guilt and betrayal emerges. With forensic skill, Phil Whitaker peels back the layers of distortion and family myth to expose the truth about Ray Arthur's friendship with Declan and their secret collaboration over a dreadful crime in the distant past. Deft and gripping, The Face is a novel about guilt and innocence, flesh and blood, and the impossibility of ever truly knowing another person.


Genre: General Fiction