 First edition | |
| Author | Phil Whitaker |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
Publication date | 2002 |
The Face is the third novel by English author Phil Whitaker. It was published in 2002 by Atlantic Books.
| First edition | |
| Author | Phil Whitaker |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
Publication date | 2002 |
The Face is the third novel by English author Phil Whitaker. It was published in 2002 by Atlantic Books.
Zoe received a redirected card from her dead father Declan Barr. It contained a sketch of herself and her father as she recognised a photograph on her father's mantelpiece. Her father Ray Arthur was a retired detective, recently killed when he drove his car at high speed into a bridge abutment. The novel contains extracts from Ray Arthur's inquest. Zoe returns to her home in Nottingham with her husband Paul and her young daughter Holly to try and make sense of her father's death. Meanwhile, Declan, a former police artist writes about his imaginations about Zoe, his experiences in Nottingham and his relationship with Zoe's father. Declan then writes about a crime when a man committed sodomy on Mary Scanlon, a nine-year-old girl, the daughter of a councillor and an ex-mayor. Ray Arthur led the investigation and together they decided who was the culprit. Zoe has managed to track down Declan but he refuses to co-operate with her...
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