The Man With No Face, a story that originally went under the title Hidden Bodies and written at the beginning of Mr May's career, is a fantastically crafted thriller; just like the rest of May's books. Based in 1970s Brussels, Belgium and so very much in the political sphere, with EU politics being a key component of the plot, Neil Bannerman becomes our protagonist. He becomes one of the targets in a highly murky world of conspiracy and the activities of shady organisations as he suspects that some recent suspicious deaths were actually murders and plans to find the evidence to prove it. This is a thoroughly gripping, entertaining and suspenseful book with intriguing characters and an authentic sense of time and place. Recommended.

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