A classic early novel from Peter May situated among the political intrigue of Brussels, Belgium, in 1979—now available in the United States."Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth." —Marilyn Stasio,New York TimesThere are two men on their way to Brussels from the UK: Neil Bannerman, an iconoclastic journalist for Scotland'sDaily Standardwhose irate editor wants him out of the way, and Kale—a professional assassin.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...words : 101256