'Luke flung the light of his torch full onto the face of the immobile figure. Then he had the
shock of his life. The man had no face! Where his face should have been was a sort of inhuman
uniform blank!' When a body is found at an isolated garage Inspector Meredith is drawn into a
complex investigation where every clue leads to another puzzle: was this a suicide or
something more sinister? Why was the dead man planning to flee the country? And how is this
connected to the shady business dealings of the garage? This classic mystery novel is set
amidst the stunning scenery of a small village in the Lake District. It is now republished for
the first time since the 1930s.
