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The Dancing Face by Mike Phillips

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The Dancing Face

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Mike Phillips

Melville House · Ebook · August 12, 2025

Reading lane: African American Mystery & Detective

"This book is brutal, deep, cunning and unbearably beautiful"- The Independent A blistering, original thriller that examines the powerful link between identity, sacrifice, and possession, as a Black university professor plans a burglary to “liberate” an African sculpture from a London museum .

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Good for readers interested in crimeGood for readers who enjoy African American Mystery & Detective and African American Historical Fiction.Best for readers who want plot momentum and suspense.

Book Details

Authors
Mike Phillips
Publisher
Melville House
Published
August 12, 2025
Format
Ebook
Theme
African American Mystery & Detective · African American Historical Fiction
Reading lane
African American Mystery & Detective

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  • Crime Thrillers

  • Political Thrillers

  • African American Mystery & Detective

About This Book

"This book is brutal, deep, cunning and unbearably beautiful"- The Independent A blistering, original thriller that examines the powerful link between identity, sacrifice, and possession, as a Black university professor plans a burglary to “liberate” an African sculpture from a London museum . . . University lecturer Gus knows that stealing the priceless Benin mask, the Dancing Face, from a museum at the heart of the British establishment will gain an avalanche of attention....

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"This book is brutal, deep, cunning and unbearably beautiful"- The Independent A blistering, original thriller that examines the powerful link between identity, sacrifice, and possession, as a Black university professor plans a burglary to “liberate” an African sculpture from a London museum . . . University lecturer Gus knows that stealing the priceless Benin mask, the Dancing Face, from a museum at the heart of the British establishment will gain an avalanche of attention. Which is exactly what he wants. But such a risky theft will also inevitably capture the attention of characters with more money, more power, and fewer morals. Naively entangling his loved ones in his increasingly dangerous pursuit of righteous reparation, is Gus prepared for what it will cost him?

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