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The Dancing Face

About the Book

The Dancing Face

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 also will 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?

The Dancing Face
by Mike Phillips

  • Publication Date: August 12, 2025
  • Genres: Fiction, Suspense, Thriller
  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Melville House
  • ISBN-10: 1685891713
  • ISBN-13: 9781685891718