Book Overview

In his remarkable debut novel, Ray Kessler takes the reader on a roller coaster ride through recent German history. He masterfully moves between past and present timelines, weaving fictitious events with historical facts. Adding a possible paranormal twist to the story, Kessler creates a tale of mystery and suspense.

Set in Berlin in 2000 and during the battle of Berlin in 1945, the main protagonist of the novel, Berlin District Attorney Kurt Becker, sees a Face in the Night. The face keeps reappearing, and he thinks he is hallucinating.

His life and career take a further unexpected detour when he discovers illegal campaign funds linked to a flawed Berlin construction project. The project becomes his worst nightmare. Site digging unearths a secret Nazi bunker and SS operation. Then, workers discover “Nazi super weapons.”

Ray Kessler takes readers on a memorable journey through historical twists and turns in Germany, New York City, Spain, Israel, and England.

A Face In the Night

This thrilling tale keeps its readers wondering what’s real or imagined. Have Kurt and Anne come face to face with the inexplicable?  Or are they both just losing their minds? Kurt Becker faces his own past when he finds out the identity of his biological father. The question of redemption surfaces as Anne and Kurt struggle with reality.

A Face in the Night novel climax reveals a confrontation that Kurt, Anne, and an Israeli-German healer have while questioning the apparition’s existence. Ray Kessler takes readers on a memorable journey through historical twists and turns in Germany, New York City, Spain, Israel, and England.

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