The Man on the Bridge

Peter Munro #1

by Ian Stuart Black

Munro had barely recovered from his injuries suffered when he tried to rescue his friend and partner in Albania. His friend died at the last minute on a bridge. Now his young widow-bride wants to visit that spot and the head of the bureau asks Munro to take her.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Ian Stuart Black was a novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Both his 1959 novel In the Wake of a Stranger and his 1962 novel about the Cyprus emergency The High Bright Sun were made into films, Black writing the screenplays in each case.

He also wrote scripts for several British television programmes from the 1950s to the 1970s, including The Invisible Man and Sir Francis Drake (for which he was also story editor), as well as Danger Man (on which he served as associate producer) and Star Maidens.

In addition, he wrote three stories for Doctor Who in 1965 and 1966. These stories were The Savages and The War Machines (with Kit Pedler and Pat Dunlop) for William Hartnell's Doctor; and The Macra Terror for Patrick Troughton. He novelised all three stories for Target Books.

His final credit was for a half-hour supernatural drama called House of Glass, which was made by Television South in 1991.

He was the father of actress Isobel Black.

Reviews

[John Peel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Long, drawn-out novel of an ex-spy who agrees to lead his dead partner's wife to where he was killed. But what is the real reason for the journey? A promising idea, but the resolution is obvious from the start.