Chasing the Dead: 1 (David Raker Mystery) - Softcover

Weaver, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143129619 ISBN 13: 9780143129615

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2016

Synopsis

Missing persons investigator David Raker's heartstopping hunt for a mother's vanished son--book one of Tim Weaver's international bestselling mystery series

One year ago, Alex Towne's body was found. One month ago, his mother saw him on the street. One week ago, David Raker agreed to look for him. Now he wishes he hadn't.

Mary Towne's son, Alex, went missing six years ago. Five years later he finally turned up--as a corpse in a car wreck. Missing persons investigator David Raker doesn't want the work: it's clearly a sad but hopeless case of mistaken identity brought to him by a woman unable to let go of her son. But haunted by a loss of his own, he reluctantly agrees.

As Raker digs deeper, he discovers that Alex's life was not the innocent one his mother believed. Buried in his past are secrets that were never meant to be found--and dark, dangerous men willing to kill to protect them.

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Review

Praise for Tim Weaver (-)

It had me racing to the end (Fiona Barton Sunday Times bestselling author of The Widow)

The rising star of British crime (Tony Parsons Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of the DC Max Wolfe series)

I couldn't put it down (Sun)

Fans of Mo Hayder will be in seventh hell (Guardian)

Weaver has become one of this country's most respected, bestselling crime writers, and he fully deserves to be . . . Catch him at once (Daily Mail)

The writing is beautiful and the plot so cleverly constructed I never guessed any of the twists (Claire Douglas Sunday Times bestselling author of Local Girl Missing)

Weaver's books get better each time - tense, complex, written with flair as well as care (Guardian)

Terrific (Sunday Times)

Tim Weaver writes books so meticulously researched that the reader is educated as well as entertained, enthralled and intrigued (Liz Nugent Sunday Times bestselling author of Lying in Wait)

From the Back Cover

ONE YEAR AGO, ALEX TOWNE'S BODY WAS FOUND.
ONE MONTH AGO, HIS MOTHER SAW HIM ON THE STREET.

It starts out as a sad but hopeless case of mistaken identity. A year after the death of her son Alex, Mary Towne is convinced she's seen him alive - and she wants missing persons investigator David Raker to find him. Reluctant at first, but haunted by a loss of his own, Raker eventually agrees.

But as Alex's life begins to reveal itself, Raker discovers it wasn't the innocent one his mother believed. Buried in Alex's past are dark, dangerous secrets that were never meant to be found - and a sinister group of killers willing to protect them, whatever the cost.

Soon, Raker will discover that there are things far worse than death . . .

Praise for Tim Weaver

'I couldn't put it down' Sun

'Terrific' The Times

'Weaver has delivered another cracking crime thriller' Daily Mail

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0143129619
• ISBN 13: 9780143129615
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 304