Chasing the Dead: David Raker Missing Persons #1: Her son died . . . or so she thought. Don’t miss this GRIPPING THRILLER - Softcover

Weaver, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241957400 ISBN 13: 9780241957400

Publisher: Penguin, 2011

Synopsis

Chasing the Dead is the debut thriller from Tim Weaver, the first in the chilling David Raker 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, Raker reluctantly agrees.

Big mistake.

For as he 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.

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

Tim Weaver is a new talent, fans of Mo Hayder and Michael Marshall Smith will love his work. Chasing the Dead is the first in the David Raker series, following the missing persons investigator. Later works in the series include The Dead Tracks and Vanished.

Praise for Tim Weaver:
'Impressive debut . . . Fans of Mo Hayder will be in seventh hell' Guardian
'Perfect plotting, great characterisation, and the kind of payoff that a thriller of this calibre deserves' Bookgeeks
'A taut thriller' Barry Forshaw

Tim Weaver was born in 1977. At eighteen, he left school and started working in magazine journalism, and has since gone on to develop a successful career writing about films, TV, sport, games and technology. He is married with a young daughter, and lives near Bath. Vanished is Tim's third David Raker novel, which follow his highly acclaimed debut Chasing the Dead and its sequel, The Dead Tracks. Tortured by his wife's early death, David Raker is one of the most charismatic, sensitive and unique missing persons investigators in current crime fiction.

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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

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0241957400
• ISBN 13: 9780241957400
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448