Chasing the Dead: The gripping thriller from the bestselling author of No One Home (David Raker Missing Persons, 1) - Softcover

Weaver, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405912693 ISBN 13: 9781405912693

Publisher: Penguin, 2011

Synopsis

The debut thriller from Tim Weaver, the first in his bestselling David Raker Missing Persons series. Perfect for fans of Mo Hayder, Linwood Barclay and Michael Connelly.

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 . . .

Praise for Tim Weaver:

'Weaver has delivered another cracking crime thriller' Daily Mail

'I couldn't put it down' The Sun

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

'The reader is educated as well as entertained, enthralled and intrigued. David Raker is a most complex and engaging investigator, each case leaving its mark on his soul, and ours' Sunday Times bestselling author Liz Nugent

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Review:

Praise for Tim Weaver (-)

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

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

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

Terrific (Sunday Times)

I couldn't put it down (Sun)

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

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

A dark, complex and visceral read (Financial Times)

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: 1405912693
• ISBN 13: 9781405912693
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480