
<b>IT WAS THE PERFECT DAY OUT . . .<br /><br />UNTIL THEY NEVER CAME BACK.<br /><br />AN EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT DAVID RAKER THRILLER FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING MASTER OF THE MISSING PERSON MYSTERY, TIM WEAVER</b><br /><br /><b>RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK</b><br /><br /><b>---</b><br /><br />'Fiendishly serpentine and utterly compulsive' Louise Candlish<br /><br /><b>A beautiful summer day. A remote Dartmoor lake.<br /></b>The Fowler family takes a boat out.<br />Mother Sarah stays on shore.<br /><br />She looks away for one minute.<br />When she turns back the boat is empty . . .<br />Her family has vanished.<br /><br />The police draw a blank.<br />Yet missing persons investigator<br />David Raker knows something isn’t right.<br />He promises answers.<br /><br /><b>But his questions might put him in the path of a killer . . .<br /></b><br />--<br /><br /><b>READERS CAN'T PUT IT DOWN:</b><br />‘So cleverly plotted’<b> *****</b><b> Reader review</b><br />‘A fabulous high octane thriller full of secrets and with a shocking climax’ <b>*****</b><b> Reader review</b><br />‘One of the best books I have ever read’ <b>*****</b><b> Reader review</b><br />‘There aren't enough superlatives to describe how good it is’ <b>*****</b><b> Reader review</b><br />‘Kept me guessing right up to its perfectly executed final chapter’ <b>*****</b><b> Reader review</b><br />‘Fiendishly well plotted’ <b>*****</b><b> Reader review</b><br />‘Fiendishly serpentine and utterly compulsive’ <b>Louise Candlish</b><br />‘These books are unputdownable. If you haven't yet met Raker, you're in for a treat’ <b>Mick Herron</b><br /><br /><b>PRAISE FOR TIM WEAVER</b><br /><br />'Impossibly clever. Impossible to put down' <b>CHRIS WHITAKER</b><br /><br />'Corkscrew twists. Impossible to read without breaking into a sweat' <b><i>THE TIMES</i></b><br /><br />'The master of clever, unpredictable plots' <b>CLAIRE DOUGLAS</b><br /><br />Tim Weaver,<i> Sunday Times </i>bestseller, May 2024