The Dead Tracks is another novel by Tim Weaver that is another novel by Tim Weaver that features scenes that darkness and devilry just like Chasing The Dead. Suddenly there are questions to be answered, and if Holt is to find the truth he must delve into his own painful past in this tautly plotted psychological thriller.

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The 10th anniversary of 9/11 is still months away, but as this story opens the date is already playing on the minds of New Yorkers.As if that is not enough, iTunes also mentioned the book in a special way, including it in the Best of 2013 list. Introducing David Raker, who promises Cate and Aiden's parents that he will get to the bottom of it. In summary, the sinuous plot takes us through toe-curling and fist clenching violence scenes and we feel David Raker go through the normal vicissitudes of life as he grows. David is reluctant to take the task of investigating Alex Towne’s disappearance, but remembering the loss of his own, he finally agrees, and this signifies the beginning of trouble for him.

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Raker finds out that there is no substance in the allegations made about Megan’s disappearance- everything was cooked. And what might the mysterious ‘dunes’, overheard by Georgia in a hurried phone conversation, have to do with it? If you’re a fan of golden age detective stories, than mark 6 June on the calendar – it’s the date when Dean Street Press is reissuing 10 titles by much overlooked early 20th century crime novelistAlice Campbell. David Raker thrillers have a lot in common with most of Linwood Barclay’s and Michael Connelly’s works, Michael Marshall Smith’s “The Straw Men” and Mo Hayder’s “Gone”. On their way to dinner one evening, the couple is captured on CCTV laughing away in their car, before it plunges down a 90-foot ravine and bursts into flames.

If you’re coming to the series cold, however, it really isn’t the place to start your acquaintance with Raker. The fire crew arrives soon after expecting to find their bodies but they are faced with an impossible scenario.

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That’s why it’s our lead book this week but we’ve also got a very clever mystery from Sulari Gentill, a debut for our own Victoria Weisfeld, a classic from 1930s author Alice Campbell, and hardcore psychological thrills care of Jon Bassoff. One minute Cate and Aiden Gascoigne are captured on CCTV on Gatton Hill in Surrey, laughing and without a care in the world. The complex character throughout the series, David Raker, is charged with the responsibility of investigating the case. But he’s lonely and vulnerable, and could be about to make a huge mistake… As if Raker doesn’t have enough on his plate!

Unsettling, brilliantly plotted, and satisfyingly complex, these books are unputdownable, and the latest –The Blackbird– is no exception…"–– Mick Herron, no. Biography: Tim Weaver is the Sunday Times bestselling author of thirteen novels, including No One Home, The Blackbird and The Last Goodbye, and a short story collection. Taken on by Cate’s grieving family, these are two questions that Raker is determined to answer, but as his investigation progresses, more and more questions are about to cloud the issue further.