{"product_id":"chasing-the-dead-9781405912693","title":"Chasing the Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE DEBUT THRILLER IN THE BESTSELLING DAVID RAKER MISSING PERSONS SERIES, PERFECT FOR FANS OF MO HAYDER, LINWOOD BARCLAY AND MICHAEL CONNELLY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne year ago, Alex Towne''s body was found.\u003cbr\u003eOne month ago, his mother saw him on the street.\u003cbr\u003eOne week ago, David Raker agreed to look for him.\u003cbr\u003eNow he wishes he hadn''t.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig mistake. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoon Raker will dis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Tim Weaver\u003c\/b\u003e * - *\u003cbr\u003eWeaver's books get better each time - tense, complex, written with flair as well as care * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eThe writing is beautiful and the plot so cleverly constructed I never guessed any of the twists * Sunday Times bestselling author of Local Girl Missing *\u003cbr\u003eIt had me racing to the end * Sunday Times bestselling author of The Widow *\u003cbr\u003eTerrific * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eI couldn't put it down * Sun *\u003cbr\u003eWeaver has become one of this country's most respected, bestselling crime writers, and he fully deserves to be . . . Catch him at once * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eThe rising star of British crime * Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of the DC Max Wolfe series *\u003cbr\u003eTim 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 *\u003cbr\u003eA dark, complex and visceral read * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eFans of Mo Hayder will be in seventh hell * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eThe story-telling is little short of brilliant * Crime Fiction Lover *\u003cbr\u003ePerfect plotting, great characterisation, and the kind of payoff that a thriller of this calibre deserves * Bookgeeks *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738955886935,"sku":"9781405912693","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405912693.jpg?v=1723812188","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chasing-the-dead-9781405912693","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}