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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RICHARD & JUDY THRILLER PICK NO ONE HOME

Straight-A student Megan Carver was an unlikely runaway. But six months on, she''s never been found.


Missing persons investigator David Raker knows what it''s like to grieve. He knows the shadowy world of the lost, too. So when he''s hired by Megan''s parents to find out what happened to her, he recognises their pain - but knows that the darkest secrets can be buried deep.

The more Raker digs, the more he realises everything is a lie. People close to Megan are dead. Others are too terrified to talk. And at the centre of it all is a place like no other.

They call it The Dead Tracks.

And there, Megan''s secrets could cost Raker his life . . .

From the bestselling author behind the chart-topping podcast Missing, this mystery is perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh''s I See You and Jo Nesbo''s The Thirst.

''Wea

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Weaver has delivered another cracking crime thriller * Daily Mail *
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 *
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 *
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 *
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 *
Weaver's books get better each time - tense, complex, written with flair as well as care * Guardian *
Terrific * Sunday Times *
A dark, complex and visceral read * Financial Times *
The story-telling is little short of brilliant * Crime Fiction Lover *
Perfect plotting, great characterisation, and the kind of payoff that a thriller of this calibre deserves * Bookgeeks *

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/02/2011
      ISBN13: 9781405912709, 978-1405912709
      ISBN10: 1405912707

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RICHARD & JUDY THRILLER PICK NO ONE HOME

      Straight-A student Megan Carver was an unlikely runaway. But six months on, she''s never been found.


      Missing persons investigator David Raker knows what it''s like to grieve. He knows the shadowy world of the lost, too. So when he''s hired by Megan''s parents to find out what happened to her, he recognises their pain - but knows that the darkest secrets can be buried deep.

      The more Raker digs, the more he realises everything is a lie. People close to Megan are dead. Others are too terrified to talk. And at the centre of it all is a place like no other.

      They call it The Dead Tracks.

      And there, Megan''s secrets could cost Raker his life . . .

      From the bestselling author behind the chart-topping podcast Missing, this mystery is perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh''s I See You and Jo Nesbo''s The Thirst.

      ''Wea

      Trade Review
      Weaver has delivered another cracking crime thriller * Daily Mail *
      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 *
      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 *
      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 *
      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 *
      Weaver's books get better each time - tense, complex, written with flair as well as care * Guardian *
      Terrific * Sunday Times *
      A dark, complex and visceral read * Financial Times *
      The story-telling is little short of brilliant * Crime Fiction Lover *
      Perfect plotting, great characterisation, and the kind of payoff that a thriller of this calibre deserves * Bookgeeks *

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