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

HE SEARCHES FOR THE DISAPPEARED.


Missing persons investigator David Raker specializes in finding the lost. Whether dead or alive, he brings the truth home to the families left behind. But there''s one person he''s never been able to save.

NOW THEY MUST TRY TO FIND A KILLER.

Colm Healy was one of the Met''s best detectives - until the unsolved murders of a mother and her twin daughters consumed his career, his family and his life. Agreeing to work with Healy, Raker soon learns the hard way how this puzzle breeds obsession.

IT WILL COST THEM EVERYTHING.

Meanwhile, the killer watches, waits, and prepares to bury the truth forever. Because this was never just a murder. It was something far worse . . .


''A luminous example of what a considerable talent Weaver is. Catch him at once'' Daily Mail

''David Rake

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Weaver has become one of this country's most respected, bestselling crime writers, and he fully deserves to be . . . Written with elegance and craft, What Remains is a luminous example of what a talent Weaver is. Catch him at once * Daily Mail *
David Raker has joined a select band of fictional characters whose return in a new book excites existing fans and collects new ones . . . one of the most vibrant and unusual protagonists in modern crime fiction * Crime Fiction Lover *
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 *
I couldn't put it down * Sun *
Fans of Mo Hayder will be in seventh hell * Guardian *
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 *
Weaver's books get better each time - tense, complex, written with flair as well as care * Guardian *
Terrific * Sunday Times *
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 *
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 *

What Remains

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 22/10/2015
      ISBN13: 9781405913485, 978-1405913485
      ISBN10: 1405913487

      Description

      Book Synopsis

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

      HE SEARCHES FOR THE DISAPPEARED.


      Missing persons investigator David Raker specializes in finding the lost. Whether dead or alive, he brings the truth home to the families left behind. But there''s one person he''s never been able to save.

      NOW THEY MUST TRY TO FIND A KILLER.

      Colm Healy was one of the Met''s best detectives - until the unsolved murders of a mother and her twin daughters consumed his career, his family and his life. Agreeing to work with Healy, Raker soon learns the hard way how this puzzle breeds obsession.

      IT WILL COST THEM EVERYTHING.

      Meanwhile, the killer watches, waits, and prepares to bury the truth forever. Because this was never just a murder. It was something far worse . . .


      ''A luminous example of what a considerable talent Weaver is. Catch him at once'' Daily Mail

      ''David Rake

      Trade Review
      Weaver has become one of this country's most respected, bestselling crime writers, and he fully deserves to be . . . Written with elegance and craft, What Remains is a luminous example of what a talent Weaver is. Catch him at once * Daily Mail *
      David Raker has joined a select band of fictional characters whose return in a new book excites existing fans and collects new ones . . . one of the most vibrant and unusual protagonists in modern crime fiction * Crime Fiction Lover *
      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 *
      I couldn't put it down * Sun *
      Fans of Mo Hayder will be in seventh hell * Guardian *
      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 *
      Weaver's books get better each time - tense, complex, written with flair as well as care * Guardian *
      Terrific * Sunday Times *
      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 *
      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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