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Chasing the Dead

David Raker, Book 1

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Chasing the Dead

By: Tim Weaver
Narrated by: Lee Ingleby, Joe Coen
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Brought to you by Penguin.

THE DEBUT THRILLER IN THE BESTSELLING DAVID RAKER MISSING PERSONS SERIES, PERFECT FOR FANS OF MO HAYDER, LINWOOD BARCLAY AND MICHAEL CONNELLY

One year ago, Alex Towne's body was found.
One month ago, his mother saw him on the street.
One week ago, David Raker agreed to look for him.
Now he wishes he hadn't.

Mary 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.

Big mistake.

For 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.

Soon Raker will discover that there are things far worse than death . . .

©2017 Tim Weaver (P)2017 Penguin Audio Crime Thrillers Psychological Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Scary Suspense

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Initially I found it a little difficult to get into this book, however perseverance was well worth it. The story twists and turns effectively and characters return unexpectedly throughout the book. The subject matter, evil alternative religion, is nasty and I really didn't see the final twist coming. Recommended

Unusual but very well written book

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This is the first Raker novel, but bot the one I started with, and in all honesty I'm not sure I would have become hooked if I had started here. This story feels more 'horror' in parts than other novels on the series. it's a good story towards the end, but didn't hook me as other Tim Weaver/ Raker novels have.
I read You Were Gone first, followed by husband most recent Raker novels before going back to the start fot this. Honestly I would advise anyone to start with You Were Gone....the back story relating to Raker's wife is covered very quickly at the start of this book, so there isn't really a spoiler....and for my money it's the boom to get you hooked. On Audible it also has great narration. The narration on this one is really good as far as I am concerned.

Good but glad I didn't start my Raker journey here

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Keeping the story in suspense till the end. The violence is not always believable, could do with less.

Unputdownable.

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I have already read all of the David Raker series and now reading them again. Joe Coen becomes David Raker and with clever writing from Tim Weaver, draws you in to the story and making you want more.

Thank you

Fantastic Writer and Narrator!

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Bought as a later book in the series was on offer and caught my interest, but really disappointed.

Narration was good, but the plot was ridiculous, and not even a James bond exciting kind of ridiculous.

There are so many better stories out there.

Won’t be reading another

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Quite a unique take on a mystery. Raker is looking for missing people. His character is developed well. The story is great, and I enjoyed the twist at the end. The narrator was good. Looking forward to the next in the series.

Good first book of a series

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This story was drab and the narration monotone. The plot dragged on and was implausible at times. Cold blooded killers kill they don’t muck around so you escape again and again. I managed to get to the end for the twist and the rapid wrapping up but quite honestly I don’t know how I managed it.

A dull story

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I enjoyed the first two thirds of this book, but then the plot became ever more improbable and the dialogue totally unbelievable. If I hadn’t reached so far through the book, I would have returned it.
Fortunately I had already read the second book in the series, so I haven’t been totally put off.

Started off well...

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fair to average listen, didn't like parts of the narration, has a nice plot twist, on an overall average book

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Tim Weaver has been on my radar for a little while now and I'm glad I followed up the recommendation. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will definitely go on to read/listen to more in this series.

4 stars

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