**IT WAS THE PERFECT DAY OUT . . .
UNTIL THEY NEVER CAME BACK.
AN EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT DAVID RAKER THRILLER FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING MASTER OF THE MISSING PERSON MYSTERY, TIM WEAVER**
RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK
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'Fiendishly serpentine and utterly compulsive' Louise Candlish
A beautiful summer day. A remote Dartmoor lake.
The Fowler family takes a boat out.
Mother Sarah stays on shore.
She looks away for one minute.
When she turns back the boat is empty . . .
Her family has vanished.
The police draw a blank.
Yet missing persons investigator
David Raker knows something isn't right.
He promises answers.
But his questions might put him in the path of a killer . . .
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READERS CAN'T PUT IT DOWN:
'So cleverly plotted' ***** Reader review
'A fabulous high octane thriller full of secrets and with a shocking climax' ***** Reader review
'One of the best books I have ever read' ***** Reader review
'There aren't enough superlatives to describe how good it is' ***** Reader review
'Kept me guessing right up to its perfectly executed final chapter' ***** Reader review
'Fiendishly well plotted' ***** Reader review
'Fiendishly serpentine and utterly compulsive' Louise Candlish
'These books are unputdownable. If you haven't yet met Raker, you're in for a treat' Mick Herron
PRAISE FOR TIM WEAVER
'Impossibly clever. Impossible to put down' CHRIS WHITAKER
'Corkscrew twists. Impossible to read without breaking into a sweat' THE TIMES
'The master of clever, unpredictable plots' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
Tim Weaver, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024
