Цикл книг «Дэвид Рейкер» — 10 книг

It starts out as a sad but hopeless case of mistaken identity. A year after the death of her son Alex, Mary Towne is convinced she's seen him alive - and she wants missing persons investigator David Raker to find him. Reluctant at first, but haunted by a loss of his own, Raker eventually agrees.
But as Alex's life begins to reveal itself, Raker discovers it wasn't the innocent one his mother believed. Buried in Alex's past are dark, dangerous secrets that were never meant to be found - and a sinister group of killers willing to protect them, whatever the cost.

It starts out as a sad but hopeless case of mistaken identity. A year after the death of her son Alex, Mary Towne is convinced she's seen him alive - and she wants missing persons…

Seventeen-year-old Megan Carver was an unlikely runaway. A straight-A student from a happy home, she studied hard and rarely got into trouble. 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, he recognizes their pain - but knows that the darkest secrets can be buried deep.
And Megan's secrets could cost him his life.
Because as Raker investigates her disappearance, he realizes everything is a lie. People close to her are dead. Others are too terrified to talk. And soon the conspiracy of silence leads Raker towards a forest on the edge of the city. A place with a horrifying history - which was once the hunting ground for a brutal, twisted serial killer.

Seventeen-year-old Megan Carver was an unlikely runaway. A straight-A student from a happy home, she studied hard and rarely got into trouble. Six months on, she's never been…

For millions of Londoners, the morning of 16 December is just like any other. But not for Sam Wren. An hour after leaving home, he gets on to a Tube train - and never gets off again. No eyewitnesses. No trace of him on security cameras. Six months later, he's still missing.
Out of options and desperate for answers, Sam's wife Julia hires David Raker to track him down. Raker has made a career out of finding the lost. He knows how they think. And in missing person cases, the only certainty is that everyone has something to hide.
But in this case the secrets go deeper than anyone imagined.
For, as Raker Starts to suspect that even the police are lying to him, someone is watching. Someone who knows what happened on the Tube that day. And with Raker in his sights, he'll do anything to keep Sam's secrets to himself...

For millions of Londoners, the morning of 16 December is just like any other. But not for Sam Wren. An hour after leaving home, he gets on to a Tube train - and never gets off…

It was supposed to be the start of a big night out. But when Emily Kane arrives at her sister Carrie's house, she finds the front door unlocked and no one inside. Dinner's cooking, the TV's on. Carrie, her husband and their two daughters are gone.
When the police draw a blank, Emily turns to investigator David Raker. He's made a career out of finding missing people. He knows how they think. But it's clear someone doesn't want this family found.
As he gets closer to the truth, Raker begins to unravel a sinister cover-up, spanning decades and costing countless lives. And worse, in trying to find the missing family, he might just have made himself the next target...

It was supposed to be the start of a big night out. But when Emily Kane arrives at her sister Carrie's house, she finds the front door unlocked and no one inside. Dinner's…

Fall From Grace is the latest missing persons case in the bestselling David Raker series by Tim Weaver. No Goodbye - When Leonard Franks and his wife Ellie leave London for their dream retirement in the seclusion of Dartmoor, everything seems perfect. But then their new life is shattered. Leonard heads outside to fetch firewood from the back of the house - and never returns. No Trace - Nine months later, with the police investigation at a dead end, Leonard's family turn to David Raker - a missing persons investigator with a gift for finding the lost. But nothing can prepare Raker for what he's about to uncover. Nowhere to hide Because, at the heart of this disappearance lies a devastating secret. And by the time Raker realises what it is, and how deep the lies go, it's not just him in danger - it's everyone he cares about. Praise for Tim Weaver: "I couldn't put it down". (Sun). "His books get better each time - tense, complex, sometimes horrific, written with flair as well as care". (Guardian). "Weaver has delivered another cracking crime thriller". (Daily Mail). Tim Weaver is the bestselling author of the David Raker missing persons series. His fourth novel, Never Coming Back, was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club, and his work has also been nominated for a National Book Award. A former journalist and magazine editor, he lives near Bath with his wife and daughter.

Fall From Grace is the latest missing persons case in the bestselling David Raker series by Tim Weaver. No Goodbye - When Leonard Franks and his wife Ellie leave London for their…

Nierozwiązana sprawa przeradza się w obsesję.
Są tragedie, które nie dają o sobie zapomnieć…
To śledztwo złamałoby każdego detektywa. Trafiło na Colma Healy’ego, jednego z najlepszych. Niewyjaśniona zagadka morderstwa matki i dwóch córek, bliźniaczek, kosztowała go wszystko. Karierę i rodzinę. Całe jego życie. Dlaczego ktoś dokonał tak przerażającej zbrodni? Ta sprawa stała się jego obsesją. Mordercy nie znaleziono.
David Raker to jedyny człowiek, który jeszcze go nie opuścił. Ostatni przyjaciel, specjalista od spraw beznadziejnych. Jest mistrzem w szukaniu tych, których inni nie potrafią znaleźć. Tylko on rozumie Colma. Wie, że jedyna droga, aby mu pomóc, to rozwiązać tę mroczną zagadkę.
Nie wiedzą, co ich czeka.
Gdy wspólnie wznawiają śledztwo, okazuje się, że obsesja przestaje być wyłącznie problemem Colma… Raker i Colm odkryją prawdziwe przyczyny tragedii, której korzenie sięgają wiele lat wstecz. Ale by to zrobić, będą musieli poświęcić wszystko, co dla nich najważniejsze…
David Raker – były dziennikarz, który rzuca pracę, by zaopiekować się śmiertelnie chorą żoną. Nie udaje mu się jej uratować. Zostaje za to prywatnym detektywem. Mistrzem w swoim fachu, potrafiącym znaleźć każdego. Odważnym. Bezkompromisowym. Skutecznym.

Nierozwiązana sprawa przeradza się w obsesję.
Są tragedie, które nie dają o sobie zapomnieć…
To śledztwo złamałoby każdego detektywa. Trafiło na Colma Healy’ego, jednego z…

A woman drives to a secluded beauty spot on the Somerset coast. CCTV watches her enter but doesn't see her leaving. In fact, Lynda Korin is never seen again.

How can someone just disappear?

Her sister calls missing persons investigator David Raker. For him, the mystery of where she went is only the start. The real question is why a woman with no reason to run would choose to leave her entire life behind.

Was it her decision? Or did someone make it for her?

Raker is an expert at following the ecnoes оf decades-old lies. But only Lynda Korin knows the most shocking secret of all - and she's missing, presumed dead...

A woman drives to a secluded beauty spot on the Somerset coast. CCTV watches her enter but doesn't see her leaving. In fact, Lynda Korin is never seen again.

How can someone…

When a young man wakes up bruised and beaten, with no memory of who he is or where he came from, the press immediately dub him 'The Lost Man'. Naming himself Richard Kite, he spends the next ten months desperately trying to find out who he is. But despite media appeals and the efforts of the police, no one knows him. Richard's last hope may be private investigator David Raker - a seasoned locator of missing people. But Raker has more questions than answers. Who is Richard Kite?Why does no one know him?And what links him to the body of a woman found beside a London railway line two years ago?Could Richard be responsible for her death - or is he next?

When a young man wakes up bruised and beaten, with no memory of who he is or where he came from, the press immediately dub him 'The Lost Man'. Naming himself Richard Kite, he…

Three days after Christmas, a woman walks into a police station. She has no phone and no ID, just a piece of paper with the name of investigator David Raker on it. She tells officers that Raker is her husband. SHE SAYS SHE'S MY WIFE. When he turns up at the station, Raker is stunned. The woman looks exactly like his wife. She knows all about their marriage, their history, even private conversations the two of them had. There's just one problem: Raker's wife has been dead for eight years. MY WIFE DIED . . . DIDN'T SHE?The woman tells the police that Raker had a breakdown. A respected doctor backs up her account. Items are missing that prove Raker's side of the story - and, worst of all, he soon becomes the prime suspect in a disappearance. SHE'S EITHER A LIAR - OR I AM. Could Raker have imagined their whole marriage? Is he delusional? Is this really the woman he loved and grieved for? Hunted by the police, Raker will have to find out the truth before it costs him everything - his memories, his sanity, his life . . .

Three days after Christmas, a woman walks into a police station. She has no phone and no ID, just a piece of paper with the name of investigator David Raker on it. She tells…

But by the next morning, they had disappeared without a trace.

No bodies. No evidence. No clues.

Two and a half years later, it remains a mystery. Desperate for answers, the families of the missing turn to investigator David Raker.

But by the next morning, they had disappeared without a trace.

No bodies. No evidence. No clues.

Two and a half years later, it remains a mystery. Desperate for answers, the…