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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 . . .
About the Author
Tim Weaver was born in 1977. At eighteen, he left school and started working in magazine journalism, and has since gone on to develop a successful career writing about films, TV, sport, games and technology. He is married with a young daughter, and lives near Bath. Chasing the Dead is his first novel.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book starts off well, with a great mystery, it's easy to read, intriguing and exciting. I'd read 200 pages before I knew it. Unfortunately, for me, the early promise of the story failed to deliver; it changed from an intriguing mystery to very far fetched and violent. It's not a bad book, just not what I expected, and there is a very good twist at the end that was most unexpected.
I liked the style of writing but found the subject matter a bit weird and unpleasant.
I liked the style of writing but found the subject matter a bit weird and unpleasant.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
David Raker finds missing people. His latest assignment is to find Alex, a young man who was killed in a car accident, but whose mother swears she's seen him alive.
It begins well and Weaver builds a creepy atmosphere but somewhere round about the middle of the book it all becomes an endless cycle of violent confrontations. David Raker quickly turns into Rambo able to withstand any amount of physical violence. I think the biggest problem here is that you just don't care about any of the characters, or what happens to them. They're like ghosts in fog. The revelations at the end were for me just too silly to have any impact. There is not much sense of time and place either. It's supposed to be Winter, but despite references to snow it could be the middle of summer. It feels as if the author lost his grip on his characters and what happens around them. Undistinguished and sadly forgettable. It seems there's another David Raker novel on the way, so maybe I'm missing something here.
It begins well and Weaver builds a creepy atmosphere but somewhere round about the middle of the book it all becomes an endless cycle of violent confrontations. David Raker quickly turns into Rambo able to withstand any amount of physical violence. I think the biggest problem here is that you just don't care about any of the characters, or what happens to them. They're like ghosts in fog. The revelations at the end were for me just too silly to have any impact. There is not much sense of time and place either. It's supposed to be Winter, but despite references to snow it could be the middle of summer. It feels as if the author lost his grip on his characters and what happens around them. Undistinguished and sadly forgettable. It seems there's another David Raker novel on the way, so maybe I'm missing something here.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Plot driven page turner but the denouement is disappointing and bordering on the ridiculous. Great for a long flight or train journey if killing time and distraction are your aims. Very little literary merit however - read James Lee Burke, Peter Temple or Ian Rankin for character driven, atmospheric prose.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Abysmal
One of the worst books I have read. The author thinks he is Simon Kernick, but he writes terrible, terrible stuff. Utterly abysmal.
Published 27 days ago by HandyGuy
Excellent start but then descended into a complete farce.
I was really looking forward to reading this book. I love a good crime-thriller novel I can really get absorbed in and the premise for this one sounded brilliant. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Nicola F (Nic)
5 Stars and the rest
I find it hard to understand why Tim Weaver has got anything below 5 stars. When it comes down to a book keeping me interested, well this did the trick. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Steve G
Totally uncaptivating!
I got this book from my local library (glad I didn't pay for it) based on the positive reviews here. Read more
Published 6 months ago by M. Gray
Fast paced, fantastic read!
Stumbled across this author by chance and so glad that I did! Fabulously fast paced thriller- has you hooked from the start and just gets better and better! Read more
Published 6 months ago by crimefan137
LOVED IT, YES ITS A ONE SITTING BOOK
I had this book on the must read shelf for some time and others kept jumping in front of it one night i relented and thought oh what a shame, im glad i did, its was very very good... Read more
Published 12 months ago by ginariva
Worth Every Penny
Chasing the Dead while starting out a bit dull leads on to be a very gripping story. Tim Weaver manages to grab hold of the reader and before you know it you are half way through... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Dylan Varian
Loved it
I couldnt put this book down, its was brilliant from start to finish, i cant wait for Tim`s next book, it was well written and easy to follow.... im definately a fan now.
Published 14 months ago by Vicki Hornby
Couldn't put it down
Brilliant thriller. I was totally immersed and just couldn't put it down. Impressive debut novel.
Published 19 months ago by David Maher Roberts
Crime thriller
Superb story line, can't help but wonder about the author though! Where does he get such scary thoughts from?
Published 21 months ago by Mob
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