Never Coming Back, Tim Weaver
Never Coming Back, Tim Weaver
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Never Coming Back

Author: Tim Weaver

Narrator: David Bauckham

Unabridged: 14 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 07/03/2014

Synopsis

A bestseller in the UK, this gripping thriller of a family that vanishes into thin air is Tim Weaver’s American debut
 
Emily Kane arrives at her sister Carrie’s house to find the front door unlocked, dinner on the table, and the family nowhere to be found—Carrie, her husband, and two daughters have disappeared. When the police turn up no leads, Emily turns to her former boyfriend David Raker, a missing persons investigator, to track the family down. As Raker pursues the case, he discovers evidence of a sinister cover-up, decades in the making and with a long trail of bodies behind it.
 
Tim Weaver’s thrillers have been hugely popular in the UK, and now Never Coming Back will introduce his beloved character David Raker to American audiences. Set in Las Vegas and a small fishing village in England, the novel is a smart, fast-paced thriller sure to keep readers guessing until the very end.

About The Author

Tim Weaver has published three novels in the UK and has developed a successful career as a magazine journalist, writing about films, TV, sports, and technology. He lives near Bath, England with his wife and daughter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary

This is the 4th book in the David Raker series by author Tim Weaver. The character David Raker is known for finding missing people. In this novel we have a missing family, Paul Ling,his wife Carrie and their two daughters. Carrie's sister Emily contacts David Raker who she was once involved with and......more

Goodreads review by Valentina

For a thriller, this novel is short on thrills, I must say. Its pacing is too slow for the genre, leaving the reader bored through exposition passages that do little to enhance the story. The main character is a generic investigator. It would have been easy to swap him with any other detective from a......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

This is the first Tim Weaver book that I have read but not my first thriller – however, this is poles apart from any other thriller that I’ve ever read – this book is in the top tier of a whole league of its own - this, people, is a THRILLER!!! It should come with an advisory notice on the front cov......more

Goodreads review by Lynn

This is one of several novels featuring the character David Raker, which I didn’t realise before I read the book, and you know what? it doesn’t make one bit of difference, the book is a complete stand alone read. I’ve read a lot of crime novels and thought I had this sussed out from the beginning, bu......more

Quotes

A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE (UK)

"Weaver's books are unputdownable. If you haven't yet met Raker, your in for a treat." -- Nick Herron

"A dark, complex and visceral read" ― Financial 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

"Weaver has become one of this country's most respected, bestselling crime writers, and he fully deserves to be . . . Catch him at once" ― Daily Mail (London)

"I couldn't put it down" ― Sun (London)

"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

"A taut and thrilling novel, his best yet" ― Richard & Judy Book Club (UK)

Praise for Tim Weaver ― -

It had me racing to the end -- Fiona Barton ― Sunday Times bestselling author of The Widow

Terrific ― Sunday 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

Weaver's books get better each time - tense, complex, written with flair as well as care ― Guardian

The rising star of British crime -- Tony Parsons ― Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of the DC Max Wolfe series

Fans of Mo Hayder will be in seventh hell ― Guardian

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