DAVID RAKER #7
"Tim Weaver's series about missing persons investigator David Raker has steadily confirmed his place in Brit noir's premier league, with his assured handling of intriguing plots and characters of genuine humanity… In the seventh, BROKEN
HEART, Weaver moves up a notch. Terrific…" –– SUNDAY TIMES BUY YOUR COPY HERE |
A woman drives out to a secluded beauty spot on the Somerset coast. She leaves her purse and her mobile phone inside the car, tosses her keys into nearby scrub – and vanishes. She’s caught on CCTV entering the car park, but never leaves. No trace of Lynda Korin is ever found. How can someone just disappear?
Missing persons investigator David Raker is hired by Lynda’s sister to find the answer, but for him the mystery of where she went is only the start. The real question is why a woman in perfect health, with no problems, no debts and no reason to run, would leave her entire life behind. Was it a decision she made herself? Or did someone make it for her? The search will take Raker into Lynda’s marriage to a long-dead film director and to the echoes of old lies. But only Lynda knows the most shocking secret of all – and she’s missing, presumed dead… |