Chasing the Dead
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141042435 (0141042435)
ASIN: 141042435
Publish date: April 1st 2010
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Series: David Raker (#1)
An Awesome ThrillerThis debut David Raker thriller by Tim Weaver is excellent. It's actually amazing. British thriller writing at it's best.It's real and gritty and you really get to know the main character really well. You get to feel him grow and change as the story progresses and the slow reveal ...
I picked this up after a recommendation from a friend, expecting to find another good,if not shiny new, addition to the crime fiction genre. I was wrong. The premise for the story is fairly straight forward - David Raker, ex journalist, has kind of fallen into the career of finding missing children....
This was Tim Weaver’s first novel. I came to it after reading a positive review of his third novel “Vanished”. I’m sure his is a name that will become prominent in British crime fiction.What I enjoyed most about “Chasing the Dead” was the strong sense of place, the willingness to confront the seedy ...