There’s anther dogged missing persons investigator as protagonist in Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner. To read more about the site or if you want a graphic to link to us, see the about page for more details. If you’re a fan of golden age detective stories, than mark 6 June on the calendar – it’s the date when Dean Street Press is reissuing 10 titles by much overlooked early 20th century crime novelistAlice Campbell. He is also the host and producer of the chart-topping Missing podcast and is currently developing an original TV series with the team behind Line of Duty.

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The fire crew arrives soon after expecting to find their bodies but they are faced with an impossible scenario. Just like in Chasing The Dead, Megan’s secrets are not to be disclosed, and they can actually cost Raker’s life. Ten seconds before their car plunged into a 90-foot ravine, Cate and Aiden Gascoigne are recorded on CCTV, laughing and joking and without a care in the world. We think All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby is going to storm up the bestseller lists in both the UK and the US, and everywhere else too.David Raker thrillers have a lot in common with most of Linwood Barclay’s and Michael Connelly’s works, Michael Marshall Smith’s “The Straw Men” and Mo Hayder’s “Gone”. Over the years, there’s been a veritable dawn chorus of crime fiction novels featuring birds in their title. I found myself eking out my reading time, desperately trying to make the experience last that teeny bit longer.

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And what might the mysterious ‘dunes’, overheard by Georgia in a hurried phone conversation, have to do with it?But he’s lonely and vulnerable, and could be about to make a huge mistake… As if Raker doesn’t have enough on his plate! If you’re coming to the series cold, however, it really isn’t the place to start your acquaintance with Raker. Alex had gone missing six years before this story is told, and five years later his corpse is found in a car wreck. However, Tim Weaver’s Never Coming Back seems to be loved by many people, if its selection for the Richard and Judy Book club is anything to go by. Anyone who has read The Blackbird, the previous book in Tim Weaver’s series, will know that its finale left David Raker in a precarious place.