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It was great to be reading the 11th David Raker book by Tim Weaver. I thought that the opening was excellent. A car crash that no one could have survived, so where are the bodies? Two witnesses were there within a couple of minutes of it happening and saw no one emerge from the car and there are no bodies in the burnt out car. The book follows Raker's investigation into their disappearance on behalf of the family. Otterson, Joe (January 25, 2021). "Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser to Star in Apple Series Adaptation of 'In With the Devil' ". Variety . Retrieved March 26, 2021. James "Jimmy" Keene has turned to a life of crime until he is arrested as part of a wider sting called Operation Snowplow. Once a promising young football star who was offered several college football scholarships; instead he decided to stay in the Chicago area to be close to his thriving business. He accepted a plea deal he believed to be five years, released with parole after four years. But in the conspiracy he was enhanced with possession of a number of illegally held firearms and was sentenced to ten years without parole.
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Overall and for me this is classic Weaver/Raker stuff. It's very well written and has a pace that kept me with it all along. I do love the "impossible mysteries" that Weaver sets for Raker to solve. This is probably one of the better ones too as far as I'm concerned. It's good to see Healy around again as well as some of the other smaller part characters from previous books. The presence of "old friends" is always good! It seems possible to me that Raker will have gained some new friends for the future too perhaps. I do have a minor reservation with an aspect of the plot here however I dislike spoilers and, taking the book overall, it was a small matter. Fans should be very happy with this latest outing for Raker - it was good to be reading one of his stories again.
Two and a half years later, with still no answers to the mystery, Cate’s parents hire David to discover what really happened to their daughter and son-in-law. His investigations soon start pointing to another unsolved case from 30 years ago: that of three murdered young women whose bodies were buried in the sand dunes off the Northumbrian coast. a b "Film and TV Projects Going Into Production – In with the Devil". Variety Insight. Archived from the original on March 26, 2021 . Retrieved March 26, 2021. Moreau, Jordan; Schneider, Michael (July 12, 2023). "Emmys 2023: The Complete Nominations List". Variety . Retrieved July 13, 2023. Meanwhile, over in the wilds of Wales, Raker’s fugitive friend Colm Healy has problems of his own – someone is taking an interest in him, and that’s a big no-no for n ex-cop who must live his life under the radar. 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!
Nordyke, Kimberly (January 10, 2023). "Golden Globes: Full List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023 . Retrieved January 11, 2023. Fans of this series know Raker to be a dogged and intuitive investigator, who will single-mindedly burrow away at the case in hand until he begins to find answers, but this time he hits dead end after dead end. Wherever the Gascoignes went, someone out there doesn’t want them found. And then there’s the mystery of the two witnesses to the crash, who both gave suspiciously word perfect descriptions of what happened, and seem to have unusual changes of character afterwards. As the death toll rises, Raker flounders in the dark. In 1993, Wabash resident Larry Hall is brought in for questioning as a suspect in the murder of an underage girl. Local police describe him as a harmless serial confessor, but detective Brian Miller manages to coax out of him that he has dreams about murdering women. In 1996, charming drug and arms dealer James "Jimmy" Keene, is arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison without bail. Seven months into his sentence, he is approached by FBI agent Lauren McCauley and offered a deal for a clean start with lesser sentence and completely clean record: he will transfer into a facility for the criminally insane in Springfield, befriend Larry, and convince him to admit to killing fourteen women, having only been convicted of two murders, which he is trying to get overturned. Jimmy initially rejects the deal, but after his father James has a stroke caused by the stress of his son's incarceration, he starts studying Larry's case file in hopes of being the inmate selected to befriend him. I love a good mystery and this book certainly delivers. Told from the first person, David Raker (our investigator). We, the readers are flung into situation that doesn’t make any sense and has no plausible leads to follow up. How/why did Cate and Aiden’s car end up at the bottom of a ravine and where are their bodies?
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