IT WAS THE PERFECT DAY OUT . . .

UNTIL THEY NEVER CAME BACK.

THE EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT DAVID RAKER THRILLER FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING MASTER OF THE MISSING PERSON MYSTERY, TIM WEAVER

RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK

'Fiendishly serpentine and utterly compulsive' Louise Candlish

A beautiful summer day. A remote Dartmoor lake.
The Fowler family takes a boat out.
Mother Sarah stays on shore.

She looks away for one minute.
When she turns back the boat is empty . . .
Her family has vanished.

The police draw a blank.
Yet missing persons investigator
David Raker knows something isn’t right.
He promises answers.
But his questions might put him in the path of a killer . . .

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PRAISE FOR THE MISSING FAMILY

‘A twisty adventure, a masterclass of plotting’ Literary Review

‘Raker and a race against time - is there a better basis for a book? Impossible to put down’ HOLLY WATT

‘Oh-so tantalising twisty’ Heat

Fiendishly serpentine and utterly compulsive – I am a huge fan of the Raker mysteries * LOUISE CANDLISH *
Raker and a race against time - is there a better basis for a book? This time, Raker is investigating a truly baffling missing person case, which seems to defy all logic. The book is impossible to put down, as Raker battles to answer disturbing questions * HOLLY WATT *
Dense, twisty adventure . . . a masterclass of plotting * Literary Review *
Oh-so tantalising twisty * Heat *
Praise for Tim Weaver * - *
Terrific * Sunday Times *
Thrilling * Richard & Judy Book Club *
Packed with twists * Daily Express *

Tim Weaver is the Sunday Times bestselling author of fifteen novels, including No One Home, The Blackbird and The Missing Family, as well as a short story collection. 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. A former journalist and magazine editor, he lives near Bath.