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The Blackbird

The Blackbird

(David Raker Missing Persons 11)

Summary

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AN IMPOSSIBLE DISAPPEARANCE

Just before the crash, Cate and Aiden Gascoigne are recorded on CCTV. The couple are laughing, happy.

Then their car plunges into a ninety-foot ravine.

Within seconds, the vehicle is an inferno - and the Gascoignes are trapped inside. But when fire crews arrive, they find something impossible.

The vehicle is empty.

Cate and Aiden have vanished.

A NOTORIOUS MURDER

Missing persons investigator David Raker is hired by Cate's family to find out what happened.

But this is a mystery that won't easily give up its secrets.

As Raker links Cate and Aiden's disappearance to an unsolved thirty-year-old murder, he doesn't realise he's set something terrible in motion . . .

WHAT CONNECTS THEM IS TERRIFYING

. . . and it will bring him and his ally, former detective Colm Healy, into the crosshairs of a killer like no other.

Praise For The David Raker Series:

'Terrific' Sunday Times

'Packed with twists' Daily Express

'What a talent' Daily Mail

'Impressive' Guardian

© Tim Weaver 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Reviews

  • I much enjoyed Tim Weaver 's latest, The Blackbird. It's a fine addition to an excellent series
    Observer

About the author

Tim Weaver

Tim Weaver is the Sunday Times bestselling author of fifteen novels, including No One Home, The Blackbird and The Last Goodbye, and 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 with his wife and daughter.
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