THE MISSING FAMILY BY TIM WEAVER
Hardback published by Michael Joseph 4th July 2024
ISBN 9780241586914
Pages 496
On a beautiful summer’s day, at a remote lake in the middle of Dartmoor, three members of the Fowler family take a dingy out onto the water, leaving mother Sarah at the shore. Less than sixty seconds later, she checks to see where they are. The boat is drifting in the middle of the lake. It’s empty. Sarah’ family have completely vanished. One killer! At the Skyline Casino in London, the security team have just made a headline grabbing arrest they’ve spotted and detained a man suspected of murdering a high roller. After locking him in one of their cells, the team station themselves outside and wait for police. But when the cops arrive, they find something impossible. The killer is no longer in the cell. Two detectives! David Raker is an expert at solving missing persons puzzles but these mysteries are unlike anything he’s ever seen. As he digs into the Fowlers his long time ally ex detective Colm Healy tries to get to the bottom of what happened at the casino. But the men are in danger. Because buried in the shadows of both cases, is a deadly secret that was never meant to come out.
MY REVIEW
Call me a big of Tim Weaver books, I’ve read four previously, The Missing Family is my fifth novel, and I can tell you there’s no stopping me, reading more of Tim Weaver’s novels. Can you imagine locking a killer up in a holding cell, until police arrive, with unlocking the holding cell to find the killer has completely vanished? After Ramis serving twenty five years in the Met, he is now a well respected member of security at Skyline Casino. He knows the basement well. Ramis his colleague Linkers, had recognised a suspect that had returned to play blackjack at the Skyline casino. Ramis who wasn’t on the shift ordered Linkers to lock the suspect up in the basement. Thames Valley Police are at the casino to take away the suspect. When Ramis unlocks the holding cell, Ramis is dumbstruck, to find the cell empty. The killer has vanished. On a warm September day, in the peaks of Dartmoor, the five members of Fowler family, Marc, Kyle, Clara, Sarah and two year old Mable are going to have a nice row out in a dinghy, as it’s doesn’t have a motor. While Clara, Marc and Kyle take a sail out in lake, Sarah and two year Mable will sit and wait for them to come back. Unfortunately Sarah falls asleep, luckily Mabel didn’t come to any danger, but when she looks out into the lake the dinghy is empty. Her husband, her son, and his girlfriend were gone. Now the question wasn’t only how. It was why? Devon and Cornwall police were called at the scene. But are they convinced of what she saw? I must admit it does look and sound a bit strange, how they all just completely vanished. Tim Weaver Will keep his readers utterly glued to piece together these mysteries.
Tim Weaver is the Sunday Times Top 3 bestselling author of the David Raker missing persons series, the standalone thriller, Missing Pieces, and the novella collection, The Shadow at the Door. His novels have been selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club three times, and his work has been nominated for a National Book Award and the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. He is currently developing an original TV drama with the team behind Line of Duty. A former journalist and magazine editor, he lives near Bath with his wife and daughter. Find out more about Tim and his writing at www.timweaverbooks.com https://www.instagram.com/timweaverbooks https://www.Twitter.com/TimWeaverBooks
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