David Raker Missing Persons Series by Tim Weaver 6 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set
Chasing the Dead
The Dead Tracks
Vanished
Never Coming Back
Fall From Grace
What Remains

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9789124316518
Publisher: Penguin

Overview
The David Raker Missing Persons Series brings together the first six novels of Tim Weaver's Sunday Times bestselling crime series in one brand-new paperback set. Private investigator David Raker specializes in finding people who have vanished without a trace, tracking the missing through London's shadowed streets and the wider British countryside. Each novel stands alone as a complete case, yet together they build a rich, recurring world of grief, deception, and dogged pursuit. Fans of tightly plotted, emotionally driven crime fiction will find this collection a rewarding introduction to one of modern crime writing's most compelling investigators.

About the Books
This six-book collection opens with Chasing the Dead, the novel that introduced David Raker and established the series' hallmark blend of procedural detail and raw human stakes. From there, Weaver builds outward with The Dead Tracks, Vanished, Never Coming Back, Fall From Grace, and What Remains, each book presenting Raker with a new case of someone who has slipped from the world without explanation. A mother who refuses to believe her son is truly dead, a young woman who disappears from a London street, a man who steps onto a Tube train and is never seen again, a family that vanishes mid-meal, a missing police officer with a dangerous past, and a decades-old cold case that resurfaces to threaten the present — every entry reflects Weaver's fascination with the ripple effects of loss on the people left behind. Raker is not a conventional detective; he is a former journalist turned private investigator, driven by his own history with grief, and his methodical, empathetic approach gives the series its emotional depth alongside its suspense. Read in order or as standalone mysteries, these six novels showcase a writer steadily refining his craft, moving from a strong debut toward the assured, propulsive storytelling that has made the David Raker series a mainstay of contemporary British crime fiction. Whether you read the set in order or dip in book by book, this collection offers a consistent, atmospheric reading experience for anyone drawn to layered mysteries and a detective worth following for the long haul.

Key Benefits

• Includes the first six David Raker novels together in one brand-new paperback set
• Each title is a complete, standalone mystery that can be read in any order
• Written by Tim Weaver, the Sunday Times bestselling author of the David Raker series
• Perfect for fans of gritty, character-driven crime thrillers and slow-burn suspense
• A great gift for crime fiction readers, birthdays, or holiday stocking stuffers
• Compact paperback format makes the set easy to shelve, travel with, or pass along

Book-by-Book Guide
Chasing the Dead — A grieving mother's refusal to accept her son's death pulls David Raker into a case built on years of buried lies.
The Dead Tracks — The disappearance of a young woman leads Raker toward secrets connected to a wooded site with a dark and violent history.
Vanished — A man steps onto a London Underground train and disappears without a trace, leaving Raker to untangle a carefully engineered vanishing.
Never Coming Back — A family vanishes from their home mid-meal, and Raker uncovers a case with roots stretching back decades.
Fall From Grace — Raker searches for a missing former Metropolitan Police officer whose disappearance is tangled up in a dangerous past.
What Remains — A cold case resurfaces when Raker is called back to investigate a killing thought long since solved.

About the Author
Tim Weaver is an English author born in Bath in 1977, best known for creating the David Raker Missing Persons series. Before turning to fiction, Weaver worked as a journalist, an experience that informs the procedural detail and investigative pacing found throughout his novels. His books have earned a UK National Book Award nomination and a CWA Dagger in the Library shortlisting, and the David Raker series has become an internationally bestselling and Sunday Times bestselling body of work. Weaver continues to expand Raker's story with new installments, alongside his true-crime podcast, Missing.

Why You'll Love This Collection
Six gripping mysteries, one investigator, and endless twists make this collection ideal for long weekends, holiday travel, or building out a crime fiction shelf. Whether it's a birthday gift for a thriller fan or a stocking stuffer for the reader who devours a book a week, this set delivers six atmospheric, page-turning cases in one convenient paperback bundle.

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