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 four 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. He lives near Bath in the UK. Find out more about Tim and his writing at www.timweaverbooks.com.
So often, I find new authors through buying books when they’re in an offer. Such is the case with Tim Weaver and the David Raker series.
I picked up one of the later books in the series, only to realise my mistake once I was at home. Of course, what else could I do but buy those I was missing? So, I jumped in. With the first book I was tentative, as I wasn’t sure whether or not I would enjoy it (even though the ideas of the later books really pulled me in). In retrospect, it was a silly thought to have in my head.
Weaver has created a wonderful character and throughout the series we deal with so many different things. Without a doubt, the David Raker series is well worth a read.
Very easy books to get into, with a hero who stretches the the bound of what is believable only slightly. Well worth a read. I read them one after the other and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Inevitably (when reading a collection of stories about a unique character) one starts to see the different devices the author uses to make things different but (a very big but) Tim Weavers astonishing ability to tell a story makes you forget that you’ve noticed some over the machinery. The stories are brilliant I enjoyed each one and will, after a break, look at some ov his other works.