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The Lost Women

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The Raker novels just keep getting better. Weaver’s novel is a masterclass in thriller-writing. THE LOST WOMEN is nail-biting, clever and superbly written. The characters leap off the page; their stories will raise your blood pressure and might break your heart. There’s also a risk of whiplash from the breakneck plotting and a risk of shock at the ending. Outstanding.

The master of clever, unpredictable plots

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Frankenstein

ONE DAY AGO… 
Following a car accident, Preston Stewart goes in for surgery on his face. But when the bandages are removed, his wife Ellie knows something is wrong. It’s not her husband. 
16 YEARS AGO… 
Zauna Roy’s older brother Marco went missing when she was ten. Years later she begins looking into his disappearance with documentary makers, Anna and Sydney. A month later, the three women have vanished into thin air.... 
NOW… 
When missing persons investigator David Raker looks into the case of Preston Stewart, he links it to the three missing women. Soon, a more sinister connection emerges that will reunite him with someone from his past...

**PRE-ORDER THE HEART-STOPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING MASTER OF THE MISSING PERSON MYSTERY** 
 
'Weaver's books are unputdownable. If you haven't yet met Raker, you're in for a treat' MICK HERRON 
'What a talent' DAILY MAIL 
 
THE WOMEN WHO DISAPPEARED 
Before he was a missing persons investigator, David Raker was a journalist – and there's one story that still haunts him. The Lost Women. 
Eighteen years ago, on the Cornish coast, three women were filming a documentary about a missing student…until they vanished too. 
With no bodies and no leads, the disappearances remain unsolved. 
 
THE PATIENT WHO VANISHED 
Today, Raker is hired to crack an impossible mystery. Following a car accident, Preston Stewart has surgery on his face. The operation is a success. 
But when the dressings are removed, Preston's wife realises something is very wrong. 
The man under the bandages is not her husband. 
 
THE CLOCK IS TICKING 
Raker and his ally, former detective Colm Healy, begin digging into Preston’s disappearance – and discover a horrifying connection to the lost women. 
But there’s something even worse. 
The men only have 48 hours to solve both cases – or everything that matters to them and everyone they love is in danger… 
 
PRAISE FOR TIM WEAVER 
 
'Impossibly clever. Impossible to put down' CHRIS WHITAKER 
'Corkscrew twists. Impossible to read without breaking into a sweat' THE TIMES 
'The master of clever, unpredictable plots' CLAIRE DOUGLAS

THE WOMEN WHO DISAPPEARED 
Before he was a missing persons investigator, David Raker was a journalist – and there's one story that still haunts him. The Lost Women. 
Eighteen years ago, on the Cornish coast, three women were filming a documentary about a missing student…until they vanished too. 
With no bodies and no leads, the disappearances remain unsolved. 
 
THE PATIENT WHO VANISHED 
Today, Raker is hired to crack an impossible mystery. Following a car accident, Preston Stewart has surgery on his face. The operation is a success. 
But when the dressings are removed, Preston's wife realises something is very wrong. 
The man under the bandages is not her husband. 
 
THE CLOCK IS TICKING 
Raker and his ally, former detective Colm Healy, begin digging into Preston’s disappearance – and discover a horrifying connection to the lost women. 
But there’s something even worse. 
The men only have 48 hours to solve both cases – or everything that matters to them and everyone they love is in danger…

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.

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