Waterstones No One Home
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Price: £9.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2020. 'The tenth in the terrific David Raker series - bliss!' - Lee Child. Nine neighbours gather for a dinner party. But by the next morning, they have all disappeared without a trace. No bodies, no evidence, no clues. Two and a half years later, it remains a mystery. Desperate for answers, the families of the missing turn to investigator David Raker. How did an entire village vanish overnight? And is he looking for nine missing people, or nine dead bodies?. Waterstones No One Home - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9781405939492
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ISBN: 9781405939492
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Author: Simon Hares SerialTrainer7 Ltd
Rating: 5
Review: NO SPOILERS HERE Reading a David Raker novel is like meeting up with an old friend after not seeing them for a year. Everything just falls back into step and the months just fold away. The skill of a great writer, in my humble opinion, is keep the reader familiar with what they have previously read, remind them of what the characters have been through and then find a way to get the reader to invest once more. Tim Weaver does just this, and it is the reason that his books work so well for me. No One Home felt like I was reading two books, and a generous amount of time is given over to second plot that is delivered using a clever time line that in turn brings the two stories together with a bang. Once again the writing was very dark and in places pretty unnerving stuff, which I personally love, the books zips along at a cracking pace and if you can read it in a short space of time, then you will be able to fully savour the twists and turn as it finds its way into your brain. It is always sad to end a Raker book and I very much look forward to his next adventure, I cannot recommend this book highly enough, and if you are new to his books, read them in order, you will be find yourself in the company of a character who could become a part of your reading life that like me you look forward to every year.
Author: Bristol Book Blogger ????????????
Rating: 3
Review: I enjoyed this book for the most part. At least for the first half. It was complex, had lots of subplots built in and around the main plot, lots of threads of past and present crimes related to the current investigation of a missing - I don't think village is the right word as it was just three houses - hamlet would be more appropriate. It was the premise of a group of 9 missing people that made me want to purchase this title, and a hefty tome it is, which I think is why I was disappointed with the ending. I felt I'd invested a lot of time into reading what is essentially ended quickly with little motive or realism. And there are several unanswered questions: why would a man who's daughter died and career folded rope his mate into helping him to fake his own death? How is Raker getting all these fake passports for dead people to enable his pal to alter his identity whenever he gets close to be outed for his current one? Why did the killer commit all these crimes just to cover two others he could have got away with if he'd just stopped killing as soon as he moved to the other country to which he travels to? How did the killer get a private plane (a Cessner for instance won't get further than the South of France before needing a refuel) across to a foreign country without getting stopped by the RAF (there are multiple air detectors surrounding the UK to prevent people entering or leaving the country illegally)? What country were they in? Why did Raker, a so-called renowned investigator keep ending up in situations that could lead him to get killed by meeting up with dubious people alone without telling anyone where he's going? It just felt a little long-winded for what resulted in a fairly cut and shut case. I liked Jo though, and felt her co-existing story added the character depth to the novel that allowed me to root for someone, which meant I wanted to know what happened to her, which I felt guilty for, because I didn't feel any connection to Raker, his mate Healy, or any of the missing persons he was investigating, I think because there was just so much going on it was difficult to concentrate let alone build any connection, or ultimately begin to care for people you never got close enough to understand. All in all, it's a good book, but I didn't find it very suspenseful or tense.
