Chasing the Dead: 1 (David Raker Mystery)

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I came to Joe Schrieber by way of "Death Troopers," one of my favorite Star Wars novels (and one of the two genuine horror novels in the franchise). But I also know him from "Red Harvest," which is one of the worst Star Wars novels I have ever read. So, I came into this book well aware that Joe has a range to his writing. Having two Detective Superintendents is just not the norm; it's not how it works. But she is vital, she is good at her job and Spencer respects that and because she comes from another unit she brings something else to the table, which is useful – she's not just occupying space. It was quite jovial – lots of jokes from Trevor Eve. It was a very funny day. The mood was light. We got down to the work, did what we had to do. It was strange, when you come to the end of something like that.

One of my favourite stunts was in series four when I had to chase a bus across Hammersmith Bridge. We spent all day filming and I was sprinting full pelt all day. I was completely smashed the next day. One of the things I took away from him – more than the factual information – was how they cope with all the grimness. He said humour. He said you'd be surprised when you go down to investigate the situation. You might see some terrible sights but you have to share a joke with your colleagues. The only way to offset the grimness and the bleakness is to laugh, otherwise you go mad. Your perspective of the world will become totally warped. So, throughout the series there has been a lot of humour peppered, which is vital because it's so real. The rising star of British crime * Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of the DC Max Wolfe series *A stranger has kidnapped Sue's daughter, Veda. But he doesn't want her money, only her suffering-and he will kill Veda if Sue doesn't follow his every command. With detailed instructions, the faceless abductor leads Sue into a blinding snowstorm on the longest night of the year, to a place she has not traveled to since childhood. The voice on the other end of the line somehow knows Sue's deepest, most chilling secret-an ominous incident from her past, buried long ago...

David Raker, a former journalist and now a missing persons investigator, who is still mourning for the loss of his beloved wife, is asked to look into disappearance and mysterious death of Alex Towne. During the investigation David bumped into much bigger mystery than just a disappearance and thereby put his life in acute danger. You have a very lovely little girl," breathed the voice on the phone. And just like that, Susan Young is drawn into a living nightmare. Three days after Christmas, a woman walks into a police station. She has no phone and no ID, just a piece of paper with the name of investigator David Raker on it. She tells officers that Raker is her husband. When he turns up at the station, Raker is stunned. The woman looks exactly like his wife. She knows all about their marriage, their history, even private conversations the two of them had. There’s just one problem: Raker’s wife has been dead for eight years. Illegal and overfishing seriously threaten the global food supply and long-term recoverable health of the planet’s oceans, but short-term profit motives have unsurprisingly won out. It’s “not unlike the petrochemical industry – they knew for decades about global warming; they didn’t tell anybody. It wasn’t in their interest to tell anybody,” Benjamin told the Guardian. “The fishing industry knows that they’re collapsing this bounty.” Weaver's books get better each time - tense, complex . . . written with flair as well as care' Guardian

Chasing the Dead is a bit of a grab bag. It starts off with an appropriately mysterious meeting between a pair of children, moves to a busy mother's innocuous day that we know is leading to trouble, and then begins a fast-paced thriller chase that keeps inching up the scare factor.

Tim Weaver writes books so meticulously researched that the reader is educated as well as entertained, enthralled and intrigued * Sunday Times bestselling author of Lying in Wait *ABOUT THIS BOOK: It starts out as a sad but hopeless case of mistaken identity. A year after the death of her son Alex, Mary Towne is convinced she's seen him alive - and wants missing persons investigator David Raker to find him. Reluctant at first, but haunted by a loss of his own, Raker eventually agrees.