Questa volta il caso coinvolgerà in prima persona David Reaker che, tre giorni dopo Natale, si troverà a dover contrastare una donna che dichiara di essere sua moglie Derryn, morta però di cancro otto anni prima. Un’indagine particolarmente difficile che porterà Reaker a dubitare anche di sé stesso perché quella donna, oltre a somigliarle moltissimo, conosce troppi dettagli intimi e privati della loro vita insieme.
Un’altra storia avvincente che mi ha conquistato e mi è piaciuta molto anche se forse si basa su alcuni presupposti di certo un po’ deboli e che, nella realtà, credo, avrebbero trovato certezza e definizione in maniera molto più veloce. Comunque tutto questo, per me, non ha tolto alcun mordente alla storia che merita di essere letta.
Un consiglio a chi vorrà leggere questi libri: seguite l’ordine di pubblicazione della serie perché anche se ogni storia è conclusiva e a sé stante, alcuni rimandi e le evoluzioni dei personaggi ricorrenti seguono una logica temporale e, a volte, sono complementari alle storie stesse. ( )

I would not start reading the David Raker series with this book -- start at the beginning of the series... and yet, this book looks back at the start and some of the history of the Raker series. I completely respect Tim Weaver's storytelling and I love that Raker is just a man trying to find missing persons -- not former military or a former cop. In fact, the character is a former journalist. You should definitely be reading this series, though this book is a bit different than all the others because instead of searching for a missing person/persons, Raker is faced with dealing with his decisions from the past and uncovering an odd character from his past. ( )

5 Stars
Arc Book Review
Release Date-17/5/18

I really loved You Were Gone (David Raker #9) like so much more than I was originally expecting, but had absolutely no bloody idea it was part of an ongoing series; no matter this can totally be read as a standalone no issues whatsoever.
So this was a mind-Eff of epic proportions and I couldn't put it down such an engrossing read this was.
This had me second guessing along with Raker everything I thought I knew to be true.
Could it be true? was David losing the threads of his very sanity? Who was this woman who claimed to be his wife? Where had she come from?
This had so many twists and turns throughout I felt lost in a maze with no clear exit.
So cleverly executed and with such finesse, this was a pleasure from start to finish.
Not my usual genre but so glad I stepped out of my comfort zone.
This will have you psychoanalysing and dissecting every actuality for hidden messages and meanings and when events eventually reached a conclusion I was seriously shocked at the identity of the puppet master himself.
This was a fabulous addictive Crime Mystery that was glued to my hand till the final curtain.
A complete surprise hit for me.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of "You Were Gone (David Raker #9)" of which I have reviewed voluntary.
All opinions expressed are entirely my own.



Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm.
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5 Stars
Arc Book Review
Release Date-17/5/18

I really loved You Were Gone (David Raker #9) like so much more than I was originally expecting, but had absolutely no bloody idea it was part of an ongoing series; no matter this can totally be read as a standalone no issues whatsoever.
So this was a mind-Eff of epic proportions and I couldn't put it down such an engrossing read this was.
This had me second guessing along with Raker everything I thought I knew to be true.
Could it be true? was David losing the threads of his very sanity? Who was this woman who claimed to be his wife? Where had she come from?
This had so many twists and turns throughout I felt lost in a maze with no clear exit.
So cleverly executed and with such finesse, this was a pleasure from start to finish.
Not my usual genre but so glad I stepped out of my comfort zone.
This will have you psychoanalysing and dissecting every actuality for hidden messages and meanings and when events eventually reached a conclusion I was seriously shocked at the identity of the puppet master himself.
This was a fabulous addictive Crime Mystery that was glued to my hand till the final curtain.
A complete surprise hit for me.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of "You Were Gone (David Raker #9)" of which I have reviewed voluntary.
All opinions expressed are entirely my own.



Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm.
https://www.facebook.com/beckiebookworm/
www.beckiebookworm.com ( )

I love the David Raker series by Tim Weaver and pre-order the books from England as soon as allowed. I have every single book and have loved them all. That being said, this last entry took me a while to get involved in the plot. Just after Christmas, a woman walks into police headquarters with only a piece of paper with missing persons investigator, David Raker on it. She tells the officers that Raker is her husband. Well, that is a problem since Raker's wife, Derrin died eight years ago. Since Raker has never recovered from his wife's death, he starts to think that he might be delusional and with what starts happening to him, we all start to wonder if he's delusional! Well, not really since I've been so invested in this series, I didn't believe much about this stranger who looks like his wife and acts like he had a breakdown but once I got past that and just kept reading, the story became very absorbing and I read until finished. While each of his previous books earned 5 stars from me, this still was a strong 4 star read and as always, I'm glad I read it. ( )