The Blackbird: The heart-pounding Sunday Times bestseller and Richard & Judy book club pick (David Raker Missing Persons, 11)

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Grips like a vice and twists like a rollercoaster. Impossibly clever. Impossible to put down' CHRIS WHITAKER

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But the fire crews and forensic teams who expect to find the charred remains of a husband and wife find something else instead.There’s anther dogged missing persons investigator as protagonist in Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner. The master of clever, unpredictable plots. The Last Goodbye floored me with its perfectly executed twists and tense, original premise' CLAIRE DOUGLAS When Rebekah Murphy was three, her mother walked out and never returned. Nearly four decades on, Fiona Murphy is still missing. Until a letter arrives in the post, claiming to be from Fiona.

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They’re obviously dead – but when firefighters arrive at the scene the car is empty, the Gascoignes nowhere to be found. How did that happen and where are they? Taken on by Cate’s grieving family, these are two questions that Raker is determined to answer, but as his investigation progresses, more and more questions are about to cloud the issue further. Could this be the case that finally defeats this master of missing persons investigations? On the night Tom Brenner and his nine-year-old son Leo visit the Seven Peaks theme park, they head straight for the ghost house. They go in. But they don't come out. And with his closest ally under arrest and about to reveal some truths of his own, the danger to Raker is coming from all sides . . . In summary, the sinuous plot takes us through toe-curling and fist clenching violence scenes and we feel David Raker go through the normal vicissitudes of life as he grows. The mystery and suspense in the entire novel is awesome. Meanwhile, over in the wilds of Wales, Raker’s fugitive friend Colm Healy has problems of his own – someone is taking an interest in him, and that’s a big no-no for n ex-cop who must live his life under the radar. But he’s lonely and vulnerable, and could be about to make a huge mistake… As if Raker doesn’t have enough on his plate!