Review: Fall from Grace by Tim Weaver

A Mysterious Review of Fall from Grace by Tim Weaver. A David Raker Mystery.

Review summary: This is an exceptional mystery with as its foundation an intense but very likeable series lead. The storyline has many extraordinary and unexpected twists, keeping the reader on edge as the investigation into the missing man unfolds. A solid effort overall, and highly recommended. (Click here for text of full review.)

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Fall from Grace
Tim Weaver
A David Raker Mystery
Viking (July 2016)

Publisher synopsis: After decades of service, Leonard Franks has stepped down from the Metropolitan Police as a high-ranking detective in the Homicide and Serious Crime Command. He and his wife, Ellie, have retired to a farmhouse in the seclusion of the English countryside, far from the clamor of London. Everything goes just as they've imagined, until the night Leonard leaves the house to fetch firewood — and never returns.

With the police investigation at a dead end nine months later, Leonard's daughter, a detective herself, turns in desperation to David Raker, a missing persons investigator with a gift for finding the lost. But nothing can prepare Raker for what he's about to find — or for the devastating secret behind this disappearance. And by the time he realizes what it is, and how deep the lies go, he finds himself in serious danger — along with everyone he cares about.