A superb twisty crime thriller - writing at its very best. Will keep you on the edge of your seat and guessing right up to the end' 5***** Reader Review Nordyke, Kimberly (January 15, 2023). "Critics Choice Awards: Full List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023 . Retrieved January 16, 2023. The guard cuts off Jimmy's phone calls, preventing him from getting the money, and Jimmy notices the guard telling prisoners what his true "identity" is Terrified that he may soon be killed, he coaxes Larry into admitting he abducted, raped and murdered an underage girl. At the same time, Larry makes foreboding comments towards his therapist, which she summarizes as him trying to project Jimmy's more confident attitude. McCauley and Miller search for the body of the girl Larry confessed to Jimmy that he murdered, and find that he gave the victim's mountain bike to another underage girl he was attracted to. In 1993, Wabash resident Larry Hall is brought in for questioning as a suspect in the murder of an underage girl. Local police describe him as a harmless serial confessor, but detective Brian Miller manages to coax out of him that he has dreams about murdering women. In 1996, charming drug and arms dealer James "Jimmy" Keene, is arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison without bail. Seven months into his sentence, he is approached by FBI agent Lauren McCauley and offered a deal for a clean start with lesser sentence and completely clean record: he will transfer into a facility for the criminally insane in Springfield, befriend Larry, and convince him to admit to killing fourteen women, having only been convicted of two murders, which he is trying to get overturned. Jimmy initially rejects the deal, but after his father James has a stroke caused by the stress of his son's incarceration, he starts studying Larry's case file in hopes of being the inmate selected to befriend him. Petski, Denise (April 29, 2021). "Greg Kinnear & Sepideh Moafi Join Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser & Ray Liotta In Apple's 'In With The Devil' Limited Series". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved April 29, 2021.

Mr Weaver does not disappoint in his writing, how he can come up with such a mixture of distinctive storylines and unique characters is literally amazing and the sign of a very talented and imaginative author. In searching for the pair David Raker comes across an old cold case of thirty years ago where bodies of young women turn up in sand dunes on a beach. What is the connection between them and the couple that has disappeared? Raker soon finds out.There’s anther dogged missing persons investigator as protagonist in Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner. It was great to be reading the 11th David Raker book by Tim Weaver. I thought that the opening was excellent. A car crash that no one could have survived, so where are the bodies? Two witnesses were there within a couple of minutes of it happening and saw no one emerge from the car and there are no bodies in the burnt out car. The book follows Raker's investigation into their disappearance on behalf of the family. This thrilling read has kept me guessing from the moment I started reading. The style in which Weaver writes has this wonderful eb and flow that just draws you in but the speed at which events unfold is relentless so be prepared, you need to sit up and pay attention. Overall and for me this is classic Weaver/Raker stuff. It's very well written and has a pace that kept me with it all along. I do love the "impossible mysteries" that Weaver sets for Raker to solve. This is probably one of the better ones too as far as I'm concerned. It's good to see Healy around again as well as some of the other smaller part characters from previous books. The presence of "old friends" is always good! It seems possible to me that Raker will have gained some new friends for the future too perhaps. I do have a minor reservation with an aspect of the plot here however I dislike spoilers and, taking the book overall, it was a small matter. Fans should be very happy with this latest outing for Raker - it was good to be reading one of his stories again. Nordyke, Kimberly (January 10, 2023). "Golden Globes: Full List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023 . Retrieved January 11, 2023.

I love a good mystery and this book certainly delivers. Told from the first person, David Raker (our investigator). We, the readers are flung into situation that doesn’t make any sense and has no plausible leads to follow up. How/why did Cate and Aiden’s car end up at the bottom of a ravine and where are their bodies?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! Tim Weaver is the bestselling author of the David Raker missing persons series and the standalone thriller, Missing Pieces. His novels have twice been selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club, and his work has been nominated for a National Book Award. Lang, Brent; Shafer, Ellise (February 26, 2023). "SAG Awards 2023: Everything Everywhere All at Once Dominates, Abbott Elementary and The White Lotus Win Top TV Prizes". Variety. Archived from the original on February 27, 2023 . Retrieved February 27, 2023. Briefly - Classic Raker/Weaver so the 4.5/5 is happily rounded up. Loved the ending and laughed aloud...

EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2022 TV Series Competition Line-up!". EnergaCAMERIMAGE. October 19, 2022 . Retrieved December 10, 2022. Running alongside this major question mark are a past event 30 years ago, a situation with one of Raker’s friends/ex colleagues and for a further twist, the investigation into The Dune Murders. Needless to says there’s are loads of twists, thousands of turns and SO many seemingly unrelated characters and storylines that you’d have to be a absolute genius to figure this one out! Couple Cate and Aiden are happily married when their car crashes down a ravine. But when the emergency services get there, there are no where to be found. 2 years later they still haven’t been found by the police. The family ask missing person investigator David Raker to take up the case. Greg Kinnear as Brian Miller, a police detective from Wabash investigating Larry's missing murder victims CCTV footage captures Cate and Aiden Gascoigne driving home seconds before their car plunges into a ravine and explodes.

James "Jimmy" Keene has turned to a life of crime until he is arrested as part of a wider sting called Operation Snowplow. Once a promising young football star who was offered several college football scholarships; instead he decided to stay in the Chicago area to be close to his thriving business. He accepted a plea deal he believed to be five years, released with parole after four years. But in the conspiracy he was enhanced with possession of a number of illegally held firearms and was sentenced to ten years without parole. Paul Walter Hauser as Larry Hall, a convicted serial killer and rapist accused of murdering 14 women Production for the series began in New Orleans in April 2021. [7] Reception [ edit ] Critical response [ edit ] So often the endings of book generally are maybe not quite there. I had some doubts about this one at one point. However I found myself laughing aloud at the end - my thanks to the author for the ending! Otterson, Joe (January 25, 2021). "Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser to Star in Apple Series Adaptation of 'In With the Devil' ". Variety . Retrieved March 26, 2021.