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When Alex Towne’s body is discovered a year after his disappearance, his mother, Mary, unnervingly reports seeing him alive a month earlier. Private investigator David Raker is asked to examine the case, despite his reluctance to tackle what seems to be a tragic mistake of mistaken identity. Haunted by his own loss, Raker digs deeper into Alex’s life and unearths a web of hidden truths and dangerous men who will stop at nothing to keep them buried. The investigation forces Raker to face dangers far greater than death itself, turning a presumed dead man’s story into a perilous quest for the truth.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Tim Weaver
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