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You Were Gone

The gripping Sunday Times bestseller from the author of No One Home

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of You Were Gone by Tim Weaver, read by Joe Coen, Rachel Bavidge and Tom Burke.

Three days after Christmas, a woman walks into a police station. She has no phone and no ID, just a piece of paper with the name of investigator David Raker on it. She tells officers that Raker is her husband.

SHE SAYS SHE'S MY WIFE.

When he turns up at the station, Raker is stunned. The woman looks exactly like his wife. She knows all about their marriage, their history, even private conversations the two of them had. There's just one problem: Raker's wife has been dead for eight years.

MY WIFE DIED . . . DIDN'T SHE?

The woman tells the police that Raker had a breakdown. A respected doctor backs up her account. Items are missing that prove Raker's side of the story - and, worst of all, he soon becomes the prime suspect in a disappearance.

SHE'S EITHER A LIAR - OR I AM.

Could Raker have imagined their whole marriage? Is he delusional? Is this really the woman he loved and grieved for? Hunted by the police, Raker will have to find out the truth before it costs him everything - his memories, his sanity, his life . . .

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Critic reviews

His most serpentine and satisfying yet
Kept me guessing until the final page (Jane Corry)
Tense and twisty, with an emotional punch and an intriguing plot. It's gripping stuff (Karen Perry)
Weaver's David Raker series just keeps getting better. . .This is a page-turner of the highest order. If you're not already a Raker fan, you will be after reading this
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a good story in principle but it was overworked and long winded. it also didn't need to explain every detail of certain things.

long winded

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So well written and narrated. Characters easily identified and appropriate voices used. Ace. More of the same please.

Gripping

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Wasn't familiar with Tim Weaver's books. rectify that immediately. fantastic work with excellent narrator

excellent

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This is the first audiobook I have listened to by Tim Weaver, and I was thoroughly engaged throughout. I will definitely be reading some other material by him.

Loved the gripping storyline!

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The plot of this thriller is very clever and kept me guessing right up until the end. It is also read very well BUT.... A long novel is made even longer and weighed down by excessive repetition .A good editor could have tightened it and made a more thrilling story. Still worth listening too though if you are not short of time.

Intriguing but repetitious

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