Tim Weaver (author)

Tim Weaver (born 13 July 1977) is an English writer primarily known for his crime thrillers featuring missing persons investigator David Raker. Prior to publication of his first book, Weaver was a video game journalist. He was a writer for Future plc magazines Super Play, Total!, N64 Magazine, Video Gamer, and Xbox World. He also appeared as co-host of YouTube show GTA V O'Clock. Weaver's debut crime thriller Chasing the Dead was released in February of 2010. The story introduced the character of David Raker. Raker is a former journalist, who gave up his career in newspapers to care for his wife after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The book begins twelve months after her death, centering on the mysterious reappearance of a man thought to have died in a car crash. His fourth book, Never Coming Back, is the first in the series to move entirely away from London, and is set in Devon and Las Vegas. On 28 August 2013, it was announced that Never Coming Back had been selected for the Richard and Judy Autumn 2013 Book Club.