The Raker

The Raker

Author: Andrew Sinclair

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781939140753

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A newspaper obituarist's passion for life is rekindled when he becomes obsessed with a beautiful actress. Then he meets her protector, the sinister John Purefoy, nicknamed "the raker."


RAKER

RAKER

Author: Christopher A. Gray

Publisher: Sunbow Press

Published: 2014-09-12

Total Pages: 39

ISBN-13: 1926433017

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RAKER 1. noun Remote Armed Kinesthetic Engagement & Reconnaissance android, used primarily by Fire Departments and Police Departments in the United States. RAKERs are deployed for rescue, bomb disposal, and other tasks which are deemed too dangerous for humans. Some models are being manufactured for the armed forces to serve as offensive battlefield weapons. Christopher A. Gray’s RAKER follows an incident one evening when Dr. Norman Stravinsky sends his RAKER android out to deliver a sensitive file to a colleague. When it encounters a crime in progress, the android must decide whether to interrupt its primary duties as bodyguard to Stravinsky in order to prevent the crime from continuing. The decision results in a confrontation between itself and the Seattle Police Department. Keywords: Robot, Android, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Police Corruption, Military conflict, Robot vs. Man


Broken Heart

Broken Heart

Author: Tim Weaver

Publisher: Michael Joseph

Published: 2016-07

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9780718181802

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"A woman drives to a beautiful headland overlooking the Devon coast. She is never seen again, and no trace of where she went can be found. The woman's sister calls missing persons investigator David Raker. As Raker tries to find her whereabouts - fearing the worst - he learns that she was recently widowed from a reclusive film director. It seems that, going through her husband's belongings, she found a secret so dark and shocking that it forced her to leave her entire life behind. Chasing the truth will consume Raker and place him in grave danger . . ."


No One Home

No One Home

Author: Tim Weaver

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2019-05-16

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1405939508

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THE LATEST SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB THRILLER PICK FROM THE AUTHOR OF YOU WERE GONE Nine neighbours gather for a dinner party. But by the next morning, they had disappeared without a trace. No bodies. No evidence. No clues. Two and a half years later, it remains a mystery. Desperate for answers, the families of the missing turn to investigator David Raker. How did an entire village vanish overnight? And is he looking for nine missing people, or nine dead bodies? 'The terrific David Raker series - bliss!' LEE CHILD 'I was hooked from beginning to end. A dark, thrilling rollercoaster of a read that is not only unputdownable but has heart' Claire Douglas 'From the moment I read the intriguing premise for this book, I couldn't wait to dive in - and I wasn't disappointed. A clever and original plot, expertly executed' Rachel Abbott Praise for Tim Weaver: 'So many twists and surprises' Times 'Impressive' Guardian 'I couldn't put it down' Sun 'It had me racing to the end' Fiona Barton 'Genuinely original' Gillian McAllister


The Dead Tracks

The Dead Tracks

Author: Tim Weaver

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016-09-06

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1101993332

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Missing persons investigator David Raker’s search for a teenage girl leads him toward a site haunted by a dark history—book two of Tim Weaver’s international bestselling mystery series Seventeen-year-old Megan Carver was an unlikely runaway. A straight-A student from a happy home, she studied hard and rarely got into trouble. Yet six months on, she still hasn’t been found. Missing persons investigator David Raker knows what it’s like to grieve. He knows the shadowy world of the lost, too. So when he’s hired by Megan’s parents to find out what happened, he recognizes their pain—but knows that the darkest secrets can be buried deep. And Megan’s secrets could cost him his life. Raker’s investigation takes him through a confounding string of surprises and deceptions. People close to Megan turn up dead. Others remain too terrified to talk. And soon the conspiracy of silence leads Raker towards a forest on the edge of the city. A place with a horrifying past as the hunting ground for a twisted serial killer. A place known as the Dead Tracks. . . .


Never Coming Back

Never Coming Back

Author: Tim Weaver

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-07-03

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 0698154436

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A bestseller in the UK, this gripping thriller of a family that vanishes into thin air is Tim Weaver’s American debut Emily Kane arrives at her sister Carrie’s house to find the front door unlocked, dinner on the table, and the family nowhere to be found—Carrie, her husband, and two daughters have disappeared. When the police turn up no leads, Emily turns to her former boyfriend David Raker, a missing persons investigator, to track the family down. As Raker pursues the case, he discovers evidence of a sinister cover-up, decades in the making and with a long trail of bodies behind it. Tim Weaver’s thrillers have been hugely popular in the UK, and now Never Coming Back will introduce his beloved character David Raker to American audiences. Set in Las Vegas and a small fishing village in England, the novel is a smart, fast-paced thriller sure to keep readers guessing until the very end.


English-Hindi, Hindi-English

English-Hindi, Hindi-English

Author: Joseph W. Raker

Publisher: Hippocrene Books

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 852

ISBN-13: 9780781804707

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This comprehensive dictionary features a useful guide to transliteration and is ideal for students or travellers.