Wow, such an amazing book. So well written and kept me in suspense as to what was going on at The Brink.
Twists and turns throughout the book but the one at The Brink when David was up there really got me............. such a ohhhhhh wow, I didn't see that coming.

I am now on the lookout for more of Tim Weaver's books!

Richard Kite has Dissociative Amnesia when he asks David Raker to find out about his past as he can't remember how he got there? Who he is and where is he from? The only thing that he remembers that he lived near a beach and that he remembers a children's TV show. While investigating he founds out that he is linked to a woman who was murdered 2 years ago. The case leads him to a place called Sofia in the Empress islands.

I enjoyed this book, it was expertly written and it had a good original plot. Although it's the 8th in series for David Raker you can read it as a stand alone book. There was alot of twists and turns that will keep you guessing throughout the story.

This book had a lot of storylines going on. It got my interest at the beginning when a man enlisted the help of a private detective to find out who he was and where he came from.

This book was a little more than your regular thriller. The notion of waking up on a beach with no memories is an intriguing one and it was well managed by the author. At points, however, the plot did feel a little 'engineered' around the concept.

By the second half of the novel I was completely gripped and whizzed through to the denouement, which was satisfying.

Thanks Tim Weaver - a great read!

Gritty and tough story. I had no idea where it was going. Good characters and interactions .

I’m not sure if it was the writing style, the topic or both combined but I found that this book left me cold. It took me an unheard of 9 days to read 544 pages.

A young man wakes with no memory of who he is? Where he comes from or how he ended up bruised and beaten? He became known to the media as ‘The Lost Boy’ and was found to be suffering from dissociative amnesia. He names himself Richard Kite and in the end hires investigator David Raker to ‘find him’ by which he obviously means himself.
David’s journey to find who Richard is takes him on a voyage of over 7000 miles aboard a cruise liner to Sophia in the Empress Islands where he finds a much needed but unexpected ally.
This book has all the ingredients of being a cracking psychological thriller, bad guys, good guys, intrigue, mystery and murder the lot but it just misses the spot for me.

Reading for an honest review. Thank you Netgalley and Penguin

I had previously heard good things about author Tim Weaver but had never gotten round to reading one of his novels, so when I was offered this I thought it was a perfect opportunity.

The novel is about a man who wakes up bruised, beaten and with no memory of who he is or where he came from, the press immediately dub him 'The Lost Man'. Now ten months later the man who has assumed the name Richard Kite is desperate to find out who he is. Despite police investigations and newspaper appeals the truth remains buried with no one coming forward to help him.

Richard Kite approached private investigator David Raker who has an excellent reputation for locating missing people, however this is an odd case where the missing person is the one seeking the answers. When Raker starts to investigate it leaves him with more questions than answers, who is Richard Kite, why does no one know him and what links him to the body of a woman found beside a London railway line two years ago?

This is a well written novel with an intriguing plot, I feel this may be the first of many Tim Weaver books I read.

I would like to thank Net Galley and Penguin UK - Michael Joseph for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

Unlike so many current heroes of detective fiction David Raker isn't permanently drunk and when he gets beaten up in the course of his work it actually works and takes time to recover so I was delighted to get a copy of his latest adventure courtesy of netgalley. This case is different to his previous missing persons cases in that the missing person is suffering from amnesia so it's not him that's missing but every detail of his life before he was found injured by the sea. As Raker risks his life to hunt down the truth the reader is given another story told in flashbacks set In a very mysterious isolated community where residents are warned not to go behind a massive fence or something terrible will happen to them. An enjoyable read but as the plot progressed I found it pretty unbelievable so was ultimately disappointed.. Still given it 4 stars because I thin he's a really good character and enjoyed it until he began to get to the bottom of the mystery

The premise had me intrigued from the start. A man with little or no memory of who he is, where he's from, or what happened to him. Even with a wave of publicity behind him, and with his face splashed over the news and internet, nobody comes forward to fill in the blanks. What starts as a small town mystery, and one man's search for his own identity, grows into something far bigger. The opening few chapters were a little slow, but worth persevering as once it picks up pace, the momentum is great. Similarly, some of the characters take a little time to fully form, and grow on you, but once the do, you've got a good cast to carry the story forward.

Excellent story. Very well crafted. It drew me in and enmeshed me in its intricate web. I found myself eager to keep on reading; wanting to know what the secret was that was hiding at 'The Brink'. The storyline wasn't predictable and I was suitably shocked when all revelations were made. Didn't want to put this book down and can't wait to pick the next one up!

This is number 8 in the David Raker series, I have never read any of the others but it didnt feel like i was jumping in mid-series. The story follows Davids pursuit to help a young man who has no memory of his life. There are plenty of twists and turns to keep it interesting. All in all an enjoyable read.

This is the first Tim Weaver I have read and I found I am Missing an enjoyable read. Richard Kite has Dissociative Amnesia and hires David Raker to find out who he is. This story has lots of twist and turns and it kept me guessing.
I would like to thank NetGalley and Penguin UK for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

I am a Tim Weaver fan already and his 8th book still kept me enthralled. This book's twist is that Raker gets to meet the person he is hoping to find from the beginning. The research into his subjects is evident for all to read in the layers he constructs throughout his novels. His style of writing always makes me feel that I am beside Raker watching events unfurl. The frequent references to Raker's deceased wife also make his character more believable and human. Another most respectable crime read from Tim Weaver.

This was another brilliant read from Tim Weaver. The story began with Raker meeting a guy who had lost his memory and wanted help to find out who he was. Twists and turns later, Raker finds himself on the other side of the world trying to solve the mystery. Yet another book which I couldn't put down. Would thoroughly recommend. Thanks to Netgalley for preview copy.

Richard Kite is effectively missing. When waking up in a bad way outside a lifeboat station, he finds he is suffering from 'Dissociative Amnesia', He doesn't know who he really is, whether he has a family and knows nothing about his life. He enlists David Raker to find these facts out for him and what happens is something that Raker couldn't even have imagined.

I Am Missing is brilliantly written. I was on the edge of my seat, deeply engrossed, turning the pages hurriedly.

It's full of twists and is a very involving read; more than enough story to keep the reader guessing.

I loved the plot of 'finding' a missing person, Yes, it should be relatively easy to find someone, especially seeing as though Richards plight was front page news. Wouldn't someone would come forward and 'claim' him? But what this book does very cleverly is feed snippets of Richards past and bring them together in a brilliant surprise ending .I am tired of reading blurb on books promising a 'twisty' ending; one that will shock, only to find that it really doesn't and I had guessed it 100 pages earlier or worse, whilst reading the blurb on the back. This books ending doesn't disappoint. It is clever, different and brilliant.
Weaver crafts engrossing, believable characters. The story is brilliantly written, superbly plotted, engaging and suspenseful, I would highly recommend this book to either existing readers of Tim Weaver's books or as a great introduction to new readers. I have saturated my reading brain recently with books in this genre and started this book with a 'whatever' attitude. Fast forward to 3am and I was still reading it, unable to put it down, even though my eyes were closing!
I loved it. It has everything I love in a book: suspense, intrigue, mystery and grit. More please Mr Weaver!

This was a disappointing read, too many far fetched twists and turns. If I had not felt obliged to review the book for Netgalley I would not have completed reading the book.

The book has three stands to it. The main one is private investigator David Raker involved with a man who has lost his memory. He was found on a beach near a lifeboat station in Hampshire. He doesn't know how he got there, who he is or where he came from. Raker investigates. The second strand is a diary by a young girl who lives on an island in the south atlantic, with similar weather to the Falklands. The third strand is a travel book around the British isles. I have read a couple of the author's Raker novels and this one is equally good. He is a brilliant storyteller. Recommended. See my full review on the Euro-Crime website.

I liked the beginning and was intrigued by how the plot was unfolding and the setting of the island was quite atmospheric, but then it got boring - too much detecting on laptops, too much "telling"- third hand filling in of the story, too much hiding and chasing around. There were too many characters, none of them developed very well. Then the thing we all want to find out was not revealed until right at the end, This was annoying rather than tantalising and ultimately not very interesting. (spoiler) I also hate shootouts at the end. Overall, I thought this was a man's book, so not for me.

I have never read anything by Tim Weaver before, and after reading I am Missing thanks to NeyGalley I would definitely read other books by him.

I enjoyed the first half of the book (pre-ship) far better than the second, as I found myself getting confused and the plot not as easy to follow.

There were some major editing issues with the kindle copy I received from NetGalley, such as new paragraphs halfway through a sentence, hyphens in the middle of words were they weren't needed (such as imagin-ary) and random sections in red font. These did not affect my rating of the book, but are quite frustrating.

An well written mystery that kept me guessing until close to the end of the novel. Very unusual, and captivating in terms of storyline and settings.