you made a fool of death with your beauty summary

Best movies, best podcasts, best television, best books. “The answer is Giotto, he is my favorite.”

Recommended.“Who is the greatest Italian painter?” the titular character of Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie asks her students. Ultimately I thought this was an entertaining and satisfying crime book filled with suspense, threat and moments of genuine surprise. Throw in some emotional plotlines and this is a crime book which delves deeps into difficult subject matter. Raker is a likeable main character who the reader feels an immediate connection with, but the secondary characters from his past who still pop up to help (or hinder!) him give him real depth. There’s a few storylines at play, but it never feels overcrowded or swamped and this is due to the wonderful characterisation. This is a book of genuine intrigue, I really had no idea where it was going to go and loved that everything was a real surprise. Weaver seamlessly balances a cast of characters and backstories to build a narrative which is both compelling and engaging. I love a book written in a dual timeline and with different narrative voices and this one does it very well indeed. The plot is full of intrigue with numerous twists and turns, taking us from the seemingly impossible mystery of a missing couple to an unsolved cold case of three bodies found hidden in the sand dunes of a Northumberland beach. The Blackbird is a hugely enjoyable read and an absolute page turner. Something about the case pulls him in and he against his better judgement promises he will get answers for them. They contact David Raker, a Missing Persons Investigator and ask him to take on the case and intrigued he agrees. Two years on, Cate’s parents are desperate for news of what happened to their daughter and her husband. Cate and Aiden are absolutely nowhere to be seen.

But when the fire brigade and paramedics get there they are shocked to discover that the car is completely empty. Two witnesses who arrive at the scene shortly after call the emergency services, devastated to see the vehicle burst into flames but powerless to help. The car also seems to be running fine, but moments later the car plunges off the road, down a steep ravine, landing on its roof. Their car is spotted on CCTV and all seems to be completely normal, they’re laughing together and there certainly doesn’t seem to be any sign of disagreement between the two. It told of Cate and Aiden, an affluent couple in their thirties who are driving on a country road one January day. Having read one of the Raker books previously my interest was immediately piqued, but it was the extract itself, which contained the first 6 chapters of the book which had me hooked. In my goody bag I was lucky enough to receive an extract of The Blackbird the latest in the David Raker series of books by Tim Weaver. Back in February I attended Bay Tales, a book festival dedicated to crime writing, held in the coastal town of Whitley Bay.

You made a fool of death with your beauty summary