PRE-ORDER THE NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF YOU WERE GONE'I was hooked from beginning to end. A dark, thrilling rollercoaster of a read that is not only unputdownable but has heart' Claire DouglasAt Halloween, the residents of Black Gale gather for a dinner party. As the only nine people living there, they've become close friends as well as neighbours.They eat, drink and laugh. They play games and take photographs. But those photographs will be the last record of any of them.Because by the next morning, the whole village has vanished.With no bodies, no evidence and no clues, the mystery of what happened at Black Gale remains unsolved two and a half years on. But then the families of the missing turn to investigator David Raker - and their obsession becomes his.What secrets were the neighbours keeping from their families - and from each other?Were they really everything they seemed to be?And is Raker looking for nine missing people - or nine dead bodies?Praise for Tim Weaver:'So many twists and surprises' Times'Impressive' Guardian'Terrific' Sunday Times'I couldn't put it down' Sun'It had me racing to the end' Fiona Barton'Packed with twists' Daily Express'Genuinely original' Gillian McAllister