Tim Weaver (born 13 July 1977) is an English writer primarily known for his crime thrillers featuring missing persons investigator David Raker.

The book begins twelve months after her death, centering on the mysterious reappearance of a man thought to have died in a car crash.

"[12] In October 2013, Weaver contributed a short story entitled Disconnection to #YouDunnit, a joint venture between Penguin and Specsavers.

[13] The major themes of the story – including the victim, crime scene location, and central character – were crowdsourced on Twitter.

[15] In September 2015, Weaver wrote and presented an eight-part podcast series called Missing, looking into how and why people disappear.