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Sunday, September 6, 2020

Review: The Dry

Title:
The Dry
Author: Jane Harper

Publisher: 28th February 2017 by Pan Macmillan Australia

Pages: 352 pages

How I Read It: ARC book

Genre: fiction, mystery, contemporary, suspense

My Rating: 5 crowns


Synopsis:


A small town hides big secrets in this atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper.

In the grip of the worst drought in a century, the farming community of Kiewarra is facing life and death choices daily when three members of a local family are found brutally slain.

Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk reluctantly returns to his hometown for the funeral of his childhood friend, loath to face the townsfolk who turned their backs on him twenty years earlier.

But as questions mount, Falk is forced to probe deeper into the deaths of the Hadler family. Because Falk and Luke Hadler shared a secret. A secret Falk thought was long buried. A secret Luke's death now threatens to bring to the surface in this small Australian town, as old wounds bleed into new ones.

My Thoughts


“To look out and see not another soul between you and the horizon could be a strange and disturbing sight.”


What a bonus to read Jane Harper's debut, The Dry. So much praise is lavished on this 2017 book and I can see why. Set in a small outback country town, an astonishing murder mystery takes place and thus ensues an incredibly compelling and atmospheric tale. This book has won awards and film rights have been snapped up by Reese Witherspoon. 


The story is clever: lead character Aaron Falk returns home to attend the funeral of his boyhood friend. The town is reeling from the murders/suicide. Yet his police instincts tell him that all may not be as it seems. As in all murder mysteries there will be twists and baggage from the past to complicate things and keep you guessing to the very end.


The writing here is top quality as it is so evocative. You will feel the heat, the ‘dry’ and you will be swept away with the twists and turns as the character development is rich and complex. Truly an incredible debut for a crime writer. Do yourself a favour and return to where it all began for Jane Harper and read this well crafted, quality Australian fiction. 


“Death rarely changes how we feel about someone. Heightens it, more often than not.”






This review is based on a complimentary copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. The quoted material may have changed in the final release.


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