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An excellent, atmospheric Australian mystery and family drama.

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

September 16, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is my favorite of Jane Harper’s four books. The setting is outrageous, and such a good place for something like this to go down, even more so because it’s a real place in the actual world and not, like, an alien planet or something. This is some ‘the year 2133 on Mars’ kind of shit, except it’s now and it’s Australia. I just couldn’t get over how they all live on this giant plot of land as big as my state, and our main […]

Corporate teambuilding retreat goes terribly wrong

Force of Nature by Jane Harper

July 30, 2021 by Merryn Leave a Comment

CBRbingo: Landscape Sense of place is Jane Harper’s trademark as an author, and this is no exception. In her sequel to The Dry she takes forensic accountant Aaron Falk well out of his element, into Victoria’s dense’ly forested high country. A corporate teambuilding exercise has gone terribly wrong. Four women make it to the rendesvouz point half a day late, exhausted, hungry, injured. Abrasive Alice is missing. “In the chaos, in the night, it was impossible to say which of the four has asked after Alice’s […]

“Somewhere, beneath the howl of the wind and the groan of the trees, Falk thought he could almost hear a death knell toll.” #CBRBINGO – The Wilds

Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2) by Jane Harper

July 8, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 16/30 This is the third book I’ve read by Jane Harper, Australian mystery and crime writer, and she is turning out to be an incredibly consistent storyteller. I didn’t find this as personally engaging as The Dry, I’m pretty sure because this one (which also features Aaron Falk) didn’t have as personal of stakes, but it was still super solid. A creepy almost survivalist mystery, set in the Australian bush, a little unique because for most of the novel […]

Atmospheric seaside mystery.

The Survivors by Jane Harper

February 22, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

I received a free ARC of The Survivors from Macmillan in exchange for an honest review. Getting this review in just under the wire! US pub date is tomorrow, 2/2/21*. And y’all should check this out! If mysteries and crime books are your thing. This is my second Jane Harper book. Previously, I’ve read The Dry and also have her sequel to that book and her other standalone, The Lost Man on my TBR. Just judging by the two books of hers I’ve read now, […]

Moved too slow for me

The Dry by Jane Harper

January 19, 2021 by lowercasesee Leave a Comment

I tend to be a speed reader to a fault – I know I miss stuff – but there are some audiobooks that really drive home why I am the way I am. Even at 1.25x speed, this one dragged. I did the last third or so at 1.5x which veered into chipmunk territory but it was necessary just to drag me to the finish line. It did not help matters that I google-spoiled the mystery for myself. Whoops? The book is set in drought-ridden, small-town Australia […]

Submerged secrets

The Survivors by Jane Harper

November 10, 2020 by Merryn Leave a Comment

The sea at Evelyn Bay washes over the Survivors, the rising and falling tide measured against the bronze bodies commemorating those who survived the long ago wreck of the Mary Minerva. They were designed to be permanently visible from the cliff and sea, and tall enough to never be fully submerged. But Kieran is haunted by the day twelve years ago when the Survivors were gone, the day two men drowned and a young girl disappeared. He’s not the only one. Kieran has returned to […]

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