Jane Harper – Page 3 – Cannonball Read 17

Twisty Turny, More Please! (Bingo – Orange)

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

September 19, 2020 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

Ah Reading. Love it, can’t seem to focus on it. Pandemic, amiright? Something about staring at the same walls all day, and the same computer, and then needing to stare at this computer more to do reviews just doesn’t jive. I’m getting caught up with 3 books that I read…in the past few months. 9 books behind on my Cannonball. What I’m saying is, it’s a bit dire. But what I’m ALSO saying, is here I am, trying anyway. Hip hooray.* *I started this draft […]

“The rumors were fed well and grew fat and solid. They sprouted legs and heads, and they never died.”

The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane Harper

July 30, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

I really liked this. Just a very solid murder mystery with good character work, and great atmosphere. Set in a small farming town in rural Australia, The Dry follows two murder cases, one from twenty years back when Aaron lived in the town with his father, and in present day as Aaron has come back to town for the first time to attend the funeral of his former best friend, Luke Hadler, who in addition to killing himself, also murdered his wife and small son, […]

Murder Mystery as a Family Study

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

December 29, 2019 by Jen K 1 Comment

While Jane Harper’s previous two novels have followed the same investigator, Falk, this is a stand alone novel about a family of ranchers in the Outback. Nathan Bright, Cameron and Bub Bright are three brothers, and Cameron now runs the old family homestead with Bub’s help. Nate left when he got married and tried to make it on his own land but it has been tough going – he’s divorced, only sees his son for the holidays, and his numbers are in the red. Nate […]

Corporate Team Building Plus Hiking? The Wooorst!

A Force of Nature by Jane Harper

November 25, 2019 by Jen K 2 Comments

Let’s be honest – corporate team building combined with hiking and camping? It’s enough to drive anyone to murder. Add the personality mixes of the group of women on the retreat and the domineering attitude of the missing woman, Alice, and it’s a recipe for disaster. Falk from Harper’s previous novel is back because Alice has been involved in a financial case he has been working, and it’s hard to tell if her disappearance is related to his case, due to other conflicts in her […]

What if you weren’t sure if your old friend murdered his entire family?

The Dry by Jane Harper

September 28, 2019 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

My sister gave me this book to read after she read the entire thing on our Christmas vacation at the end of last year in like two days. She loved it, and she wanted me to love it too. Unfortunately my to be read pile was waaaay too high, and it takes me a while to read “actual” books, so it took me a while to get to this book. Fortunately though, I read it in two days! It was really good. I liked the […]

CBR11Bingo: Far and Away

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

July 11, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

I have read a couple of Jane Harper’s novels (The Dry and Force of Nature, both of which I’d recommend) and what I love about them is the setting: her books take place in Australia (Far and Away!) but not in the cities — they’re set in tiny little towns in the Outback, a place so massive and wild and dangerous that it’s basically its own character. “Life out here is hard. We all try to get through the best way we can. But trust me, […]

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