Read this terrific thriller and find out. R eleased in 2016, Jane Harper’s debut novel, The Dry, evoked a sense of sundried desperation and El Nio-inspired unease that felt as familiar to many Australian readers as the book’s genre. Filled with intrigue, this well-written thriller will keep you guessing until the very end. What unfolds is an unsolved murder from twenty years previous as well as the story of the horrific death of a family. Not only for a funeral, he returns due to guilt caused by a note sent by the deceased’s father. A small town hides big secrets in The Dry, an atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper. Former, shunned resident, now a police officer, Aaron, returns for what he believes will be a twenty-four-hour visit to bury his friend and family. The desperation of the townsfolk is discernible. From that moment, the story unfolds in a rural community in the outback of Australia, suffering from a drought that has continued for two years, the land and the people in it soon to implode from the excessive heat and dry.Īlthough it is 2003, you could presume it to be the 1930’s in the middle of the depression with its lack of money and financial woes. But the quiet is suddenly shattered by the wails of little Charlotte, the sole survivor. Three corpses are waiting for someone to discover them. The opening scene is one of quiet, deadly quiet, nothing to be heard but the pulse of the flies. Jane Harper is the international bestselling author of The Dry, Force of Nature and The Lost Man. This is Jane’s first novel, and she grabs your attention right from the first page with her prologue. The narrator reads in a heavy Australian accent and I think half the fun of this story was just listening to his voice.

The dry by jane harper reviews