Cannonball Read 18

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Hell Hath No Fury

Force of Nature by Jane Harper

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A group of five men and five women set off on a corporate-sponsored hike through an Australian forest. The men emerge successfully three days later, happy to be done with it, to return to the hotel and its bar, but the women fail to appear. When they do, they are one person short: Alice Russell is missing. Detective Aaron Falk and his partner Carmen set off to investigate because Alice Russell is the whistleblower in their latest case. They soon discover that the women’s stories […]

Gone, but not forgotten

Exiles by Jane Harper

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On a warm spring night, during a busy festival in South Australia’s wine region, a six week old baby sleeps in her pram. Her mother is nowhere to be seen.  A year on, Kim Gillespie is still nowhere to be found. Investigator Aaron Falk, who works for Australia’s financial crimes department, heads down to old friends for the baptism of their young son, but as he meets their extended group of relatives, friends and acquaintances, he starts to be drawn into the mystery. It can […]

“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

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**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 […]

“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

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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, […]



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