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Jane Harper Remains a Must-Buy

The Exiles by Jane Harper

December 29, 2022 by thegirlwhogotoverit Leave a Comment

It’s been a while since I read The Dry, Jane Harper’s first Aaron Falk novel. I feel like he is a kinder, gentler Falk in this novel – although my memory could be faulty, and his circumstances are certainly a lot less.. button-pushy this time round. In the past, I have struggled with cultural cringe when reading Australian fiction. Turns out, I just wasn’t reading GOOD Australian fiction – Jane Harper, Chris Hammer and a few others are certainly overcoming The Cringe with really compelling […]

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 […]

Tom Howard on “We think that it is better not to be sentient. Imagine how hard that would be, to actually have to think about things all the time.”Poor Ollie! But I can't wait to read this, too. My TBR pile grows and grows.
Tom Howard on A nostalgic, charming rompWyverary! That's great. I wish there were more Ozish books.
Tom Howard on I’m just gonna gush effusively for a couple hundred wordsCan't wait to read it.
KimMiE" on CBR15 Bingo-Week 12 Check-inAlso, I love all the Hobbit/Birthday love!
KimMiE" on CBR15 Bingo-Week 12 Check-inHi, I believe as of yesterday I should have 18 squares and 3 bingos (top row horizontal, row 3 vertical, row 5 vertical). I think...

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