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An excellent, atmospheric Australian mystery and family drama.

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

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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 […]

Murder Mystery as a Family Study

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

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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 […]

Gonna ride til I can’t no more

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

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I didn’t think it was a good idea to start in on another mystery after falling so hard for The Dime, fearing that anything would suffer in comparison, but my library loan was expiring soon so I jumped into The Lost Man and hoped for the best. Turns out it was the best one two punch combo ever. They both have a western kind of feel and are slow burns. The Lost Man takes place in the same universe as Jane Harper’s wonderful Aaron Falk […]



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