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Exiles (2022) is a crime novel by Australian writer Jane Harper. It was originally published by Pan Macmillan in Australia in 2022. [1] This novel is the third, and final, in the author's Aaron Falk series, following The Dry (2016) and Force of Nature (2017). [1]
Born in Manchester, England, Harper moved to Australia with her family when she was eight. There, she lived in the outer Melbourne suburb of Boronia, and eventually acquired Australian citizenship. As a teen, Harper returned to the UK with her family and resided in Hampshire. Later, she attended the University of Kent and studied English. After ...
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"The Lost Man" (Flatiron Books), by Jane Harper. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The Dry is the 2016 debut novel by Australian author Jane Harper. [1] [2] The book has won numerous international awards [3] [4] [5] and has sold more than one million copies worldwide. [6]
"At the grave of a long-dead stockman, hours from anywhere in the middle of the scorching Australian outback, lies a fresh corpse. A dust circle surrounds the grave's headstone, made by the desperate man as he tried to stay within its small shadow, but who lasted less than 24 hours in the fierce heat of an outback 'blasted smooth by a 100-year assault from sand, wind and sun'.
A woman who will soon give birth initially decided to honor her late friend through her baby's name — but she's now changed her mind, and needs to tell her friend's family.
She noted a number of traits found in the author's earlier works as "Harper deploys end-of-chapter hooks and narrative misdirections with aplomb. But with a style that is efficient at best (people never smile: instead, their mouths always 'lift at the corners'), Force of Nature begs for an internal dynamism. Perhaps Falk is the problem."