By page 7 it’s already hooked its claws into you and will not fucking let go. Okay….spoiler territory beginning….stay alert!įrom page one this book tucks you into its chest and promises you a terrifying tale where everyone is a suspect and lies are running rampant through a small Australian farming town. In fact, it might be that someone murdered Luke and framed him. Aaron and his father left the town behind and never looked back.īut now that Aaron is back, he starts to realize this murder suicide may not be as simple as it seems. The two boys had a great childhood until their friend Ellie was found dead in the river. Luke and his family were struggling, their farm was failing, and he took the devastating route out.Īaron Falk, a police officer in Melbourne, comes home to the town he grew up in to attend the funeral of his childhood best friend Luke, and his murdered family. The official reasoning is murder suicide. The only one left alive is the baby, Charlotte. The husband, Luke is dead by suicide in the woods behind the house. The wife, Karen, lays dead in the hallway, her son Billy in his bedroom. One afternoon the Hadler family is shot dead. This small town is struggling and the townsfolk are feeling it.
The drought is destroying farms and killing cattle. Read the paragraphs below and then go buy the book (or borrow it from the library), then read it, then come yell at me about it. Here’s the premise, and then I’m diving into spoiler territory. Picture True Detective meets Broadchurch. But recently that cover spoke to me and so I picked it up.and quickly devoured the book in like three days. But lately I’ve been struggling to get into the genre because of it all seeming very similar.Įnter a library book sale, me picking up an intriguing cover, paying $2 and then letting it sit on my shelf for a year. And that’s not a slight at the genre, there’s some really good ones out there. Finds herself on some sort of transport and witnesses a murder. It’s a lot of the same plot - usually a white woman in her late twenties who is a journalist with a drinking problem. And honestly, current mystery thrillers are not for me. So no surprise to you, but I’m here to praise The Dry and ask you to join my church of Harper. I recently finished her debut novel, The Dry and immediately went to Chapters and purchased the second in the series (and the third).
Obviously, no one will take the place of Stephen King (or Sarah J Maas because I am fantasy trash) BUT….Jane Harper is up there now. YOU GUYS.big news! I have a new favorite author.
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