The Dry
Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Thrillers & True Crime, Crime & Thrillers | Hardback Published on: 12/01/2017
£12.99
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Fantastic
What a fantastic read!
Falk has returned back to his hometown kiewarra - a small rural town in Austrailia, to attend the funeral of his childhood best fri... READ MORE
"This, unquestionably, was a million horrific miles from the best of times.”
I don't read many thrillers - give me a book filled with spaceships or dragons any day! - but I picked up The Dry after a colleague finished it in one sitt... READ MORE
Australian crime could be the new Scandi Noir
Every so often a book comes along that everyone talks about, but it tends to end up a bit of a love it/hate it situation. With The Dry, I'm yet to find som... READ MORE
The perfect mix of psychological thriller and police procedural
I was astounded at the brilliance of The Dry. I wasn't sure it was going to be the book for me- I'm a huge crime and thriller fan, but I have never read an... READ MORE
An excellent thriller to read in one sitting.
I loved this book as it has so many twists and turns. Based in a small Australian town which has had no rain for 2 years Jane Harper has managed to make yo... READ MORE
One of my favourite books of 2017
The Dry is a really exciting thriller. The intriguing whodunit keeps readers on the edge of their seats.
Set in a small dying, drought-ridden Australian Aa... READ MORE
The perfect crime novel - atmospheric and utterly engaging
An absolute tour de force from Harper - I devoured this book in just two hours, neglecting everything so I could race through it to the end. From the dry, ... READ MORE
Riveting!
Now let me admit, I rarely pick up a 'thriller' and wasn't expecting this to be my cup of tea at all! However, with a week off work and not a cloud in the ... READ MORE
An atmospheric thriller
I really enjoyed this novel.
It is atmospheric, setting the small Australian town up perfectly, and is thoroughly gripping with characters you'll care abou... READ MORE
Synopsis
It wasn’t as though the farm hadn’t seen death before, and the blowflies didn’t discriminate. To them there was little difference between a carcass and a corpse.
Who really killed the Hadler family?
In the small town of Kiewarra, it hasn’t rained for two years. Swept up in the worst drought to ravage Australia in a century, the town crackles with seething malice and unvoiced grudges. Tensions in the community are at breaking point when three members of the Hadler family are suddenly brutally murdered.
Everyone thinks Luke Hadler, who committed suicide after slaughtering his wife and six-year-old son, is guilty, but is he just an easy scapegoat? Policeman Aaron Falk returns to the town of his youth for the funeral of his childhood best friend, and is unwillingly drawn into the investigation.
As questions mount and suspicion spreads through the town, Falk is forced to confront the community that rejected him twenty years earlier. Because Falk and Luke Hadler shared a secret, one which Luke's death threatens to unearth. And as Falk probes deeper into the killings, secrets from his past and why he left home bubble to the surface as he questions the truth of his friend's crime.
'One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read' - David Baldacci
'A compulsive read' - Kate Hamer, bestselling author of The Girl in the Red Coat
'A cracking good read' - Laura McBride, author of We Are Called to Rise
‘Jane Harper creates an atmosphere of simmering tension right from the off.’ – The Evening Standard
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- ISBN: 9781408708170
- Number of pages: 352
- Weight: 602g
- Dimensions: 242 x 153 x 39 mm
Customer Reviews
View allMurder in the scorched Australian landscape
In a parched, dry community, a few hours travelling distance from Melbourne, the bloody killing of Luke, Karen and Billy Hadler has occurred. Attending the... READ MORE
A good thriller to make your stomach churn over
A good thriller to make your stomach churn over. Set in a small town of Kiewarra. In the farmhouse, first on the scene was the flies that swarmed in the he... READ MORE
The best police drama I've read this year!
I didn't believe the hype I kept hearing about this book then finally decided to give it a go after Lincoln in the Bardo proved hype is occasionally deserv... READ MORE
Fantastic
I loved this book, cannot recommend it highly enough. The characters are well drawn and the landscape is so real you can feel it. Read this, you won't regr... READ MORE
A story about what happens when bullies grow up and grow old
Aaron Falk has returned to Kiewarra, his childhood town, after a 20 year absence. He is there for the funeral of his childhood friend, Luke Hadler, who kil... READ MORE
Absorbing thriller
An absorbing thriller that burns slowly making you question everyone concerned's motives. A nice plot twist reveals an unexpected culprit and the reasons ... READ MORE
The Dry
I absolutely loved this book. An astonishing portrayal of how hard life must be in the Outback plus a great plot - denouement was a complete shock which i... READ MORE
Buy this book !
Loved this book. It was such an easy read, well-constructed and kept me guessing. I didn't want it to end. Recommended it to friends and family who have al... READ MORE
What a Twist!
Love this book and the twists and turns it takes you on. One of the best I have read this year.
Wonderfully Different
This is a wonderfully written book. The story line takes several twists to the reader intrigued.
Gripping, evocative, fulfilling who-done-it..
Rural Victoria...second only to rural South Australia for creepy killings.
Set in Kiewerra (Victoria) - this is rural mystery at its best
Never have I felt so chilled and so clammy as I did reading this book – that first chapter will stay with me for some time as it was so immediately vivid a... READ MORE
Would definitely recommend
A good thriller. Would definitely recommend this book.
Thriller of the Year
Tensions are at a high when three members of the Hadler family are brutally murdered, leaving it up to one man to figure out what actually happened. Suspen... READ MORE
Brilliant read
Absolutely loved this first novel by a very talented author. So many twists and turns. Very interesting characters and a very clever storyline.
You just ever be sure what people are really like!
Good small town thriller...excellent pace
Two murdered, one commits suicide...
The plot takes us on many twists and turns into the characters current and p... READ MORE
An accomplished debut novel.
What an amazing debut novel - I was engrossed in this evocative story-telling from the opening sentence and could feel the heat, tension and paranoia in a ... READ MORE
Brilliant
This was an excellent and gripping story. A real page-turner. Nicely written and summoning a real understanding of life in a small outback town in Australi... READ MORE
Set in Victoria (fictional Kiewarra) - a mystery and so much more
Never have I felt so chilled and so clammy as I did reading this book – that first chapter will stay with me for some time as it was so immediately vivid a... READ MORE
Enjoyable first novel
For much of the book this was an excellent read as both a thriller and a commentary on the way of life in that part of Australia where the story was set. T... READ MORE
Must read!
Set in a farming village in Australia, Harper does a brilliant job of setting an eerie scene. Jumping between two tragedies, the Dry studies the lives of t... READ MORE
Murder and deadly secrets in the Australian outback
Never have I felt so chilled and so clammy as I did reading this book – that first chapter will stay with me for some time as it was so immediately vivid a... READ MORE
Superb
Just loved it.
Well written and kept you guessing.
Looking forward to reading Harper’s next novel
Addictive!
Loved every page of it! Thrilling, gripping and remarcable. I couldn't put the book down which proves it as I read it in just 4 days! It really is breathta... READ MORE
Evocative family drama set in the hot Australian outback
Never have I felt so chilled and so clammy as I did reading this book – that first chapter will stay with me for some time as it was so immediately vivid a... READ MORE
So unexpected!
I loved this book, nothing was what it seemed and no matter how much you try to guess what happened to the Hadlers you never will.
Despite enjoying the p... READ MORE
Amazing!
Not much to add - it's a thriller, every page reveals something new!
It's well crafted, well written, sucks you in, breaks your heart and keeps you always... READ MORE
Jane Harper
Very well written, kept up the suspense until the end. Will certainly keep an eye open for the next novel by Jane Harper.
Such an excellent read
I thoroughly enjoyed The Dry, couldn't put the book down, just had to find out what happened to the family in the story. Ending was a surprise, kept me gue... READ MORE
No wonder this book won an award
I have now read all three of Jane Harper's books out of sequence, I read the last first then I read the other two in order. Don't do what I did there is a ... READ MORE
The Dry
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. You can feel the heat of the outback and I didn't guess "who done it?". Well worth reading. Excellent!
Why didn't I read this sooner? . . . fabulous!!
When the bodies of three members of the same family are discovered brutally murdered, tensions run high in the drought-stricken rural community of Kiewarra... READ MORE
Excellent
I read this after watching the film and so knew what was coming, but still enjoyed this slice of outback life. i loved the way the two stories intwertwined... READ MORE
Brilliant crime novel!!! Love little outback towns!
The Dry by Jane Harper
"To look out and see not another soul between you and the horizon could be a strange and disturbing sight."
G'day, so this i... READ MORE
Amazing
Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk returns to his hometown for the funeral of his childhood friend, who appears to have murdered his family before kill... READ MORE
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