An old friend, Aaron Faulk, comes to the funeral and becomes caught up in finding out what happened, and 2) 20 years in the past local townsfolk suspected Aaron was involved in the death of one of his other friends, so his return visit is less than welcome. Because none of the characters can tell you. All rights reserved. Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2017. She observes all the conventions — the local loudmouth causing trouble, an old flame awakening lust, patchy mobile phone reception, a double-whammy denouement — while producing something fresh. Disappointing. amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; Garry Disher’s Bitter Wash Road (2013) is set in the bare, brittle “hardscrabble country” of South Australia’s wheatbelt. All, however, is not what it seems. A small town hides big secrets in this atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper. There are clues, red herrings, you think you have it figured out, then you learn something new and are back at square one, much like a real investigation.
Why did I put off reading this so long? There are secrets hidden in the wild and gossip across the town.
Adrian Hyland’s two crime novels Diamond Dove (2006) and Gunshot Road (2010) take place in rural towns where mangy dogs swarm. The main character, Aaron Falk, is a police federal investigator, who specialises in financial crime.
Jane Harper portrays a harsh landscape. Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2017.
But the characters are mostly underdeveloped and their motives and attitudes largely inscrutable. Heightens it, more often than not.”, Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2018. Nocturnal insects rattle “like white noise”. It is definitely an ending you would not see coming from a mile away.
The expectations were always going to be high. Australian murder rates are at record lows, Economist piece titled Those Bloody Scandinavians. No wonder Falk is keen to leave.
Early writers such as Henry Lawson recognised Australia as ripe for suspense: with the “everlasting, maddening sameness of the stunted trees”, the suffocating loneliness and the danger of wild beasts all portrayed in his short story The Drover’s Wife, there was no need to resort to the supernatural. A number of Australian crime and horror writers have embraced the singularity of the local landscape over the last decade. Last modified on Fri 23 Feb 2018 05.57 AEDT. As businesses struggle, a grisly discovery is made. This one's more atmospheric. The girls’ disappearance shatters a carefully cultivated Victorian veneer, revealing repressed sexuality and simmering madness. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.
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