At all times, the sense of place engulfs the reader as they are taken on a journey through the isolation and desperation of life on a remote cattle station. This time around, Jane Harper deftly weaves a contemporary crime around a family mystery, while at the same time placing the spotlight on issues of contention in the outback. Jane Harper has well and truly secured her spot as Australia’s top crime fiction novelist, thanks to her third novel, The Lost Man.
Did he lose hope and walk to his death? Because if he didn’t, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects…įor readers who loved The Dryand Force of Nature, Jane Harper has once again created a powerful story of suspense, set against a dazzling landscape. The Bright family’s quiet existence is thrown into grief and anguish. But today, the scant shadow it casts was the last chance for their middle brother, Cameron. They are at the stockman’s grave, a landmark so old, no one can remember who is buried there. Two brothers meet at the border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of outback Queensland. The man lay still in the centre of a dusty grave under a monstrous sky. Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery
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