Book #27 of 2023: Exiles by Jane Harper (Aaron Falk #3) This is the third and apparently final novel to feature Australian detective Aaron Falk, but oddly, I think I would have liked it better if it had been a standalone story about somebody else. By bringing back a police protagonist who’s already solved murders …
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Book Review: The Survivors by Jane Harper
Book #109 of 2021: The Survivors by Jane Harper Australian crime writer Jane Harper always excels at bringing the atmospheric vistas of her rural settings to life, and that remains true in her latest effort about a small town on the Tasmanian coast. But the protagonist is basically a stock figure at this point, both …
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Book Review: The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Book #191 of 2019: The Lost Man by Jane Harper Australian writer Jane Harper’s first two books fit explicitly within the mystery / crime thriller genre, featuring a detective protagonist and clear whodunnit cases to solve. Given such bona fides, and the fact that this third novel opens with yet another corpse, I can’t have …
Book Review: Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Book #148 of 2018: Force of Nature by Jane Harper (Aaron Falk #2) This Australian crime thriller is not quite as good as its predecessor in the series, which offers more emotional resonance via its setting in the detective hero’s hometown. Here Falk is on a new case far from home, investigating the disappearance of …
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Book Review: The Dry by Jane Harper
Book #62 of 2018: The Dry by Jane Harper (Aaron Falk #1) At this point, the damaged narrator who returns home in the wake of tragedy only to face small town politics and dark family secrets is pretty much a staple of the crime thriller genre. These stories can sometimes feel rote, but debut author …
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