![]() ![]() Harper’s sinewy prose and flinty characters compel, but the dreary story line may cause some readers to give up before the jaw-dropping denouement. In the grim journey that follows, the surviving members of the Bright family must confront some devastating secrets. ![]() Absent any clear indications of foul play, the local authorities undertake a perfunctory investigation, leaving a troubled Nathan to start asking questions that no one wants to answer. ![]() That flies out the window the week before Christmas when Cameron goes missing his desiccated corpse is subsequently discovered a few miles from his perfectly operational truck in the shadow of the eerie headstone known as the stockman’s grave. Jane Harpers new novel, The Survivors, now available for pre-order A best crime fiction book of 2019 pick in The Times A thriller of the year 2019 pick in. For years, the three Bright brothers-divorced dad Nathan, the eldest family man and everybody’s favorite, middle child Cameron and the mentally challenged youngest, Bub-have maintained an uneasy equilibrium on adjacent cattle ranches. Australia’s outback, with its brutal climate and equally bruising isolation, looms as large as any character in this stark standalone from bestseller Harper ( Force of Nature). Dark, suspenseful, and deeply atmospheric, The Lost Man is the highly anticipated next book from the bestselling and award-winning Jane Harper, author of The Dry and Force of Nature. ![]()
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