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The gripping new novel from the author of the Sunday Times top ten bestsellers, The Dry and Force of Nature. He had started to remove his clothes as logic had deserted him, and his skin was cracked. Whatever had been going through Cameron's mind when he was alive, he didn't look peaceful in death. Two brothers meet at the remote border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of the outback. In an isolated part of Australia, they are each other's nearest neighbour, their homes hours apart. They are at the stockman's grave, a landmark so old that no one can remember who is buried there. But today, the scant shadow it casts was the last hope for their middle brother, Cameron. The Bright family's quiet existence is thrown into grief and anguish. Something had been troubling Cameron. Did he choose to walk to his death? Because if he didn't, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects...

Three members of the Hadler family are brutally murdered. Everyone thinks Luke Hadler, who committed suicide after slaughtering his wife and six-year-old son, is guilty. 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

Critically acclaimed international bestseller Jane Harper returns as Aaron Falk investigates what happened to a mother who disappeared at a festival and the devastation wrought on her family.

Jane Harper, the new Queen of Crime...Even more impressive than The Dry...Harper makes it look easy but she has to pace two narratives without giving too much away, creating an almost unbearable level of suspense...Nature is a hostile, unpredictable force in both of Harper's novels, but her brilliance lies in making it into a test of horribly fallible human nature The Sunday Times

Instant New York Times Bestseller “As always, Harper skillfully evokes the landscape as she weaves a complicated, elegant web, full of long-buried secrets ready to come to light.” -The New York Times Book Review on The Survivors Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal community he once called home. Kieran's parents are struggling in a town where fortunes are forged by the sea. Between them all is his absent brother, Finn. When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to emerge. A sunken wreck, a missing girl, and questions that have never washed away...

De retour à Melbourne après un séjour éprouvant dans sa ville natale, l'agent fédéral Aaron Falk apprend la disparition d'Alice Russell, son témoin clé dans une affaire de blanchiment d'argent à grande échelle. Celle-ci n'est jamais revenue d'un challenge d'entreprise dans le bush. Alors que l'enquête plonge Falk au coeur d'une nature magnifique mais impitoyable, surtout en plein hiver, il découvre que les participants ont tous quelque chose à cacher. Et qu'Alice, femme cruelle et insensible, est loin d'être appréciée par ses collègues. Le compte à rebours pour la retrouver vivante est enclenché mais, si les langues se délient progressivement, tout le monde ne semble pas prêt à coopérer. Un nouveau thriller aussi dépaysant qu'addictif qui confirme l'immense talent de Jane Harper pour les intrigues redoutables. Un roman effrayant et fascinant. Kirkus. Un suspense presque insoutenable. The Sunday Times. Traduit de l'anglais (Australie) par David Fauquemberg.

»Ich liebe die Australien-Krimis von Jane Harper.« Stephen King Der Bundesermittler Aaron Falk ist auf dem Weg ins südaustralische Weinland, um bei einer Taufe dabei zu sein. Genau vor einem Jahr ist dort eine Frau verschwunden: Kim Gillespie hat offenbar ihr schlafendes Kind auf einer Kirmes zurückgelassen. Danach hat sie niemand mehr gesehen. Das Rätsel ihres Verschwindens ist immer noch nicht gelöst, und eine neue Suche beginnt. Falk versucht, die letzten Schritte von Kim zu rekonstruieren. Er begreift, dass die Ermittler vermutlich einen Fehler begangen haben: Sie haben das gesehen, was sie sehen wollten – und sind auf eine große Täuschung hereingefallen. »Wieder einmal beweist Harper, dass sie es wie keine andere versteht, eine Lawine von Spannung zu erzeugen.« David Baldacci »Nachdenklich und einfühlsam – Aaron Falk ist viel mehr als ein gewöhnlicher Detective.« New York Times Book Review