The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)

Posted on 16 September 2017 by Jane Harper

A small town hides big secrets in this atmospheric, page turning debut mystery by an award winning new author.After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his alibi Falk and his father fled under a cloud of suspicion, saved from prosecution only because of Luke s steadfast claim that the boys had been together at the time of the crime But now than one person knows they didn t tell the truth back then, and Luke is dead.Amid the worst drought in a century, Falk and the local detective question what really happened to Luke As Falk reluctantly investigates to see if there s to Luke s death than there seems to be, long buried mysteries resurface, as do the lies that have haunted them And Falk will find that small towns have always hidden big secrets. Download The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) By Jane Harper – kino-fada.fr I know it s early days, but I have a feeling this will be a top read of 2017 for me I ll go as far as saying if I had read it last year it would have been in my top 2016 reads The writing is excellent, the pacing was quick with fully fleshed characters, and the ending was satisfying without being too cut and dry Half the fun of this story is, even if you guess at the who, you probably won t guess the why until it s revealed This was a perfect example of a book being extremely dark and terrif I know it s early days, but I have a feeling this will be a top read of 2017 for me I ll go as far as saying if I had read it last year it would have been in my top 2016 reads The writing is excellent, the pacing was quick with fully fleshed characters, and the ending was satisfying without being too cut and dry Half the fun of this story is, even if you guess at the who, you probably won t guess the why until it s revealed This was a perfect example of a book being extremely dark and terrifying without being overly graphic for the shock valueIt wasn t as though the farm hadn t seen death before, and the blowflies didn t discriminate To them there was little difference between a carcass and a corpse Your attention I have it, right Those are powerful opening lines, and when placed within the full fledged prologue you have one of the most intriguing and gripping introductions to a book I... Luke Hadler may have had a light on waiting for him when he came home, but something else from this wretched, desperate community had seeped through that front door and into his home And it had been rotten and thick and black enough to extinguish that light foreverThe Dry actually makes me feel vindicated in my rating and review of Ritter s Bonfire last year I got some criticisms that I was being too harsh toward a debut author that a lot of thrillers follow a familiar format but that doe Luke Hadler may have had a light on waiting for him when he came home, but something else from this wretched...This is an astonishingly good crime fiction debut by Jane Harper set in Australia Aaron Falk and his father were run out of their home in Kiewarra over twenty years ago over rumours of Aaron s hand in the death of Ellie Deacon It was ruled a suicide and Aaron had an alibi, his best friend Luke Aaron has returned to Kiewarra for the funeral of Luke, his wife, Karen and his son, Billy It appears that Luke shot his family and then himself due to their poor financial state caused by the unrelent This is an astonishingly good crime fiction debut by Jane Harper set in Australia Aaron Falk and his father were run out of their home in Kiewarra over twenty years ago over rumours of Aaron s hand in the death of Ellie Deacon It was ruled a suicide and Aaron had an alibi, his best friend Luke Aaron has returned to Kiewarra for the funeral of Luke, his wife, Karen and his son, Billy It appears that Luke shot his family and then himself due to their poor financial state caused b...4.5 stars What a book I had to sleep on this one Not like, right on top of it, it was just a little to the left of my pillow, but I needed time to process It s not as though this read was so incredibly intoxicating that I couldn t wrap my head around it quite the contrary, actually The pace is steady and slow, verging on dull at times but never quite crossing that line The plot itself is packed with twists, but they felt gentle and weren t especially shocking So what did it for me The a 4.5 stars What a book I had to sleep on this one Not like, right on top of it, it was just a little to the left of my pillow, but I needed tim...5 unflinchingly bright hot stars for The Dry Love having reading friends to share books with Thanks Mel Very glad to have unexpectedly stumbled across this one, considering I d had a recent conversation with my local bookstore manager where she d mentioned it s their top seller I always ask her what is the current best seller Best seller it is.A dazzling ...I blame Aaron Falk He just made me add a new shelf on Goodreads Series. You see, I don t like book series With a few exceptional characters preceding Aaron Falk Harry Potter, Christian Grey, Edward Cullen, Kinsey Milhone have I read an entire series It s just too much of a commitment and then I feel guilty if I miss a book in the series I will not be missing any book that Aaron Falk is in Ever No way, no worries, mate.I am so late to THE DRY party that I almost didn t read it Finally, I blame Aaron Falk He just made me add a new shelf on Goodreads Series. You see, I don t like book series With a few exceptional characters preceding Aaron Falk Harry Potter, Christian Grey, Edward Cullen, Kinsey Milhone have I read an entire series It s just too much of a commitment and then I feel guilty if I miss a book in the series I will not be missing any book that Aaron Falk is in Ever No way, no worries, mate.I am so late to THE DRY party that I almost didn t read it Finally, feeling caught up and proud of myself for all my ARC reading, I picked up one of the few hardbacks I have actually bought and opened upIt wasn t as though the farm hadn t ...Officially the worse conditions in a century..Melbourne, Australia The weather pattern had a bad name El Nino in The Dry El Nino refers to the little boy , so named because the pool of warm water in the Pacific near South America is often at the warmest around Christmas The original name, El Ni o de Navidad, traces its origin centuries back to Peruvian fisherman, Who named the weather phenomenon in reference to the newborn Christ The Dry , itself refers to the long stan Officially the worse conditions in a century..Melbourne, Australia The weather pattern had a bad name El Nino in The Dry El Nino refers to the little boy , so n...The Dry by Jane Harper is a 2017 Flatiron Books publication This is my kind of mystery thriller When Aaron returns to his hometown to attend the funeral of his childhood friend, Luke, he intends to make a retreat back to his life as a federal agent, as quickly as possible But, Luke s grieving parents ask him to use his talents to look into Luke s financial affairs, in hopes of finding answers as to why their son killed his wife and son and then shot himself The chances are slim to none that A The Dry by Jane Harper is a 2017 Flatiron Books publication This is my kind of mystery thriller When Aaron returns to his hometown to attend the funeral of his childhood friend, Luke, he intends to make a retreat back to his life as a federal agent, as quickly as possible But, Luke s grieving parents ask him to use his talents to look into Luke s financial affairs, in hopes of finding answers as to why their son killed his wife and son and then shot himself The chances are slim to none that Aaron would find anything to ease their pain, but he feels he owes them a favor, so he agrees to stick around a fewdays Before long, Aaron finds himself partnered up with a local investigator in an all out search for clues that would shed light on the events leading up to the murder suicide In the process, they uncover startling...Wow, this was really a great book I love it when books which are hyped actually live up to the praise they re getting, and Jane Harper s The Dry definitely did.This book had everything great writing, a terrifically evocative setting I felt hot every time I read it, and it wasn t just because I m running a fever, and I kept expecting everyone I came into contact with to speak with an Australian accent , interesting character development, and lots of twists and turns It s amazing to think tha Wow, this was really a great book I love it when books which are hyped actually live up to the praise they re getting, and Jane Harper s The Dry definitely did.This book had everything great writing, a terrifically evocative setting I f...Succumbing to some of the biblio peer pressure surrounding Jane Harper s debut novel, I thought I ought to make a little time and see what she had to offer Australia has been hit with one of its worst droughts ever, turning fertile lands into blobs of brown In the community of Kiewarra, rain has not fallen in upwards of two years, only adding to tensions An emergency call is made and authorities arrive at the Hadler farm to find a bloodbath Luke Hadler appears to have killed his wife and son Succumbing to some of the biblio peer pressure surrounding Jane Harper s debut novel, I thought I ought to make a little time and see what she had to offer Australia has been hit with one of its worst droughts ever, turning fertile lands into blobs of brown In the community of Kiewarra, rain has not fallen in upwards of two years, only adding to tensions An emergency call is made and authorities arrive at the Hadler farm to find a ...

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16 September 2017

Jane Harper