The Dry
Book Review: “(The Dry) leads down a convoluted page-turning trail to an explosive ending. It will have you wearing out the pages, flipping back looking for the well-designed clues. You may find this is the best mystery you have read all year.” (The Florida Times-Union) A truly impressive debut novel, Jane Harper’s The Dry chronicles a gritty, suspenseful murder investigation. Set in a drought ridden, depressed Australian nowhere town, visiting police officer Aaron Falk reluctantly agrees to look into the death of a childhood friend. As the grisly facts unfold, a mysterious death from the past immerges, casting its malevolent shadow across a divided, angry community. This riveting whodunit masterpiece has all the necessary elements: tight plot, well crafted clues, characters you can root for and others you love to hate, and an ending that surprises yet makes complete sense. In 2020 The Dry was released as a major motion picture directed by Robert Connolly,...
