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The Lost Man

Jane Harper

Start date: January 1, 2022

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Feb 24, 2019 Wendy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2019-reads

I was drawn in to the Australian Outback and the mystery surrounding Cameron's death by the Stockman's grave. The pages just flew by as I couldn't wait to find out what happened to this family. The setting instantly drew you in - it was like I could feel the desolation and isolation. Family secrets abound in this fast paced novel. ...more

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Feb 05, 2021 Tien rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: crime, own, australian-author, australia

The other day as I was going to sleep I thought how much I'm enjoying this read and then I realised that I'm approximately halfway but nothing much has really happened! Ha! I guess the author's prose is more enjoyable than I thought.

The novel began with a very curious but quite gruesome death. And as we delved into the family and their story, we began to see that all is not as it originally seems. The ending was spectacularly unexpected! Not to me, at any rate, and I was both disgusted with mys ...more

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Jan 30, 2019 Kris Ruggiero rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2019-booklist, arcs, favorite-books-2019

My sister-in-law recommended this author to me but I didn’t get a chance to read her first book. I was lucky enough to win this #arc as a giveaway from @book.happy and @flatiron_books. I was so happy when it arrived. My first ever ARC!!! 😂😂📚 .

I can’t wait to read Jane Harper’s first two books because I thought this one was great. This is as much a slow-burn family mystery as it is a thriller. And I loved that. As I read, I felt the loneliness and desolate conditions of the Western Australian out ...more

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