The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) in TBR

Feb 26, 2017 Myrn🩶 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, read-in-2017, mystery-thriller, series

Ebook (70%)/Audio (30%): the book was better than the audio.

If you like crime novels, The Dry is for you. Not a fast paced thriller but an engaging mystery told in past and present. One gets to know the characters well. Worth the read.

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Aug 18, 2019 Bon rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, thrillers

A fantastic mystery. Something about Harper's prose makes the reading really smooth, and she just had several good lines and metaphors throughout that I had to pause and savor. The drought is its own character in the book, as is the Australian wildlife, and both add an edge of peril to the mystery that makes it an exciting read, despite the setting being a tumbleweeds-blowing-by town. I didn't see the resolutions coming, and the red herrings fooled me well. A really good debut and a series I wil ...more

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Apr 24, 2018 Alissa Patrick rated it really liked it

3.5 Stars

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Dec 14, 2018 Tonya rated it it was amazing

Shelves: reese-witherspoon-book-club

I get so excited when you have many twist and turns in a book that keeps you guessing until the end...now I've got to Forces of Nature to know what happens.
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Aug 12, 2018 Elizabeth rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, contemporary

This one was a bit of a mixed bag for me. I loved the writing style, and I was instantly hooked by both sets of mysteries - the one from 20 years earlier, and the one playing out in real-time. Unfortunately, I found the story a little slow at times, and the flashbacks were more annoying than interesting. I was also pretty disappointed with the way the book wrapped up. Everything seemed a little too coincidental, and then the final chapter seemed to wrap up the loose ends in a neat-and-tidy bow.

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Jan 05, 2019 Miss rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: human-drama, mystery, series, 2019-reading-challenge

While this was a dull-ish read the backstory had a satisfying (though tragic) conclusion. Inexplicably, I’m curious about the next book.

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Jun 19, 2017 Rachel Pruchno rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Awful narrator. Had to work much too hard to understand him. Ends of sentences swallowed. Borrowed the hardcover from a friend and finished it. Harper's writing is first-rate. Story is strong.

Spoiler alert: "Luke lied. You lied." Not sure how Gerry Handler would have know this. Would have been understandable had Gretchen said it. . . and a much better story. ...more

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