BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DRY In a dying town, Ro Crowley waits for her son on the evening of his 21st birthday. But Sam never comes home. His footprints in the dust of three abandoned houses offer the only clue to his final movements. One set in. One set out. Five long years later, Ro returns to Carralon Ridge for the annual memorial of Sam's disappearance. The skeletal community is now an echo of itself, having fractured under the pressure of the coal mine operating on its outskirts. But Ro still wants answers. Only a few people remain. If the truth is to be found in that town, does it lie among them? 'Harper's gift for the rural psyche turns the novel into a study not just of loss, but of the delicate calculus of leaving and staying' - Good Weekend 'Harper is peerless in creating an avalanche of suspense' - David Baldacci 'Utterly brilliant . . . I could not put it down' - Marian Keyes

Details

ISBN13: 9781761775697
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 384
Edition:
Publication Date: 28 Jul 2026
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication City, Country: Sydney, Australia
Dimensions (cm): 13.2(H)x20(L)x2.7(W)290
Weight (gm): 290

Author Biography

Jane Harper is the author of the international bestsellers The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man, The Survivors, Exiles and Last One Out. Her books are published in forty territories worldwide, and Jane has won numerous top awards including the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year, the Australian Indie Awards Book of the Year, the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel, and the British Book Awards Crime and Thriller Book of the Year. The Dry and Force of Nature have been adapted into major motion pictures starring Eric Bana, with The Survivors released as a Netflix series. Jane worked as a print journalist for thirteen years both in Australia and the UK, and currently lives in the UK with her husband and children.

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