Jane Harper is the author of the international bestsellers The Dry and Force of Nature. Her books are published in more than 36 territories worldwide, and The Dry is being made into a major film starring Eric Bana. Jane has won numerous top awards including the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel, the British Book Awards Crime and Thriller Book of the Year, the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year and the Australian Indie Awards Book of the Year. Jane worked as a print journalist for thirteen years both in Australia and the UK and now lives in Melbourne.
Harper's gripping third novel...is her most accomplished yet: a
moving story of loneliness, grief and redemption
*The Times, Best Crime Fiction Books of 2019*
Harper secures her place as queen of outback noir with this
haunting family mystery
*Sunday Times Crime Club, star pick*
Like its precursors, The Dry and Force of Nature, The Lost Man is a
gripping mystery that drips with atmosphere (and sweat). This time,
though, Harper has added an emotional heft that is deeply moving.
It is her best book yet
*Evening Standard*
Jane Harper writes beautifully and compellingly about the
Australian Outback. Superb
*Evening Standard*
In just a couple of years, Jane Harper has soared into the first
rank of contemporary crime writers. The Lost Man... returns to the
parched landscape she used to such powerful effect in her debut,
The Dry... Three generations of women - the dead man's mother, wife
and daughters - struggle to come to terms with terrible events, and
the family's shocking history holds the key to this superb murder
mystery
*Sunday Times*
I read Jane Harper's The Lost Man in February, the height of
Australia's summer but the depths of the English winter. The image
at the heart of the novel, of a man who has perished in the
punishing heat of Australia's outback, has stayed with me ever
since. Just as good - perhaps even better - than Harper's excellent
thrillers The Dry and Force of Nature
*Observer (Thrillers of the Year 2019)*
A riveting, deeply atmospheric read
*Mail on Sunday*
Another splendid slice of outback noir...Fabulously atmospheric,
the book starts slowly and gradually picks up pace towards a
jaw-dropping denouement
*Guardian, Best Recent Crime and Thrillers*
Harper's debut, The Dry, centred on the horrific murder of a family
in a hot, remote Australian town. Her follow-up, Force of Nature,
moved the setting to the bushland, where a woman goes missing on a
corporate retreat. The landscape of The Lost Man is even more
hostile, even more alien and beautiful, as Harper deftly
manipulates her small but fully realised cast to a conclusion
*The Observer*
One of the best written and most accessible novels of its kind in
years . . . utterly absorbing
*Richard Madeley*
A third superb novel from the author of bestseller The Dry . . .
Harper's intricate, beautifully woven mystery...sucks you into a
world where nothing is ever what it seems and everyone has secrets
. . . Told with mesmerising skill, it is a compelling portrait of
isolation and the strain it exerts on even the strongest character.
A little masterpiece
*Daily Mail*
Harper's writing creates a vivid sense of place . . . She tells a
disturbing tale, not just of death but also of domestic violence,
sexual abuse, hidden secrets and shattered families
*Daily Express*
Jane Harper certainly nails the Australian Outback - you can feel
the heat come off the page in waves . . . Harper's crisp, evocative
writing expertly reveals the secrets that have been festering too
long in the scorching Australian sun
*Metro*
The very definition of a slow burn, this is much like the land in
which it is set - spartan, atmospheric, and really quite
beautiful
*Heat Magazine, Read of the Week*
Harper's first novel, The Dry, won many awards, but this one is
even better. Her depiction of the extraordinary landscape is
superb, as is her account of the psychological and emotional
burdens it imposes on the people who try to make a living within
it
*Literary Review*
Having read Jane's other books I was expecting great things from
this - nice to be proved right...Jane writes so convincingly about
the oppressive heat of the outback that you feel you're there
*Woman's Way*
I read it in 24 hours. It's gripping, atmospheric and ultimately
deeply satisfying
*Val McDermid*
I absolutely loved The Lost Man. I devoured it in a day. Her best
yet!
*Liane Moriarty*
I don't have words for how much I loved it. Her other two books
were amazing, but this is in a different league. It totally
transcends genre, and it should win all the prizes
*Marian Keyes*
The very definition of a slow burn, this is much like the land in
which it is set - spartan, atmospheric, and really quite
beautiful
*Heat*
Another splendid slice of outback noir . . . Fabulously
atmospheric, the book starts slowly and gradually picks up pace
towards a jaw-dropping denouement
*Guardian (Books of the Month)*
An evocative, sharply written and expertly plotted novel, subtle in
how it navigates its themes of misogyny, retribution and guilt
*Irish Independent*
The Lost Man is her best yet; it's certainly one of the finest
novels of any sort, not only within the genre, that I've read in
many moons . . . The vivid descriptions really transplant the
reader to the outback
*Independent*
Nothing about this novel is predictable. The characters are
compelling, the plot is thrilling and the ending is so very
satisfying. There's something special about getting to the end of a
book and figuring out the mystery. You'll be left feeling content,
a little shocked and desperate for more
*Marie Claire (Australia)*
A stunning read and Harper's best yet
*Daily Express*
Jane Harper's third novel seals her spot as one of the best...Like
the country it describes, this is a "big" book, and one likely to
cement Harper's place as one of the most interesting Australian
crime writers to emerge in the past decade. Her sense of place is
acute, but it is her attention to the relationships that are shaped
by this unforgiving, magnificent landscape that will linger long
after the mystery of stockman's grave is finally revealed
*Sydney Morning Herald*
"f you liked The Dry, you'll love it. The Lost Man is an even
better book, gripping right to the end. This terrific piece of
outback noir opens with the discovery of a body...Harper...paints
the menacing landscape brilliantly. The book's title could easily
relate to several of the male characters. This engrossing novel
will have you thinking long after you've turned the last page
*Herald Sun (Aus)*
The Lost Man, like The Dry, is a study in isolation and its
psychological and physical effects
*New York Times*
Harper's The Lost Man is storytelling at its finest
*Daily Mail USA*
The fantastic Jane Harper's third novel marks a highly anticipated
return to the intense setting of the Australian outback
*St Albans Review*
A good crime writer creates a great sense of place and bestselling
author Jane Harper is no exception. In her atmospheric third novel,
the Australian outback is more than just a backdrop to the story,
indeed it is the murder weapon itself
*Hampshire Living*
Against an unforgiving landscape, Harper's story has the qualities
of an epic, its plot specific, its themes universal
*Belfast Telegraph*
In seemingly no time Jane Harper has gone from excellent debut to
consistent brilliance
*Weekend Sport*
The fantastic Jane Harper's third novel marks a highly anticipated
return to the intense setting of the Australian outback
*Watford Observer*
Jane Harper has gone from excellent debut to consistent
brilliant
*Weekend Sport*
The pace is frenetic, the landscape epic and the red herrings so
cleverly placed that your prime suspect changes by the chapter
*Nottingham Post*
Harper's masterful narrative places readers right in the middle of
a desolate landscape that's almost as alien as the moon's surface,
where the effects of long-term isolation are always a concern. The
mystery of Cam's death is at the dark heart of an unfolding family
drama that will leave readers reeling, and the final reveal is a
heartbreaker. A twisty slow burner by an author at the top of her
game
*Kirkus starred review*
Harper's sinewy prose and flinty characters compel . . .
Jaw-dropping denouement
*Publishers Weekly*
Jane Harper is at the top of the crime writing genre along with
Attica Locke, Megan Abbott, and Tana French...[The Lost Man] slowly
builds into one hell of a mystery! I will drop whatever I am doing
to read a Jane Harper crime novel
*BookRiot*
The atmosphere is so thick you can taste the red-clay dust, and the
folklore surrounding the mysterious stockman adds an additional
edge to an already dark and intense narrative. The truth is
revealed in a surprising ending that reveals how far someone will
go to preserve a life worth living in a place at once loathed and
loved
*Booklist*
In its portrayal of heat and harshness, power and its abuse, you'll
find a satisfying, page-turning account of wheat and tares growing
up together
*Church Times*
So satisfying. You're in the parched Australian outback from the
first paragraph to the last
*Waitrose Weekend*
Jane Harper's gripping third novel - after The Dry and Force of
Nature - is her most accomplished yet: a moving story of
loneliness, grief and redemption
*The Times*
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