This is definitely a sign of a great thriller. As ever, Harper left me shocked by some of the content as I thought I had figured out what had happened only to be proven wrong. As the plot unravels, ulterior motives and secrets are revealed that I didn’t see coming. With the police station being over three hours away from their house and land, with not many people around to be seen as suspects, Nathan is left questioning whether or not his brother committed suicide.

It follows Cameron’s family, mainly his brother Nathan and his son Xander, on their journey to uncover what happened to his brother. The plot is fairly slow placed and shrouded in mystery.

This is definitely one of my favourite aspects of her writing. Her ability to world build and explain nature is fantastic and leaves the reader with a clear sense of place. Set in the Australian outback, Harper brings its loneliness and vast land to life and depicts fantastic imagery to readers. The body was found stranded in the infamous landmark, The Stockman’s Grave, eerily placed on a road which not many people pass through. Jane Harper has a fantastic writing style, creating deeply eerie, atmospheric moments and unforgettable plot twists.Īs the synopses explains, the book begins with the death of Nathan and Bub’s brother, Cameron. Īfter reading and thoroughly enjoying Force of Nature for last year’s blog tour (#gifted), I was eagerly waiting to read Harper’s first stand alone book, The Lost Man, and it didn’t disappoint. Did he lose hope and walk to his death? Because if he didn’t, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects…ĭark, suspenseful, and deeply atmospheric, The Lost Man is the highly anticipated next book from the bestselling and award-winning Jane Harper, author of The Dry and Force of Nature. The Bright family’s quiet existence is thrown into grief and anguish. But today, the scant shadow it casts was the last hope for their middle brother, Cameron. They are at the stockman’s grave, a landmark so old, no one can remember who is buried there. Two brothers meet at the border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of outback Queensland, in this stunning new standalone novel from New York Times bestseller Jane Harper *Trigger warnings – Rape, emotional and physical abuse, dingo and dog baiting I would like to thank Caolinn and Grace from Little Brown for sending me a copy of this book and for asking me to participate in this blog tour, and of course thank you to the author, Jane Harper. All opinions and views are my own and are not influenced by receiving a copy of this book at all. I was #gifted an early review copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

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