Twenty years earlier, he was suspected of murdering a classmate and was forced to flee with his father in the face of threats and aggression. It’s horrifying and ugly, and the town is roiling with unhappiness.Īt the same time, Aaron’s reception by the town is hostile. The Dry is a twisty tale of murder and secrets set in a rural Australian community, where drought has dried up farms and rivers and brought the entire town to the brink of natural and economic ruin.įederal Investigator Aaron Falk is drawn back into the web of gossip and lies in the town of Kiewarra when he returns home for a funeral - the funeral of his former best friend, who appears to have slaughtered his wife and son before turning the shotgun on himself. A secret Luke’s death now threatens to bring to the surface in this small Australian town, as old wounds bleed into new ones. Because Falk and Luke Hadler shared a secret. In the grip of the worst drought in a century, the farming community of Kiewarra is facing life and death choices daily when three members of a local family are found brutally slain.įederal Police investigator Aaron Falk reluctantly returns to his hometown for the funeral of his childhood friend, loath to face the townsfolk who turned their backs on him twenty years earlier.īut as questions mount, Falk is forced to probe deeper into the deaths of the Hadler family. A small town hides big secrets in this atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper.

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