The Dry (Film Tie-In)

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Author
Jane Harper
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Genre
Crime Fiction
Released
17 November, 2020
ISBN
9781760789022

The Dry (Film Tie-In)

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Synopsis

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ERIC BANA AS AARON FALK. Who really killed the Hadler family? It hasn't rained in Kiewarra for two years. Tensions in the farming community become unbearable when three members of the Hadler family are discovered shot to death on their property. Everyone assumes Luke Hadler committed suicide after slaughtering his wife and six-year-old son. Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk returns to his hometown for the funerals and is unwillingly drawn into the investigation. As suspicion spreads through the town, Falk is forced to confront the community that rejected him twenty years earlier. Because Falk and his childhood friend Luke Hadler shared a secret, one which Luke's death threatens to unearth...
Jane Harper
About the author

Jane Harper

Jane Harper is the internationally bestselling author of the The DryForce of NatureThe Lost Man and The Survivors. Her books are published in forty territories worldwide, and The Dry has been adapted into a major motion picture starring Eric Bana. 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. Jane worked as a print journalist for thirteen years both in Australia and the UK, and now lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children.

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                1. Tracey Mac says:

                  I’m loving Jane Harpers novels. I do wish Detective Falk would have another adventure!!

                  Looking forward to seeing the movie with Eric Bana – what a great choice as Falk.