Jane Harper has worked as a print journalist for 13 years both in Australia and the UK. She is originally from the UK and moved to Australia in 2008, where she lives in Melbourne and writes for the Herald Sun. The Dry, her debut novel, won the 2015 Victorian Premier Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript.
"Debut author Jane Harper's fine prose and narrator Steven
Shanahan's expert delivery combine for a transcendent Australian
noir experience."
-AudioFile Magazine
"The setting is so extraordinarily vivid that the overwhelming heat
and dusty dryness are almost palpable. This, along with the
skillful turns of the plot, make the novel outstanding... the
choice of a distinctly Australian reader to tell the story adds to
its reality. His semi-voiced, crisp. deliberate speech reflects the
mood and authenticity of this audio experience."
-SoundCommentary.com
"...narrator Stephan Shanahan's Australian accent is making me
consider jumping ship to audio for the rest of the books!"
-BookRiot "Harper's devastating debut...spins a suspenseful tale of
sound and fury as riveting as it is horrific."
--Publishers Weekly, starred and boxed review "One of the most
stunning debuts I've ever read. I could feel the searing heat of
the Australia setting. Every word is near perfect. The story builds
like a wave seeking the purchase of earth before it crashes down
and wipes out everything you might have thought about this
enthralling tale. Read it!"
--David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The
Guilty "A stunner...It's a small-town, big-secrets page-turner with
a shocker of an ending...Recommend this one to fans of James Lee
Burke and Robert Crais, who mix elements of "bromance" into their
hard-boiled tales."
--Booklist, starred review "With The Dry, Jane Harper immediately
takes her place among the elites in the mystery world. If this book
doesn't garner an Edgar (Best First Novel) or two (Best Novel),
there is no justice. Terrific characters, unique and evocative
setting, knockout plot construction. This book has it all."
--John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of The Fall
"It's extremely rare and exciting to read a debut that enthralls
from the very first page and then absolutely sticks the landing.
Told with heart and guts and an authentic sense of place that
simply cannot be faked, The Dry is the debut of the year."
--C.J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Off The Grid
"Every so often a debut novel arrives that is so tightly woven and
compelling it seems the work of a novelist in her prime. That's
what Jane Harper has given us with The Dry, a story so true to
setting and tone it seemed I fell asleep in Virginia only to wake
in Australian heat. It's rare, that sense of transportation, and I
loved every minute of it. Thank you, Jane Harper."
--John Hart, New York Times bestselling author of Redemption Road
"From the first paragraph onward, Jane Harper creates a menacing
landscape out of which long-held secrets emerge.The Dry is a
marvelous novel that once begun is hard to put down, once finished
even harder to forget."
--Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author of Serena "You will
feel the heat, taste the dust and blink into the glare. The Dry is
a wonderful crime novel that shines a light into the darkest corner
of a sunburnt country."
--Michael Robotham, New York Times bestselling author of Life or
Death "Every now and then an Australian crime novel comes along to
stop your breath and haunt your dreams...There is about The Dry
something mythic and valiant. This a story about heroism, the sins
of the past, and the struggle to atone."
--Sydney Morning Herald "A razor-sharp crime yarn dripping in the
sights, sounds and smells of the Australian bush...The storytelling
is accomplished, with a bald sparseness to the writing that draws
you in and characterization that rings resoundingly true...as the
action twists and turns, the pace build[s] to a fantastic finale
that will leave you breathless."
--Australian Women's Weekly "A tightly plotted page-turner that
kept me reading well into the night...Harper shines a light on the
highs and lows of rural life - the loyalty born of collective
endurance in adversity, as well as the loneliness and isolation,
and the havoc wrought by small-town gossip. She also explores the
nature of guilt and regret, and the impact of the past on the
present. In this cracker of a book Harper maintains the suspense,
with the momentum picking up as it draws to its nerve-wracking
conclusion."
--Australian Financial Review "The Dry is a page-turner written
with a maturity of style rarely seen in a first-time novelist and
it's here the writer excels. Harper's exploration of the pressures
of a small town where people are not able to escape the past is
thoughtful and mature. Her plot twists and layering are intricate
and subtle and keep you guessing to the end while the townspeople
grow on you despite their dirty secrets."
--The West Australian
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