Exiles: The Page-turning Final Aaron Falk Mystery from the No. 1 Bestselling Author of The Dry and Force of Nature
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The slow-burning, brilliantly twisty mystery from Jane Harper, the international bestselling Number One author of The Dry
‘A fantastic crime writer’ – Bella Mackie
In Exiles, Investigator Aaron Falk finds himself drawn into a complex web of tightly held secrets in South Australia’s wine country.
A mother disappears from a busy festival on a warm spring night.
Her baby lies alone in the pram, waiting for a return that never comes.
A year later, Kim Gillespie’s absence still casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather to welcome a new addition to the family.
Joining the celebrations on a rare break from work is federal investigator Aaron Falk, who begins to suspect that all is not as it seems.
As he looks into Kim’s case, long-held secrets and resentments begin to come to the fore, secrets that show that her community is not as close as it appears.
Falk will have to tread carefully if he is to expose the dark fractures at its heart, but sometimes it takes an outsider to get to the truth . . .
Exiles is a New York Times and Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller and the final Aaron falk mystery
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Praise for Jane Harper
‘An avalanche of suspense’ – David Baldacci
‘Addictive storytelling’ – Ann Cleeves
‘A hugely gifted writer’ – Marian Keyes
‘Exceptional’ – Jane Casey
‘Outstanding’ – C.L. Taylor
‘Spellbinding’ – Ian Rankin
‘A stunningly atmospheric read’ – Val McDermid
‘Brilliantly paced’ – Susie Steiner
‘I devoured it in a day. Her best yet!’ – Liane Moriarty
‘Phenomenal’ – Chris Whitaker
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Additional information
| Publisher | Macmillan (2 Feb. 2023) |
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| Language | English |
| File size | 2429 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 422 pages |
by Kindle Customer
Written more or less entirely in dialogue managing to draw characters and weave the plot without seeming to. A very good read indeed – as anyone who has read her earlier works would expect. Thank you, Jane Harper ????.
by svear
I enjoyed the book, though possibly a bit less than the other JH books. Very good detailing of relationships in a small town where everybody grew up together. A bit far-fetched concluion. I have no idea why it was called Exiles. Or why the cover blurb is ‘Not Everyone Leaves By Choice’, since everyone who had left the town did so by choice, and came back by choice too
by Nadia in Northumberland
Falk is back in a story that takes us to a small South Australian town. Jane Harper is very good at capturing the small town atmosphere. The story, like her previous books, is as much about a crime, possibly two, committed, as well as the secrets in the lives of the main characters. However, unlike all the previous books where the harshness of the physical environment was prominent and somehow pivotal in the plot, the mellowness of the vineyards and the lushness of the surroundings in this one seems to have rub off on the narrative. Something of the edginess and certainly darkness of her other books is missing here. The mood is more reflective and decisively aiming for a happy ending with no loose ends whatsoever and perhaps a nice retirement for Falk.
Still, a pleasant read, and the slow pace allows the reader to enjoy the characters, the family and social dynamics in a small community, rather than to only follow the crime resolution.
by jerseygirl56
Harpers stories are always rich in mystery and the twists never seem to let you guess what is coming next! Quite an achievement. An absorbing book with likes le characters and enough subtle read herrings to keep you guessing.
by Abigail
A detective story but also one about family relationships.
Was a little confused as to all the relationships at first but became clear as the story developed and the characters became real . Talk ,as usual, very compelling and the reader is right behind him to find the villains.
Would recommend this book.
by JD East Sussex
My wife enjoyed this book and said, !It was better than her last book!”
by Bluecashmere.
I have become something of a fan of Jane Harper’s novels. This is not , perhaps, her best, but is eqally well written, if not quite up to the standard of “The Dry” and its immediate successors. I’m not overwhelmed with Aaaron Faulk but the story is handled with no little skill and originality.
by Malcolm R
I do not know how anyone can call this heart pounding, the pace is so slow as to be somnolent. The story sleep walks through a great deal of family and personal history until the a-ha moment and the tone and viewpoint change to explain what happened to Kim and later to the previous death of Dean. Everything is very understated but Falk sorts it out in the end, there is even “just another thing” question as if he is channelling his American cousin as Peter plays Columbo. In the end you care about the people involved and are glad that things have worked out for their best. Excellent and a very welcome change from serial killers and bloody violence.