![]() ![]() ![]() Or anyone else for that matter, since the entire community hates him, and his immediate family lives three hours away. ![]() At least, that’s what Cameron’s older brother, Nathan, thinks, not that he’s seen much of Cam lately himself. In a place like Balamara, neighbours live hundreds of kilometres apart, roads lie empty for days and the isolation can make people do crazy things to escape the world, but Cam – who had plans to meet his younger brother that day, and wasn’t that type of person – would surely have chosen a less brutal way out. The Lost Man will coat everything you know in a thin layer of red dust as you sit, immobilised by the story of Cameron Bright, the man found dead and burned from the heat beside a lone grave in the middle of the desert, nine kilometres from his well-stocked, air-conditioned – and perfectly working – four-wheel-drive. But if I did that, I wouldn’t have the chance to tell you to go and read this, her standalone third book, and another powerful read that cements her as one of Australia’s premier authors. Jane Harper won so many awards for her debut novel, The Dry, that I could use my entire word count just listing them. ![]()
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