Most of the story is set at a vineyard and a carnival which should lend itself to beautiful scenery, yet I hard time picturing any of it. Last year, Aaron Falk was in South Australia to be godfather to Henry, Greg and Rita Raco’s new baby. Meanwhile, Zara's uncle Greg Raco, who's a police officer, plans to continue investigating Kim's disappearance. A very disappointing final outing for Aaron Falk - I solved the main mystery as soon as one character described their movements on the night of the disappearance.

Between Falk’s closest friend, a missing mother, and a woman he’s drawn to, dark questions linger as long-ago truths begin to emerge. In both The Dry and Force of Nature, the climate and seasons of different areas of Australia heavily influence the stakes and tension in the plot. A year on, Kim Gillespie's absence casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather deep in the heart of South Australian wine country to welcome a new addition to the family. Beneath the ferris wheel at the Marralee Valley Annual Food and Wine Festival is a pram bay, for attendees to leave their prams, pushchairs, bikes, scooters, etc. His older brother Charlie still lives in the family cottage there, and has turned the attached land into a successful vineyard, which is where Greg Raco, Rita, their two children, and Aaron Falk stay whenever they visit.Aaron is such a well-developed character and I loved getting a deeper understanding of him and the way his mind works, not just in his professional life, but in his personal one as well.

At the same time he is developing a relationship with a woman whose husband was killed in a hit and run. Falk and Raco have been friends since the events of The Dry six years ago and Raco has asked Falk to be Henry’s godfather. As the narrative progresses, we follow the investigation into the lives and secrets of the local community. I have nothing to say about the plot in ‘Exiles’, except that the book's tagline - ‘we see what we expect to see’ - tells us all we need to know.

As Aaron was drawn into the mystery of the past, he also learned about a hit-and-run six years earlier which had never been solved. Her husband was killed in a tragic hit-and-run accident 5 years ago, which is also a case Aaron ponders as he looks into Kim’s disappearance. are graffitied on the wall, connecting the murder scene with the famous cold case of Eden Mulligan, a mother-of-five who went missing during The Troubles.

Al cinema Aaron Falk è diventato Eric Bana: sono già stati realizzati due film dai primi due romanzi. Kim Gillespie is still missing a year later and Falk reluctantly looks into the disappearance for his friend, Greg Raco while taking on the duties of godfather. I wish to thank NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for a chance to listen to the latest book by Jane Harper. Zara is Kim’s daughter with Charlie Raco, Greg’s brother, and she has lived with Kim since her parents split up. A year ago, 39-year-old Kim Gillespie disappeared from the Marralee Valley Annual Food and Wine Festival, leaving behind her newborn daughter Zoey safely tucked away in a stroller under the Ferris wheel.

As such, the "suspense" labels are baffling me this time around; is it truly suspense, per se, if you present a mystery, ramble for hundreds of pages, and then present a neat summation of events? Opening night of the Food and Wine Festival has rolled around again, and it is hoped that a planned appeal and tribute will refresh the memories of those who attended the previous year, and unearth fresh clues regarding what really happened to Kim Gillespie?

Il romanzo comincia all’annuale Festival di Gastronomia e Vino di Marralee Valley, zona dell’Australia principalmente dedita alla produzione enologica. Jane Harper has an incredible writing style, she puts you into the story with her vivid descriptions. I was able to listen to the audiobook of this story while having the digital copy in front of me, a great way to enjoy Stephen Shanahan's voice while being able to see the spelling of names and places at the same time. Far in the distance, he could make out the aggressively imperfect crack where part of the giant Murray River carved its way through the land.This story involves a lot of folks who have been close for a couple of decades and along with knowing each other for so long there are rumors and innuendos that run beneath the surface of polite conversation between the people present now. Aaron is back for his role as a godfather to Greg and Rita Raco's son, Henry, a job he had to give up last year after the disappearance. As for the couple of mysteries involved, I was heavily disappointed in how they were presented and their resolutions. I would struggle over a word and then by the time I figured it out, realize I’d missed a whole sentence. Thank you to Jane Harper, Macmillan Audio with a fine narration by Stephen Shananhan, and NetGalley for the ability to listen to this story, which published on January 31, 2023.