Jane Harper worked as a print journalist for 13 years before writing her first novel, The Dry, a #1 international bestseller. Originally from the UK, Jane lives in Melbourne. Force of Nature is her second novel.
Compelling...Harper continues the intense plotting and detail for
characters and setting that she established in The Dry.
--Associated Press
All of the novel's characters have been drawn with exceptional
complexity, and none more so than Aaron Falk...So much more than a
conventional detective, the reflective and compassionate Falk
provides the book's moral compass.
--New York Times Book Review "Secrets revealed as the investigation
unfolds will keep readers guessing until the unlikely plot reveals
itself in the last pages of the novel. Fans of her debut book The
Dry will find Force of Nature lives up to the exciting expectations
Harper is becoming known for building."
--Florida Times-Union "Force of Nature reinforces Harper's gift for
creating characters with complicated relationships and especially
for writing about wild landscapes, where anything can happen."
--LitHub "Even more impressive than The Dry...An almost unbearable
level of suspense...Nature is a hostile, unpredictable force in
both of Harper's novels, but her brilliance lies in making it into
a test of horribly fallible human nature."
--Sunday Times "While the plot unfolds at an expertly controlled
pace and is resolved in a satisfyingly ambiguous fashion, it is the
relationships between the women that drive the novel...Thoughtful,
moving, troubling."
--Irish Times
Both novels are intense, deeply intelligent psychological thrillers
that explore how our pasts - especially our childhoods - mold and
disrupt our lives in the present.
--Christian Science Monitor Riveting, tension-driven
thriller...Perfect for fans of Tana French and readers who enjoy
literary page-turners."
--Booklist, starred review "Harper's crackerjack plotting propels
the story...Harper layers her story with hidden depths, expertly
mining the distrust between Alice and her four colleagues, and the
secrets that simmer under the surface...A spooky, compelling
read."
--Kirkus "Stellar... The briefest dip into the prologue results in
stomach-tightening anticipation that begs the reader to continue...
[Harper] infuses the narrative with energy and atmosphere as Falk
plumbs professional and personal relationships for clues to Alice's
fate."
--Shelf Awareness Set against the fascinating backdrop of a wild,
rural location in south Australia...Presents an intriguing crime
that might not actually exist and potential suspects with
realistically complex personalities and possible motives. The two
story lines, past and present, collide with a satisfying yet not
gratuitous conclusion.
--Library Journal "A gripping tale of an elemental battle for
survival...Harper once again shows herself to be a storytelling
force to be reckoned with."
--Publishers Weekly "Jane Harper is a must-read writer, and Aaron
Falk is the Harry Bosch of the outback. Force Of Nature is a
remarkable hybrid of suspense, wilderness survival, memorable
characters, and gorgeous writing."
--Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who
Wish Me Dead "I loved The Dry. Force of Nature is even better.
Brilliantly paced, it wrong-foots the reader like a rocky trail
through the bush. I adored it."
--Susie Steiner, bestselling author of Missing, Presumed and
Persons Unknown "A major voice in contemporary fiction. Like Tana
French's Dublin Murder Squad series and Kate Atkinson's Jackson
Brodie novels, Jane Harper's deftly plotted mysteries double as
sensitive inquiries into human nature, behavior, and psychology.
And like The Dry, Force of Nature bristles with wit; it crackles
with suspense; it radiates atmosphere. An astonishing book from an
astonishing writer."
--A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window "Lord of the Flies
in the Australian outback, with grown women in place of school
boys. I loved every chilling moment of it. A blistering follow-up
to The Dry from one of the best new voices in crime fiction."
--Sarah Hilary, author of the bestselling DI Marnie Rome series
"Manages to be two things at once. It's a financially skewed police
procedural with a likeable detective with his own personal
trajectory at its heart, and it's something of a locked room
mystery. The fact that the locked room is neither in a vicarage,
nor on an island, but somewhere in the claustrophobic vastness of
the Australian bush renders Force of Nature all the more original
and engaging."
--Sydney Morning Herald "As thick with menace as the bush that
seems to swallow the difficult Alice...Force of Nature cuts between
past and present, corporate and domestic, and cements its author as
one of Australia's boldest thriller writers." --Australian Women's
Weekly The narrative is finely constructed, with perfectly measured
pace and suspense. So much so that it reminded me of another master
of form, Liane Moriarty...There are echoes of Picnic at Hanging
Rock and Lord of the Flies as any appearance of civility slips away
and the women lose direction in a hostile landscape.
--The Saturday Paper (Aus) Harper's mastery of pace makes Force Of
Nature one of 2017's best thrillers.
--Elle (Aus) Gripping thriller will have readers hooked.
--Sunday Telegraph Force of Nature proves Jane Harper, author of
The Dry, is no one-hit wonder. Its premise is instantly
gripping.
--Herald Sun (Aus)
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