We find out what really happened to her, and whether Aaron was involved, via snapshots into the past and the discovery of Ellie’s books, that describe the run up to her death. The main plot is interwoven with a secondary plot, the death of Ellie, all those years ago. Problems that go beyond the suspected murder-suicide. The book is filled with twists from beginning to end, both in the past and the present, and you find yourself getting caught up in this small town’s problems. The plot is superbly written and keeps you hooked to the pages, frantically reading, wanting, waiting for more from every chapter. The Dry is Jane Harper’s debut novel, and what a tremendous, fixating novel it is. Can the two of them together discover what really happened that fateful day?
The new local police officer is there too, and he also has his doubts about the case. On going to investigate at Luke’s home, Aaron discovers he’s not alone. Being a small rural town, where nothing much changes, most of the old residents are still living there today, and they believe that Aaron is guilty, and aren’t keen on him being back, especially Ellie’s dad and cousin.Īaron agrees to stay for a few extra days.
People in the town agree with the police verdict, except for Luke’s dad who asks Aaron to stay for a while and look into the murders, in an unofficial capacity.Īaron isn’t keen on staying any length of time, as the reason for him leaving, at sixteen, was because he was accused of killing local girl Ellie. Luke is accused of killing his wife, Karen, and six year-old son Billy too, in an apparent murder-suicide. The reason for his sudden return is to attend the funeral of his old best friend, Luke Hadler. Officer Aaron Falk returns to his childhood home in Kiewarra, Australia, for the first time since he was sixteen years old. And as Falk probes deeper into the killings, secrets from his past and why he left home bubble to the surface as he questions the truth of his friend’s crime. Because Falk and Luke Hadler shared a secret, one which Luke’s death threatens to unearth.
As questions mount and suspicion spreads through the town, Falk is forced to confront the community that rejected him twenty years earlier. Policeman Aaron Falk returns to the town of his youth for the funeral of his childhood best friend, and is unwillingly drawn into the investigation. Everyone thinks Luke Hadler, who committed suicide after slaughtering his wife and six-year-old son, is guilty. Tensions in the community become unbearable when three members of the Hadler family are brutally murdered. I just can’t understand how someone like him could do something like that.Īmid the worst drought to ravage Australia in a century, it hasn’t rained in small country town Kiewarra for two years. Format – ebook, paperback, hardcover, audio
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