The Dry

De: Jane Harper

Narrado por: Stephen Shanahan

I just can't understand how someone like him could do something like that. Amid the worst drought to ravage Australia in a century, it hasn't rained in small country town Kiewarra for two years. Tensions in the community become unbearable when three members of the Hadler family are brutally murdered.

Everyone thinks Luke Hadler, who committed suicide after slaughtering his wife and six-year-old son, is guilty. 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.

As questions mount and suspicion spreads through the town, Falk is forced to confront the community that rejected him 20 years earlier. Because Falk and Luke Hadler shared a secret, one which Luke's death threatens to unearth. 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.

©2016 Jane Harper (P)2016 Hachette Audio UK

Reseñas de la Crítica

Harper's debut novel is The Dry, a crime thriller making its way up The Sunday Times Bestsellers charts as steadily as the mercury rises each day in the stricken agricultural town of Kiewarra, in which it is set...It feels like an Ur-Australian novel, a whodunit that evokes the punishing landscape and searing aridity so convincingly, you expect a heat haze to shimmer above the page (Patricia Nichol)

An award-winner in its native Australia, in this first book from journalist Harper a local cop investigates the murder of a family in a small town enduring the worst drought in 100 years. This could be the start of an Antipodean wave that will overtake Scandi noir (Nick Curtis)

Praise for this book has been 'resounding', and rightly so: it's truly 'remarkable'. Exploring the tensions of small-town life and 'the limits of human endurance', The Dry is a 'chilling murder mystery', said The Mail on Sunday

loved it!

what a wonderful read, I was riveted, and great to hear it wirh an Australian accent.

Fabulous Australian mystery.

Such clever writing and brilliant narration. Highly recommended to anyone who loves good plotting and realistic characters.

Gripping

From the very beginning and all the way to the very end, I was hooked. A brilliant book told by an amazing storyteller.

Gripping

Grabbed me from the beginning, full of twists and turns. Excellently read taking me right into the heart of Australia. So vivid it was like listening to a movie, only heaps better. Right to the end you'll be guessing, and you'll guess wrong. Don't miss this one.

I could even feel the heat

Was a fabulous read. Couldn’t guess the ending, the characters had depth and were interesting. I could feel how dry and hot it was