The Lost Man
'her most accomplished yet: a moving story of loneliness, grief and redemption' The Times
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Stephen Shanahan
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Jane Harper
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The Sunday Times top 10 best seller
The 'gripping, atmospheric and ultimately deeply satisfying' (Val McDermid) new novel from Jane Harper, author of the Sunday Times top 10 best sellers - with combined sales of over a half a million copies - The Dry and Force of Nature.
He had started to remove his clothes as logic had deserted him, and his skin was cracked. Whatever had been going through Cameron's mind when he was alive, he didn't look peaceful in death.
Two brothers meet at the remote border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of the outback. In an isolated part of Australia, they are each other's nearest neighbour, their homes hours apart.
They are at the stockman's grave, a landmark so old that no one can remember who is buried there. But today, the scant shadow it casts was the last hope for their middle brother, Cameron. The Bright family's quiet existence is thrown into grief and anguish.
Something had been troubling Cameron. Did he choose to walk to his death? Because if he didn't, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects....
2020, LA Times Book Prize, Short-listed
2020, Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, Long-listed
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- Mavis Hagan
- 15-04-21
Good yarn
I enjoyed this book. Good story that travels at a fast pace with a few twists along the way
Yes I enjoyed it & recommend it
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- Glen
- 14-05-19
Wonderful.
I bought this book after having read the excellent "The Dry" by Jane Harper and couldn't recommend it or indeed this one more highly.
The story is intriguing, well-written, and expansive. The characters seem entirely three-dimensional and are well presented. The narration is top-notch. A truly flawless rendition. All credit to Stephen Shanahan for bringing this book to life.
It's a slow burn to be sure, but my experience is best summarised by the fact that I completed it in two marathon sessions and couldn't believe five hours had passed by the time I drew to a close. It's a book that makes you forget you're even listening to it and draws you into the story masterfully.
The Outback never feels as tense and mysterious as it does in a Jane Harper novel, to be sure.
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- Junie
- 20-11-18
Another winner from Jane Harper!
Jane Harper's latest story is compelling and beautifully narrated. She understands the brutal harshness of the land in the outback, and her narrative let's us understand it too. The story kept me hooked, I would have listened to it all in one sitting if I could. She is excellent at developing her characters and I really felt that I knew them. The gradual revelations as the story progresses are well done. Hoping for another book soon!
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- Pat
- 08-11-18
A deep slow burner
I loved Stephen's voice and reading. I have lived in Oz, in Adelaide, a very different experience from living in the Outback. We travelled widely in Oz and stayed in small towns and saw the vastness of the desert. So always aware of life in small town outback and desert Oz. I feel Jane captures those aspects beautifully. The family behaviours and experiences she describes are true to any place and part of life but the setting gave them deeper and more intense feelings.
I have heard The Dry and Forces of Nature and so appreciated the references to the characters and stories in The Dry.
I look forward to Jane's next book - no pressure then!!
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- Elise
- 03-11-18
Excellent! Her best yet & great narrator
I really loved The Dry, and like Force of Nature but I love The Lost Man! And the narrator is amazing - normally quite pronounced accents get tiresome quickly, but this Australian accent was just perfect the whole way through (though his attempts at British English were extremely funny!)
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- Anna
- 16-03-19
keeps you on your toes until the end.
I enjoyed the gentle build up. who knew the out back was so full of twists?
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- susan
- 24-03-19
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At the start of the story the narrator had lots of description about the Australian outback,initially I thought this was going to be boring and I wanted to get to the plot but as the story unfolded the descriptive became part of the plot and was part of the story. Really enjoyable and very well thought out story
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- M
- 19-08-19
a really well written book excellently preformed.
Awesomely described i could feel the heat, dust and egine oil. very well written and performed. loved it.
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- Mr D.
- 25-12-19
Slow burner building to shocking family secrets
It took me a while to get into it, and at first I couldn't figure out what it was about, but go with it and you're taken into a world we don't really know exists. And the climax creeps up on you
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- jennette farnsworth
- 23-06-24
Brilliantly written
The twists and turns, you never seem to realise “who done it “till the end
Fabulous book, her books are always a turn pager
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