The Dry
A Novel
Jane Harper
- "I
- love
- Jane
- Harper's
- Australia-based
- mysteries."
- —Stephen
- King
NOW
- A
- MAJOR
- MOTION
- PICTURE
- FROM
- IFC
- FILMS
- STARRING
- ERIC
- BANA
INSTANT
- NEW
- YORK
- TIMES
- BESTSELLER
“A
- breathless
- page-turner,
- driven
- by
- the
- many
- revelations
- Ms.
- Harper
- dreams
- up…You’ll
- love
- [her]
- sleight
- of
- hand…A
- secret
- on
- every
- page.”
- —The
- New
- York
- Times“One
- of
- the
- most
- stunning
- debuts
- I've
- ever
- read…
- Every
- word
- is
- near
- perfect.****”
- —David
- BaldacciA
- small
- town
- hides
- big
- secrets
- in
- The
- Dry,
- an
- atmospheric,
- page-turning
- debut
- mystery
- by
- award-winning
- author
- Jane
- Harper.After
- getting
- a
- note
- demanding
- his
- presence,
- Federal
- Agent
- Aaron
- Falk
- arrives
- in
- his
- hometown
- for
- the
- first
- time
- in
- decades
- to
- attend
- the
- funeral
- of
- his
- best
- friend,
- Luke.
- Twenty
- years
- ago
- when
- Falk
- was
- accused
- of
- murder,
- Luke
- was
- his
- alibi.
- Falk
- and
- his
- father
- fled
- under
- a
- cloud
- of
- suspicion,
- saved
- from
- prosecution
- only
- because
- of
- Luke’s
- steadfast
- claim
- that
- the
- boys
- had
- been
- together
- at
- the
- time
- of
- the
- crime.
- But
- now
- more
- than
- one
- person
- knows
- they
- didn’t
- tell
- the
- truth
- back
- then,
- and
- Luke
- is
- dead.Amid
- the
- worst
- drought
- in
- a
- century,
- Falk
- and
- the
- local
- detective
- question
- what
- really
- happened
- to
- Luke.
- As
- Falk
- reluctantly
- investigates
- to
- see
- if
- there’s
- more
- to
- Luke’s
- death
- than
- there
- seems
- to
- be,
- long-buried
- mysteries
- resurface,
- as
- do
- the
- lies
- that
- have
- haunted
- them.
- And
- Falk
- will
- find
- that
- small
- towns
- have
- always
- hidden
- big secrets.
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