the psyche of main character Kieran Elliott and the townsfolk, unearthing dark secrets, hidden guilt and simmering social tensions."
-Herald Sun"The latest stunner from Jane Harper...[She] expertly raises the reader's pulse throughout the narrative, insinuating what happened that day but only revealing the truth slowly as Kieran comes to see past and present in a new light."
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Booklist, starred review
"[Harper is] a master at creating atmospheric settings, and it's easy to fall under her spell...A layered and nuanced mystery."
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Kirkus"Jane Harper has created a tightly told, beautifully written, and suspenseful novel... It is a novel of guilt, remorse, injustice, and regret, all skillfully woven together seamlessly into a realistic work of literary power I cannot recommend highly enough."
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Deadly Pleasures"Harper expertly weaves past guilts with present grief. She remains a writer to watch."
-Publishers Weekly "Jane Harper creates an impressive landscape that serves to illustrate how the experience of place inevitably shapes the lives of those who live there."
-Sydney Morning Herald"It's now clear Harper has a gift...every book has a distinct landscape that plays a central part in the plot made possible by her uncanny knack of bringing scenery to life."
-Daily TelegraphPraise for Jane Harper:
"Ms. Harper is not one to drop a fact [...] without using it later. If you enjoy being hoodwinked...you'll love Ms. Harper's sleight of hand. Ms. Harper has made her own major mark."
-The New York Times
"Such a good storyteller... Harper has again raised the bar for emerging crime writers."
-Chicago Tribune"Intense, deeply intelligent psychological thrillers that explore how our pasts - especially our childhoods - mold and disrupt our lives in the present."
-Christian Science Monitor
"Harper writes with precision and creates a tense atmosphere on the brink of combustion." -
Real Simple
"Book by book, [Harper is] creating her own vivid and complex account of the outback." -
New York Times Book Review "Place is paramount, a multifaceted character that's in turns brutal and breathtaking." -
Washington Post
"An author at the top of her game." -
Kirkus, starred review
"I think of Jane Harper as the Australian Louise Penny. Like Penny's Inspector Gamache series, Harper's books evoke a vivid sense of place, and are as much about her nuanced characters and the moral dilemmas they face as the mystery itself." -BookRiot
"Harper works miracles. We're lucky to witness them." -A.J. Finn, #1
New York Times bestselling author
"Harper evokes the complexities of love, hate, rage, emotional baggage, and a spot of redemption with a spare language that suits her story's geographical surroundings - and her characters' deeply interwoven and even more deeply imprinted relationships - down to a T." -
Seattle Review of Books
"Harper adroitly blends the tension and brisk pace of a thriller with the psychological acuity and stylish prose of literary fiction." -
Irish Independent
"In just a couple of years, Jane Harper has soared into the first rank of contemporary crime writers." -
Sunday Times (UK)
"Ms. Harper is not one to drop a fact [...] without using it later. If you enjoy being hoodwinked...you'll love Ms. Harper's sleight of hand. Ms. Harper has made her own major mark."
-The New York Times
"Such a good storyteller... Harper has again raised the bar for emerging crime writers."
-Chicago Tribune
"Harper writes with precision and creates a tense atmosphere on the brink of combustion." -
Real Simple
"Book by book, [Harper is] creating her own vivid and complex account of the outback." -
New York Times Book Review
"Harper works miracles. We're lucky to witness them." -A.J. Finn, #1
New York Times bestselling author
