A review by ifpoetshadmerch
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
4.0
The second Jane Harper book I’ve read this year, and she’s really cementing herself as a must-read for me! (I am literally still recommending The Survivors to anybody and everybody who will listen.)
This was another slow-burn thriller, and a great heatwave/pool read. Set in the Australian outback, Cameron Bright’s body is found in the desert, and his car abandoned miles away. He leaves behind a wife and two kids, a grieving mother, a close family friend, and two brothers—Nathan and Bub—who could all stand to gain something from Cam’s property… But as they bury Cam, long ago secrets become unburied. Um, yes! I’m so here for this.
Harper continued to tick off a lot of boxes for me in terms of what I want to read in a book: setting as character, emotional moments, unpacking toxic masculinity, etc. I do think the overall plot structure has a lot of similarities with The Survivors so the story didn’t feel quite as fresh to me, but Harper does this type of storyline so well that I really can’t complain.
This was another slow-burn thriller, and a great heatwave/pool read. Set in the Australian outback, Cameron Bright’s body is found in the desert, and his car abandoned miles away. He leaves behind a wife and two kids, a grieving mother, a close family friend, and two brothers—Nathan and Bub—who could all stand to gain something from Cam’s property… But as they bury Cam, long ago secrets become unburied. Um, yes! I’m so here for this.
Harper continued to tick off a lot of boxes for me in terms of what I want to read in a book: setting as character, emotional moments, unpacking toxic masculinity, etc. I do think the overall plot structure has a lot of similarities with The Survivors so the story didn’t feel quite as fresh to me, but Harper does this type of storyline so well that I really can’t complain.