Grim and creepy, this book creates the perfect setting for a twisting plot as it had. I liked Aaron quite well-not the most lovable but definitely a good detective to read. Well paced, I'm looking forward to the next book in the series!

A good one in its genre. I especially liked the Australian setting which gave the story its own unique flavor. Small towns and drought provide an interesting backdrop. The fact that Aaron is dealing with his own issues about growing up in such a town, while at the same time looking into his old friend's family murder makes the plot come alive. The reader doesn't realize what is really going on until quite late into the story and even then the writer manages to surprise with an exciting ending. It kept me hooked till the very end. A good mystery but also an interesting social commentary.

Compelling
One of the reasons I fell so easily into this book is that it is written in such a way that truly hooks the reader in. I could truly imagine the situation and the scenario and everything that was happening as though I was watching a film and it all moved along in such a compelling and fascinating way. It is everything that I love about reading.

Addictive
As the story continued moving along, I found it so incredibly difficult to put this book down and continue on with my normal life. A part of me was always in the book, thinking about the characters and what had happened. I was so curious about the outcome and I kept coming up with my own solutions which made me love the book that much more.

Mysterious
As with most crime novels, there is a sense of mystery that surrounds this book but for some reason I found it even more brilliant to read about in this book. Everything seems shrouded in the unknown in this book with more than just one mystery to uncover as the book goes along. It really brings the reader in and keeps them wanting to read on. You find yourself flipping the pages quicker to work out how everything is connected and where it is all going to lead. I, for one, really wanted to try and work it out myself as well, which always makes reading more interactive and interesting.

Captivating
With all of the ingredients above, it’s hard not to see how this book would also be captivating but I think what really drew me into this book was the characters. They were all so full of life – and also not full of life due to situation they’re in – and that made them very interesting to read about. I really loved the main protagonist and found him to be a truly marvelous character to follow as he tried to deal with everything that was happening. You could tell that he was holding on to a secret and that he really didn’t want to be back in his home town and all of that just made him feel so mysterious and fascinating to read about.

Powerful
Lastly, but certainly not least, one of the best things about this book was how powerful it was. It was gripping, addictive, captivating, etc, but it was also just full of brilliant writing that kept you glued to the page. I’d, admittedly, been in a little reading slump before this book but it vanished as soon as I opened the first page of this book. The author is an incredible writer who has written a brilliant crime novel that will keep you hooked until the very last page. This atmospheric novel is not one that you want to miss.

What a Pleasant surprise ! A really great crime book & impossible to guess the baddies or the ending, a reallly good crime writer keeps you guessing right to the last page.
Highly recommended fantastic debut and I will be strongly recommending this as the crime book of the year !

Welcome to my post on the blog tour for this fantastic piece of crime fiction The Dry, set amongst a small community in Australia. A huge thank you to the publishers Little, Brown for inviting me to be a part of the tour and for sending me a copy of the novel in exchange for an honest review. This is Jane Harper's debut novel and after the strength of this thrilling story, I'm hoping for amazing things from her in the future.

Our main character is Aaron Falk, who escaped from his hometown Kiewarra to live in the city after a frightening incident that involved one of his best friends. I don't want to say too much about that for fear of spoilers but let me tell you there are a lot of secrets in this novel for many different characters not just our protagonist and the way they are gradually uncovered are thrilling. He comes back to Kiewarra to attend his old best friend's funeral after a shocking occurrence where two members of Luke's family were brutally shot and then Luke himself appears to have committed suicide, also with the gun.

Aaron promises Luke's father that he will look into the mystery and try to clear his friend's name as it was assumed that Luke was the perpetrator of the crime. Furthermore, if it was the case that Luke did kill two of his family - what were his possible motives for doing such a terrible thing? There is much more going on in this little town than previously assumed however so be prepared for several shocks and surprises. Nothing or no-one is what it seems and the connection to events in Falk's past is paramount and incredibly murky.

As I've mentioned earlier, I thought this was a fantastic debut novel with lots of twists and turns - just how I like my crime fiction. I liked that it was set in Australia, I loved the variety of characters that we were given and I enjoyed that it wasn't just about one event. Many things are linked in this story and there are lots of different aspects to be discovered and savoured, the latter of which I certainly did. Jane Harper has a real gift for spinning an exciting narrative and I can't wait to see what she does next!

Set in the fictional town of Kiewarra in Australia, during a drought this book packs a massive punch. Taut and tense throughout, the author has used the landscape of her novel as the canvas on which to paint the story.

The landscape is harsh and dry and the characters are mysterious. Aaron Falk has returned to his hometown after many years away. His best friend Luke Hadler has allegedly killed his wife and son and then committed suicide. Although there are some that believe this is not the case.

There are flashbacks to earlier events in the boys childhood, things that were kept secret all those years ago. What really happened back then, what happened with Luke Hadler and why is Aaron Falk still in town.

So many questions rolled around my head as I was reading this book, the suspense was kept high throughout as the story slowly played out until the end. The people of Kiewarra do not have much money. Everybody is tense, the land is dry and water is a luxury. The tension of the people and the landscape proved atmospheric and claustrophobic at the same time.

This book is fantastic and a great way to start my reading off this year. Jane Harper has managed to take this novel to places that kept me gripped through the entirety whilst managing to write a unique story with an individual voice.

I highly recommend this one. It is a beautifully written and expertly crafted crime novel. I found the ending to be satisfying and it was the type of book that had me turning just one more page. I can't wait to read what this author writes in the future, she is a talent for sure.

I enjoyed this book throughout. And would read another from this author no problem. I have no trouble in recommending this book to anyone who likes a good thriller

This is a mystery novel set in Australia about a Federal Agent called Falk who returns to his hometown to attend his best friend's funeral.
This is a great novel, it is well written and constructed. Harper cleverly and skilfully creates an atmospheric, brooding and tense tone to the novel, which she manages to keep up the whole way through the novel, in fact the novel gets more close and claustrophobic as the story progresses.
There are numerous strands running through this novel; a life changing event that occurred in Falk's childhood, and the "suicide" of his best friend in the present day. Falk tries to figure out the answer to both these puzzles through the novel, we as the reader puzzle over it with him.
The novel features a selection of great characters. Falk is our main character, and the character whose internal thoughts we follow through the novel, however there are a whole host of supporting characters that are very well crafted.
I enjoyed reading a novel set in Australia, it's a setting I don't read about enough, but I was extremely impressed with how well written the small town that the novel is set in was. The closely knit town is one where everyone knows everyone and there are no secrets. This oppressive and intrusive atmosphere was so tangible through the novel, it was a really intense feeling, which I thought Harper created brilliantly.
This novel uses flashbacks to show us the life changing event from Falk's childhood, and it becomes another puzzle that we have to figure out. The flashbacks really create the sense of mystery though, we are drip fed the answer to the mystery, and I thought Harper did a great job of creating the suspense, and juggling the two narratives in two different times.
I have seen some reviews of this novel which have been a little disappointed with the lack of romance in this novel, but I thought it was refreshing to not have very much romance. I think a romantic subplot would have distracted massively from the mystery and the intensity of the novel and actually there aren't any characters in my mind that would make a good romantic partnership anyway!
My only slight criticism of the novel was that the plot was a little slow moving. For a mystery novel I would have preferred a little more pace but the plot was interesting even if it wasn't the fastest moving!
Overall I really enjoyed this novel, it had an interesting setting, a very suspensive and intense tone, and some great twists towards the end!!

An intriguing book with plenty of twists and turns. I loved the character of Falk, who has returned to this barren town for the funeral of his friend Luke and his family. But it's 20 years after the death of Ellie, their friend and small towns have long memories. Things aren't always what they seem...

I found it a little slow at first but it soon picked up ... I really enjoyed the Falk/Raco police double act and the bar scenes were very realistic.

Worth a read -- an interesting thriller with lots of things to make you think.
4*

Thanks to the publisher for my copy, which I have reviewed voluntarily.

An incredible debut - your mouth is almost dry from the descriptions of the dried-out town of Kiewarra. A seamless storyline belies the author's inexperience in writing novels. Miss it at your peril!

Deep in the agricultural bush, the town of Kirrewarra is suffering from a prolonged drought, businesses are suffering and tensions are high. Aaron Falk left Kirrewarra twenty years ago, under suspicion of murdering a teenage girl but with no evidence beyond his name written on a piece of paper. Now he has to return to the town to go to the funeral of his childhood best friend, a man who shot his own family before turing the gun on himself. Falk is now a cop in Melbourne and his instincts tell him that Luke didn't do the deed he is accused of doing, so teaming up with the local Sergeant, Falk tries to solve the mystery whilst suffering the problems that his return has stirred up.

In the recent proliferation of crime novels, there has been little evidence of the genre from Australia but this is set to change with the arrival of Harper on the scene. Whilst this is a standard police procedural it has a great setting, a claustrophobic small town, incongruously set in the wild spaces of the Australian bush. The character of Falk, like so many great detective heroes, is a flawed man with a past which he has to confront and the two stories run parallel to the end. The plot is suitable twisty and the final solution is both neat and believable.

Has anyone seen my mind?

No?

Probably because it’s just been blown away! It has been a very long time since a book has kept me in suspense and totally enthralled but THE DRY by Jane Harper ticked all the boxes and hear this, 2017 books? You have a lot to live up to; THE DRY has set the bar high!

THE DRY is Jane’s debut novel and my oh my, what a slick and accomplished one it is! Set against the backdrop of a brittle town on the brink due to a never-ending drought in the Australian Bush, a horrific murder has rocked its inhabitants to their core.

Aaron Falk, who thought he left Kiewarra behind twenty years ago, finds himself drawn back into the fold when the case of his childhood friend’s murder appears to not be quite as simply cut and dried as first thought. Teaming up with the local sergeant in charge, Falk digs deeper into the Hadley murder and finds himself knee deep in old small-town prejudice, secrets and decades-old grudges. Thwarted at every turn by old enemies, Falk is in a race against time to solve the case before the sparks of anger and contempt threaten to ignite the powder-keg of tension in this dusty old town.

THE DRY is very much a character driven novel. From the get-go, we are drawn into the lives of Falk and his supporting cast, each equally well-developed with distinct personalities and motivations that you can’t help but ache to find out more about. Harper intertwines the events of the present with scintillating glimpses into the past, creating a novel that is layered with intrigue and a compelling plot. Throughout the book, with each chapter devoured with an insatiable need to know, I was kept guessing until the very end, each thread, another clue in the plot, intricately woven amongst the fabric of the well-crafted story, revealing itself only when it was time. Never straying into melodramatics, or creating skulking, overly embellished villains, The Harper draws on subtlety, quietly confident in its performance.

The town of Kiewarra and the drought are almost characters in their own right. The blistering heat is felt on every page, the oppressiveness of small town prejudice and animosity is mirrored in the overbearing temperatures. Highly visual, the imagery and description of Kiewarra gave the book a cinematic feel, adding an extra dimension to the experience.

A gritty and polished thriller that is beautifully written and engaging, THE DRY is atmospheric, will keep you guessing and is one to add to your TBRs now!

The Dry by Jane Harper

It’s been twenty years since teenager Aaron Faulk and his father were driven out of the small rural town of Kiewarra, Australia. Faulk is now a Federal Police Investigator of financial crime based in Melbourne. Now and then he meets up with his old mate Luke whenever Luke is visiting the city from Kiewarra but otherwise Faulk’s ties with his old hometown are cut. Until now. A tragedy calls Faulk back. Luke is dead. He killed himself but not before he shot dead in their home his wife Karen and their small son Billy. A note from Luke’s father insists Faulk must return for the funerals, hinting that he knows something about that other tragedy twenty years before. Luke’s father knows that all those years ago Luke and Faulk lied.

Apprehensive about what he might find, Faulk returns to a community devastated by the three deaths and stricken by a terrible drought. The town’s policeman, a newcomer, is doing his best to find out what drove Luke to do what he did but when Faulk offers his help it is gratefully accepted. But the more Faulk digs, the more the past returns to haunt him. And Faulk’s presence is a reminder to the town of their earlier loss. Tension, grief and anger do their worst, and soon Faulk feels a million miles away from his life in Melbourne and he realises that this town has never left him. It’s time for Kiewarra’s secrets to emerge from the shadows.

The Dry isn’t just a crime novel, it’s a vividly painted portrait of a community brought to the edge of despair and ruin by the brutality of man and the devastation of nature. Kiewarra is a farming community facing the reality of no rain, dried up rivers and poverty. In a sense, people can understand why their fellow farmer Luke should have been brought so low but then they remember his wife and innocent child. People want answers but not everyone wants them from Aaron Faulk. Jane Harper’s descriptions of Kiewarra are superb and it infuses the whole novel with a mood and atmosphere that makes The Dry stand out as one of the best crime novels we’ll see this winter. There’s something about reading a fine novel set in such a dry and hot location while huddled under blankets during the winter cold.

The story is cleverly told. Most of the narrative follows Faulk during his visit to Kiewarra when he tries to help the police investigation while at the same time having to endure the stares and insults of the townspeople. But interspersed throughout are flashbacks, covering both the recent crime and the events of twenty years before. This works brilliantly and takes us into the past, bringing it into the present, in such an effective fashion.

Almost everyone in The Dry is given a past and a story. They are all so fascinating to learn and it brings this small place to life. But I also really enjoyed the crime aspect of the novel. It is such a good mystery. There is a real sadness and hopelessness to some aspects of the story and to some of the characters, as well as a foreboding and threat, but this is offset by the beauty of the language, the vastness of the sky and the stark and vivid isolation of the parched Kiewarra. This is a novel to become engrossed in. I didn’t want to put it down at all and was sorry when it came to its excellent conclusion and I had to.

irst book read of 2017 and it’s a corker. The Dry is set in the town of Kiewarra, a small farming community which hasn’t seen rain for two years. Aaron Falk is back in town for 18 hours to attend the funeral of his friend Luke, but soon gets embroiled in the investigation. After all, he and Luke grew up together and some secrets shouldn’t ever come to light…

The Dry is a gritty, superbly atmospheric crime noir where the heat and tension in the small tight-knit community practically ooze off the page and the pages demand to be turned. Jane Harper weaves a net of intrigue packed with twists and turns, secrets and lies more than the odd red herring along the way. There’s a deft sleight of hand going on as the plot unfolds leaving you thinking that you’ve finally figured it out, only for the cards to be turned over one by one and, of course, the lady has vanished.

The story reveals itself through the current day investigation by Falk and local cop Raco into the murders, but also via a series of flashbacks to Falk’s younger days growing up in the town with his best friend Luke. It’s neatly done and each time we jump back in time, something new is revealed which alters our perception on events both past and present.

All the more spectacular for being a debut, The Dry should be quite firmly on your list of books to read in 2017. I will be very surprised if it doesn’t grace my books of the year list come December.

The Dry was a novel that draws you in slowly, but soon hooks you in completely. It is not a fast paced novel, but it is incredibly atmospheric. The setting was the part that really made this novel stand out for me. You get the impression of a small town that gives it a really claustrophobic feeling . The slow build up of the story is mirrored by the ongoing threat of drought and fire. As the lack of rain causes tensions in the town to rise, the story builds towards the final reveal.

The characters were interesting. The story of what happened twenty years before is told in flashback. I felt that these were easy to keep track of, this was testament to how good the writing in this novel was.

The small Australian town of Kiewarra is gripped by the worst drought in a century. There's been no rain for two years. Crops and pasture wither away, stock dies, and farmers' livelihoods disappear. So although shocking, it isn't surprising when Luke Hadler takes his shotgun and kills first his wife and six year old son, then himself. It seems like an open and shut case; tragic but understandable, even to be expected with the current economic problems ...
For twenty years, Aaron Falk has kept clear of his hometown - he didn't even return for the wedding of his childhood friend, Luke Hadler - but a funeral is something he feels he can't avoid. Now a Federal policeman in Melbourne, he left in a cloud of suspicion following the suicide of another friend, Ellie Deacon, and Kiewarra's collective memory hasn't forgotten. Aaron's hoping his visit will be as brief as possible, but when first Luke's parents, then the local policeman, start to raise doubts about the Hadler family's deaths, he feels he owes it to his old friend to clear his name.

In a small town (at least in fiction), murder is rarely random but something stemming from hidden secrets and personal motives - and that's the case here, as much as in Miss Marple's St Mary Mead. There are two threads, linked by the actions of Aaron and Luke - as Aaron pursues his investigation into the Hadler family deaths, he's constantly reminded of the death of Ellie Deacon years before. Maybe that, too, wasn't suicide as originally presumed, and maybe the alibi Luke gave Aaron, was actually intended to cover Luke ... It seems Aaron isn't going to solve one crime without solving both, and for both there's a line-up of possible perpetrators and red herrings to keep the reader guessing till the end. The plotting's well thought out, and if you know where to look, and what for, the clues are there along the way.

After so many ice cold Nordic Noir crime novels, The Dry's Australian setting comes as a shock - the air ripples with heat, the ground is parched, and rivers once large enough to swim in have dried up completely. Despite the vast open spaces surrounding the town, within it the atmosphere is claustrophobic and tense. Tempers are already on edge due to the ongoing drought, and not improved by Aaron's presence or the thought that there is a murderer within the community.


It's often said in book reviews, but this really was a case of me being hooked from the first page. I loved the writing style, the characters, the sunburned setting, the nigh on perfect balance between the two threads - I maybe could have done without some of the creepy Australian spiders though, no matter how casually they seemed to be dismissed.

What an absolutely outstanding debut; I even had to double check that it was actually a debut novel as it is such an accomplished work of fiction. 2017 has certainly got off to a fantastic start as The Dry raises the bar for all future debut novels. It is a stunning piece of literature and one that I know I will be recommending time and time again.

The story starts with the death of the Hadler family and what appears to be a seemingly loving husband and father, Luke Hadler, killing his wife and son before turning the gun on himself, leaving a massive question unanswered: if a man decided to kill his family and then himself, why would he leave his baby daughter unharmed in her cot? This is a question that Luke's childhood best friend, Aaron Falk, asks on his return to his hometown for the funeral. It is clear immediately that Falk isn't welcomed back with open arms and we learn that this isn't the first mysterious death to hit Kiewarra.

Falk, as a teenager, was previously questioned over the mysterious death of his school friend, Ellie Deacon, when Ellie pointed a finger from beyond the grave. A piece of paper with Falk's name written on was found in Ellie's bedroom, leading her family to jump to conclusions and harass the Falk family into leaving town for good. Startling similarities to Ellie's case appear when a piece of paper is found in the last reading book of Luke's murdered wife. Written on the paper is a name and phone number that raises more questions than answers for Falk.

Never have so few words in a sentence been so tantalising and causing of a reading frenzy than the four words that are repeated throughout The Dry:

"Luke lied. You lied."

Obviously I wanted to know what had happened to the Hadler family, but equally intriguing was the death of Ellie Deacon from years earlier. A double mystery, both as captivating as each other as you naturally wonder if they are linked. Not only do we have the mysterious deaths, but the town is being affected by a terrible drought. The literary canvas is painted with exquisite narrative as we read of the children's paintings showing brown fields and Falk suddenly realising it's eerily quiet because the roar of the river has been silenced. The lack of water does indeed make everyone crazy and Falk's poor car seems to experience the worst of the town's craziness.

With each captivating page making you thirsty for more, The Dry creates a reading thirst that is impossible to slake until you have turned the final page. A breathtaking, outstanding and mesmeric debut by Jane Harper that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend.

I chose to read an ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.

I love a good psychological thriller. And The Dry, I’m happy to say, is a perfect example of the genre at its best. I saw another reviewer ask ‘What’s debut-ish about this debut novel?’ The answer has to be nothing. Australian debut author Jane Harper has given us a book which is tense, atmospheric and truly difficult to put down.

Let’s first talk about the setting. The Australian outback, a quiet farm town suffering an inordinately long drought “Officially the worst conditions in a century”. It’s so well-written the tension is palpable, the scene visceral. Add to this a family murder-suicide and things start to get interesting.

Federal Police Investigator Aaron Falk returns to his small hometown after twenty years for the funeral of his childhood best friend, Luke. He intends to stay for a day but quickly gets drawn into the mystery surrounding three deaths. Did his friend really crack under the pressure of the drought and take a gun to himself, his wife and his son? Or was something else going on?

Harper gradually reveals the secrets of the small town, with segments dating back decades to the protagonist’s teenage years, a young woman’s suicide and the reason he had to leave the town in such a hurry at age 16. She keeps the reader in suspense about events of the past and present and if they were even linked at all. I was constantly changing my mind reading this novel, never sure who to trust.

Around the halfway point, I did find myself wondering why such a strong female author seemed to have made her novel so male-orientated, with a strong lead in Falk and female characters like Luke’s wife Karen and Falk’s childhood friend Gretchen quite one-dimensional. It felt like it was constantly reiterated how perfect and attractive they were. But as the story progressed and things fell into place, I realised that what the author had actually done was create a smokescreen, distracting me from how crucial these characters were to the plot.

The Dry is a tense, clever debut with incredibly well-drawn characters and setting which make it a pleasure to read. It really doesn’t surprise me that it’s already won awards and a film is in the pipeline, and I’m sure it will be as big a hit in the UK and US on release as it has been in Australia. I’ll be looking out for more from this exciting new voice in psychological thrillers.

A drought is devastating Australia, nowhere worse than Kiewarra. Crops are dying, there is no food for livestock… and for Luke Hadler, it seems enough is enough. He took his shotgun, walked into his home and shot his wife and young son at point blank range. Leaving his baby daughter alive, he turns the gun upon himself. Another tragedy of the drought. Apparently…
Called back to the town by Luke’s father, federal investigation Aaron Falk, Luke’s childhood friend, is asked to take a look at the crime scene – just to tie up some loose ends. But it seems that there are questions to be answered. Did Luke really kill his family?
But Aaron has secrets of his own. When he left town with his father many years ago, it was in the aftermath of a young girl’s death. Aaron was accused of the crime and Luke gave him a false alibi. But was Luke alibi-ing himself? And has the past come back for vengeance?
Thanks to Michael Jecks for the nod for this one – he reviewed The Dry over at Writerly Witterings recently and the review caught my eye. Admittedly, with my crime nerd hat on, it caught my eye for his comment that while he really enjoyed the book, it broke one of the Detection Club rules, but it caught my eye nonetheless. And while I won’t say which rule it breaks (although it’s not a Chinaman in a secret passage), I think it’s a pretty minor one and didn’t bother me in the slightest.
After a stunningly evocative prologue, describing the scene of carnage vividly without going into any detail – take a look on the “Look Inside” on the Amazon page – the tale then kicks off with Aaron returning to town, only to find a community still angry about his involvement, or suspected involvement with the events of the past.
The narrative structure is a clever one – the tale is told from Aaron’s point of view, but it switches into italics for someone else’s, whether it is the events of the past or simply someone being interviewed by Aaron. Rather than just hearing the answers to Aaron’s questions, we get to relive the events. Later on, as we discovered what actually happened, we get one particularly impressive section as the events in the farmhouse are replayed. It’s a structure that keeps the story fresh and moving along and neatly sidesteps any potential issue of exposing the killer from their own thoughts, a trick that Jecks is a master of.
And it’s worth mentioning that it sidesteps some clichés of this sort of story. The local police (who are competent) are already investigating an inconsistency at the scene of the crime. Most books would leave the “Luke (probably) didn’t do it” twist for at least 1/3 of the way through, but here, there’s no sense of that at all. Clearly there’s going to be doubt as to what happened, so let’s get that out of the way straight off the bat. I liked that approach – other authors could learn from it.
And also, under the strong writing, is a mystery plot that impresses. This isn’t a thriller where the killer is picked at random at the end, or where there’s only one suspect – it’s a proper whodunit, with hints along the way, if not clues, to the big picture. The modern day mystery is a clever one, but while the past story is intriguing, at the end of the day I did feel a bit “is that it?” at the final revelation. There were at least two other resolutions that I thought would carry a little more weight that the one provided, so that one felt a bit flat, despite a very well-written final section of that part.
I did say that this year, I was going to focus mostly on Golden Age, but I’m glad for this diversion. A modern mystery that is both well-written and well-plotted, this was a real find. Highly Recommended.

When Police officer Aaron Falk returns to his home town of Kiewarra for his best friends funeral, his intention is to return to Melbourne as soon as possible.

Luke Hadler appears to have murdered his family before turning the gun upon himself. But although they both had secrets in their past, Aaron is almost certain that Luke wouldn't have killed his family, even if he killed himself.

Rumours are rife through the town. Everyone is blaming the heat and drought for the tensions in the community, but Aaron knows it has always been this way. He himself was driven from the community as a teenager and no one is pleased to see him back.

That is except for Gretchen, a friend of both Luke and Aaron's. She wants Aaron to stick around for a while, help the locals cops with their investigation. Aaron is really a fraud investigating specialist, but when he meets the local cop in charge he sees that they could do with a hand.

He vows to stay no longer than a few days, but as they being the investigation it is clear that they won't be getting any clear answers for a while.

The Dry is a really clever novel, it keeps you on your toes through out and even when you think you have it sussed, something changes.

This is a fantastic debut, and I hope that there is more to come from this author.