The Lost Man - Jane Harper

The Lost Man

By Jane Harper

  • Release Date: 2019-02-05
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 526 Ratings

Description

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"I love Jane Harper's Australia-based mysteries." —Stephen King

Two brothers meet in the remote Australian outback when the third brother is found dead, in this stunning new standalone novel from Jane Harper


Brothers Nathan and Bub Bright meet for the first time in months at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback.

Their third brother, Cameron, lies dead at their feet.

In an isolated belt of Australia, their homes a three-hour drive apart, the brothers were one another’s nearest neighbors. Cameron was the middle child, the one who ran the family homestead. But something made him head out alone under the unrelenting sun.

Nathan, Bub and Nathan’s son return to Cameron’s ranch and to those left behind by his passing: his wife, his daughters, and his mother, as well as their long-time employee and two recently hired seasonal workers.

While they grieve Cameron’s loss, suspicion starts to take hold, and Nathan is forced to examine secrets the family would rather leave in the past. Because if someone forced Cameron to his death, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects.

A powerful and brutal story of suspense set against a formidable landscape, The Lost Man confirms Jane Harper, author of The Dry and Force of Nature, is one of the best new voices in writing today.

Reviews

  • Wasn’t that good

    2
    By AliceW1029374756
    SPOILERS AHEAD: the main premise of this book is that it’s ok for a mother to send her own adult son to a horrible death of dehydration if the son is guilty of domestic abuse. Domestic abuse deserves death penalty in the hands of his own mother in the mind of this author. This makes me so mad. Perhaps Ms Harper doesn’t have her own children? The subject is deep and complex and Ms Harper dealt with it on the level of a 14 year old schoolgirl. Primitive and non realistic at all. Perhaps it wasn’t meant to be deep, it’s just a mystery book after all, but why bother than bringing it up? Just because it’s a popular and politically correct subject, that’s why.
  • What a Story!

    5
    By Reads-at-night
    I was totally engrossed in this book. The story revolves around the mysterious death of a farmer in the outback. How this premise could be so fascinating, I don’t know, but it was. The descriptions of life in the outback were harrowing. The story was superbly told. The eventual outcome, unexpected. Extremely well written.
  • Solidly good

    3
    By Whitmben
    Solidly good mystery with a happy (maybe too simply happy?) ending. I found it maybe slightly predictable. I also struggled a bit with the mystery being so personal—maybe I’m used to most of Tana French where outsiders solve and you don’t have to experience the victim’s family’s anguish.
  • Slow to build, but a great mystery!

    5
    By Woodland3
    Another great read from Jane Harper. This story starts off with the death of a cattle rancher in the isolated Australian Outback. The eldest brother tries to solve the mystery of his middle brother’s death, as we learn more about this dysfunctional intergenerational family. A surprise ending, yet a positive one. A truly great read!
  • Good book

    5
    By dicey jane
    Have read all books by jane Harper and they are all excellent. The lost man is the very best. Could not stop reading till the end.
  • Loved it

    4
    By Stefie S
    Great story, characters and learned a lot about the Australian outback. The complications and challenges between family is highlighted extremely well.
  • As dry and dull as the outback

    1
    By KEv003
    This is the most anti climatic book I may have ever read. The most interesting thing about this book is learning there are farms as large as some states in the US. The big twist that you have to suffer through 35 chapters of to get to is so dull and predictable it’s hardly a twist at all. I want to spoil it here just to save you from reading this. The happy ending is that a guy ends up with his dead brothers widow a week after he’s dead. That’s literally as good as things get. Wow.
  • The Lost Man

    5
    By yeah that G'ville
    I was hooked from the very first paragraph. I love this author! The words flew off the page. I have read all her books and this one surpassed the others. I can’t wait to read her next story.
  • The Lost Man

    1
    By WMeliz
    Horrible. Slow. Depressing. Story extremely slow in developing. Redundant. Would not recommend it... especially not to a book club.
  • The Lost Man

    5
    By Peter 14
    Great human interest story told very well. I learned some about the Australian Outback from this reading. I have read all of her books and enjoyed each of them.