Jane Harper, a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller has made a name for herself as a crime thriller writer and the Queen of Outback Noir. Her most recent release, Exiles, is the third book in the Aaron Falk series but can be read as a stand-alone novel.
In this article, we’ll share a guide to Jane Harper’s book in order.
Exile by Jane Harper
- Audible Audiobook
- Jane Harper (Author) – Stephen Shanahan (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 01/31/2023 (Publication Date) – Macmillan Audio (Publisher)
Exile, the third book in the Aaron Falk Series, contains mystery and dark secrets. The book is set in rural Australia, where her other novels are set.
Aaron Falk investigates a local community where a mother abandons her baby and disappears from a busy festival. He uncovers secrets and resentments during his investigation and realizes the community isn’t as peaceful as it seems. But Falk mustn’t be too ambitious to expose the truth; otherwise, he’ll risk his life.
The Aaron Falk series books in order
The Dry by Jane Harper
- Audible Audiobook
- Jane Harper (Author) – Stephen Shanahan (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 01/10/2017 (Publication Date) – Macmillan Audio (Publisher)
Aaron Falk returns reluctantly to his hometown, a small farming community of Kiewarra, for the burial of his childhood friend Luke Hadler.
Luke has been murdered, along with two others from his family. Falk, reluctant at first to conduct an investigation, starts to dig around the family’s death and, in the process, learns old secrets, even his own secrets and those of the town.
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
- Audible Audiobook
- Jane Harper (Author) – Stephen Shanahan (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 02/06/2018 (Publication Date) – Macmillan Audio (Publisher)
Force of Nature follows Aaron Falk yet again. This time, five women went hiking through a rough landscape for a team-building exercise. However, one of them is missing on their return. Alice, the missing woman, is the whistleblower in Falk’s latest case, so he’s interested in finding her.
But the surviving women had other plans. Jane Harper displays her writing prowess yet again, spanning both the present day and diving into the background story of the investigation and using cliffhangers to initiate suspense and keep the reader hooked.
Jane Harper’s stand-alone novel
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
- Audible Audiobook
- Jane Harper (Author) – Stephen Shanahan (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 02/05/2019 (Publication Date) – Macmillan Audio (Publisher)
Somewhere in the Australian outback, the corpse of Cameron, one of the three farmer brothers, is found. His corpse is found among the small shadow cast from a dead stockman’s gravestone.
His death unsettles his entire family, leaving them confused as to what could have caused his death. There were so many questions like, did he choose to die? Or is there a suspect who could have killed him hiding somewhere in the outback?
This book, a haunting family history, seeks an answer to a simple question: why did Cameron die?
The Survivors by Jane Harper
- Audible Audiobook
- Jane Harper (Author) – Stephen Shanahan (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 02/02/2021 (Publication Date) – Macmillan Audio (Publisher)
The peace and safety of Evelyn Bay on the Tasmanian coast are threatened after the murder of a young art student and other hidden secrets are revealed.
Kieran Elliot has returned home for a visit and to help his mother, Verity, and his father, Brian, who is battling dementia, move to a new house.
But his visit brings back the guilt that’s never left him after one fateful day sometime in the past. And when a body is discovered on the beach, and an investigation is carried out, Kieran knows he must face the questions he’s been hiding from and deal with them once and for all.
Conclusion
These Jane Harper’s books will keep you hooked, especially when you read them in order. Jane Harper unleashes her writing skills, incorporating mystery and suspense even so that readers jump to their own conclusions.
