The Resource The dry, Jane Harper
The dry, Jane Harper
Resource Information
The item The dry, Jane Harper represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The dry, Jane Harper represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Who really killed the Hadler family? Luke Hadler turns a gun on his wife and child, then himself. The farming community of Kiewarra is facing life and death choices daily. If one of their own broke under the strain, well ... When Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk returns to Kiewarra for the funerals, he is loath to confront the people who rejected him twenty years earlier. But when his investigative skills are called on, the facts of the Hadler case start to make him doubt this murder-suicide charge. And as Falk probes deeper into the killings, old wounds are reopened. For Falk and his childhood friend Luke shared a secret ... A secret Falk thought long-buried ... A secret which Luke's death starts to bring to the surface
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 342 pages
- Note
- "A desperate act in a small town with big secrets" -- Front cover
- Isbn
- 9781743548059
- Label
- The dry
- Title
- The dry
- Statement of responsibility
- Jane Harper
- Subject
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- Secrecy -- Fiction
- trueAustralia
- trueAustralian fiction
- trueMysteries
- Murder -- Investigation -- Australia -- Fiction
- trueDeception
- trueBest friends
- trueSecrets
- trueDroughts
- Detective and mystery stories
- trueGovernment investigators
- trueRevenge
- trueMurder suspects
- trueMurder
- trueAlibi
- trueSmall towns
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Who really killed the Hadler family? Luke Hadler turns a gun on his wife and child, then himself. The farming community of Kiewarra is facing life and death choices daily. If one of their own broke under the strain, well ... When Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk returns to Kiewarra for the funerals, he is loath to confront the people who rejected him twenty years earlier. But when his investigative skills are called on, the facts of the Hadler case start to make him doubt this murder-suicide charge. And as Falk probes deeper into the killings, old wounds are reopened. For Falk and his childhood friend Luke shared a secret ... A secret Falk thought long-buried ... A secret which Luke's death starts to bring to the surface
- Summary
- Receiving a sinister anonymous note after his best friend's suspicious death, federal agent Aaron Falk is forced to confront the fallout of a twenty-year-old false alibi against a backdrop of the worst drought Melbourne has seen in a century
- Award
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- Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year, 2017.
- Australian Book Industry Awards, General Fiction Book of the Year, 2017.
- Davitt Awards, Best Adult Novel, 2017
- Davitt Awards, Readers' Choice, 2017
- Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year, 2017
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2017
- Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel, 2017
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10513222
- Cataloging source
- NSL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Harper, Jane
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Aaron Falk novels
- Series volume
- 0001
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Murder
- Secrecy
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- The dry, Jane Harper
- Note
- "A desperate act in a small town with big secrets" -- Front cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000057421863
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 342 pages
- Isbn
- 9781743548059
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)949946985
- Label
- The dry, Jane Harper
- Note
- "A desperate act in a small town with big secrets" -- Front cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000057421863
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 342 pages
- Isbn
- 9781743548059
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)949946985
Subject
- trueAlibi
- trueAustralia
- trueAustralian fiction
- trueBest friends
- trueDeception
- Detective and mystery stories
- trueDroughts
- trueGovernment investigators
- trueMurder
- Murder -- Investigation -- Australia -- Fiction
- trueMurder suspects
- trueMysteries
- trueRevenge
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- trueSecrets
- trueSmall towns
Genre
Member of
Included in
- trueAustralian Book Industry Awards: Book of the Year
- trueAustralian Book Industry Awards: General Fiction Book of the Year
- trueDagger Awards: CWA Gold Dagger
- trueDavitt Awards (Australia): Best Adult Novel
- trueDavitt Awards (Australia): Readers' Choice
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2017
- trueNed Kelly Awards (Australia): Best First Fiction
- trueRecommended by Amie Reno
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
- Award
- Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year, 2017.
- Award
- Australian Book Industry Awards, General Fiction Book of the Year, 2017.
- Award
- Davitt Awards, Best Adult Novel, 2017
- Award
- Davitt Awards, Readers' Choice, 2017
- Award
- Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year, 2017
- Award
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2017
- Award
- Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel, 2017
Library Locations
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Lionel Bowen Library and Community CentreBorrow it669-673 Anzac Parade, Marouba, NSW, 2035, AU-33.938111 151.237977
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Malabar Community LibraryBorrow it1203 Anzac Parade, Matraville, NSW, 2036, AU-33.962293 151.245961
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Margaret Martin LibraryBorrow itLevel 1, Royal Randwick Shopping Centre , Randwick, NSW, 2031, AU-33.9151421 151.2408898
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