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Look, I didn't really like any of them, but they were an interesting bunch and different enough that it kept the story interesting. Plus having so many of them meant there were lots of guesses as to who was behind all the drama. A slow moving, deliberate thriller that delves into the lives of those haunted by the past tragedies.

And the heartbroken ending made me numb. It was the most emotional story of this author and one of my favorite books of her. ( I liked the other three but I guess this one will have a special place in my heart!)Kieran and Mia return to this small seaside resort with their baby daughter, years after leaving to pursue their careers in Sydney. They are visiting Kieran’s parents who are dealing with the failing mental health of Kieran’s dad, and arrive a day before the body is discovered. There’s a great sense of underlying tension with this story. Everyone seems to have secrets and regrets. Harper totally gets small town life, where everyone knows everyone else’s business. And she adds a slice of modern day life, where an online forum opens up people’s suspicions, anger and vileness. A down and out war veteran has come to the end of his rope when he gets thrown into the middle of completing a bank heist, attempted by a Ukrainian mob, that he foolishly thwarted. His family is at risk if he does not comply and he is given a deadline, however, what they are asking for could bring on many innocent deaths. This is an excellent action filled read that features some really good characters and multi levelled plots. Nate was on the verge of jumping because his life has fallen apart. He suffers from PTSD from his time with the military in Iraq, is estranged from the love-of-his-life who he met and married in college, has a teenage daughter who hates him and has now been diagnosed with ALS. If that wasn’t enough to bring him to suicide, he has now become the target of a Ukrainian mob boss, Pavlo Shevchenko, the man who hired the bank crew. Shevchenko threatens to kill Nate’s daughter if he doesn’t get the item that is kept in the safe deposit box at the bank and bring it to him by the end of the week.

Before I say anything else, I just have to gush over the beautiful book cover. The moodiness of it is brilliant, and paints a perfect picture of how I imagined the beach in Evelyn Bay to look. He was one of our greatest popular novelists, whose books are sold in thirty-three other languages, including Russian and Chinese. Widely imitated and hugely influential, his 19 novels have sold more than 42 million copies worldwide.E si tiene alla larga da scene di violenza, da armi, spari, coltelli, tagli, sangue. Racconta quello che sembra potrebbe accadere nella vita quotidiana di tanti di noi. The mystery itself is interesting and compelling. It drives the overall narrative, and infuses it with the prevailing atmosphere that something isn't quite right. The subtle malice flows through the undercurrents of this story, sweeping me away with its quiet intensity. Not much is happening on the surface, but underneath, it relentlessly builds the story into its inevitable and surprising conclusion. The community will be thrown into morning again with the discovery of a murdered young woman found on the beach. The murder evokes the death of another young woman who disappeared the day of the storm. However, the non linear format of the storytelling, the jumping about in time does make it a confusing story to follow. I fully appreciate why ithe author has chosen to do this as we are following Ben’s memories that will obviously flit about and there’s also some inevitable concealment.

Kieran's parents are struggling in a town where fortunes are forged by the sea. Between them all is his absent brother, Finn. Unholy': A writer's potential legacy film". Arkansas Online. 2 April 2021 . Retrieved 6 November 2022. This is a story of grief, guilt and blame which weighs heavily on people and this is depicted really well and at times, very movingly. As you would expect from Jane Harper this is extremely well written and is an excellent portrait of a small community with suspicion hanging over it and the devastation that can cause. There are tantalising hints about the past and events in the present in this slow burner of a novel. In places I find the pace is a bit too slow in the first 50% but the pace increases in the second half as the mystery deepens and mistrust strengthens. This half makes for gripping reading as you really don’t know who to trust, who to believe and you cast your eye over everyone. I think the outcome is a good surprise and fits well with those tantalising hints! I love the atmosphere that the author creates using the weather to great effect and especially the past storm, she uses the ebb and flow of the cold ocean to symbolise the attitudes of the inhabitants of Evelyn Bay. This really resonates with me and it is as if you are actually present on the shore. I love the use of the dangerous caves which hide as much as the people do and are an excellent metaphor for submerged secrets. The character development is really good especially in Kieran’s family and you feel so much is weighing on his mother Verity's shoulders. Nel corso dei secoli ci sono stati più di mille naufragi su quelle coste. Uno proprio davanti a Evelyn Bay qualche decennio prima: tutti morti, cinquantaquattro naviganti. Il relitto giace sul fondale, le escursioni sub lo hanno adottato come meta prediletta. This isn’t a fast paced book, but it totally engaged me with its character studies and numerous possibilities as to who committed the crime. And I will say the ending took me totally by surprise.I never really liked any of the characters, and it all felt complicated for the sake of complication. There were so many secrets that didn't need to be secrets. Because of this, it also feels like there was a lot that was never properly explained. In een jaloersmakend moeiteloze schrijfstijl bewijst de 45-jarige Zweed dat je voor een diepgravende familiekroniek geen kilo’s papier behoeft; dat je de academische inzichten over nature versus nurture ook in romanvorm kunt belichten; en dat het geen prototypische thriller vereist om lezers urenlang over de al of niet bevredigende ontknoping te laten discussiëren. The race is on as Nate attempts to keeps his family safe from Shevchenko, retrieve the item and outwit the authorities.

This slim novel begins with an impressive plane crash and loses momentum from there. A slow storyline involving the gradually returning memories of the sole survivor marks for familiar reading material, and each section is interspersed with ghost/horror sequences - seemingly random at first - of the kind we're familiar with from the likes of THE FOG. Eventually the storylines converge with various staples thrown in (demonic possession etc.) but the climax is completely routine. I’ve enjoyed each of Jane Harper’s previous three books. And this one wins four stars from me, too. She shows her versatility here, moving from the inland to a small Tasmanian beach town. But her ability to give us a true sense of place is the same. This is the first novel I have read by Jane Harper, and she excels in creating a mystery with atmosphere galore. I could feel the chill of the water. I could see the darkness inside the surrounding caves. I could smell the damp, salty air.From salt mines to forced marches, summary executions to Amstetten, where prisoners were used as human shields in Allied bombing, Josef lived under the spectre of death for many years. When he was liberated from Ebensee at the end of the war, conditions were amongst the worst witnessed by allied forces. After 12 years fighting with his guilt feelings, depression, Kieran evolved into more caring, understanding, mature man with the help of Mia and his daughter’s support but seeing his broken parents who are still grieving his brother bring out the resentment, sadness he has been bottling up for years. A friend of mine swears by reading and listening to a book simultaneously. This is the first time I’ve done it. I found it a very enjoyable experience, allowing me to keep one story going. And this was a story I wanted to keep going. De zin die je naar de keel grijpt. Die je vol in de maag raakt en tegen de grond slaat. Je onder water sleurt en pas minuten later happend naar adem weer boven doet komen, niet beseffend wat er zonet is gebeurd.