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Jane Harper gifts us with the presence of Aaron Falk, once again, in her third installment of this series. Not to worry. Exiles reads perfectly as a standalone. But when you come front and center with the caliber of Jane Harper, you should read The Dry #1 and Force of Nature #2. They are that good. Aaron Falk is in town to celebrate the christening of his godson, when the subject of Kim’s disappearance comes up. It’s a case that weighs heavily on this tight-knit community and Aaron is asked to investigate the case in an unofficial capacity. Overall, while I did like Jane Harper’s Exiles, I wasn’t completely bowled over by it as other readers have been. A year on, Kim Gillespie’s absence casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather deep in the heart of South Australian wine country to welcome a new addition to the family.

As Falk soaks up life in the lush valley, he is welcomed into the tight-knit circle of Kim’s friends and loved ones. But the group may be more fractured than it seems. Between Falk’s closest friend, the missing mother, and a woman he’s drawn to, dark questions linger as long-ago truths begin to emerge. What would make a mother abandon her child? What happened to Kim Gillespie? MY THOUGHTS: Marralee is a small town in the heart of the South Australian wine country. A small, pretty town, where everyone knows everyone else and nothing bad ever happens. Only something bad has happened. And no one saw. Aaron is an intuitive detective who susses out clues that other people miss, and he eventually solves all the mysteries. I won't say more because of spoilers. I enjoyed the novel, and recommend it to fans of suspense stories. It's bittersweet to finish the last book in the series, but there are interesting developments in Aaron’s life that makes this a fitting end to the series. (However, I do hope Falk makes an appearance in future books.)

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While the first christening was abandoned because of Kim’s disappearance, given she was the former partner of Raco’s brother Charlie, with whom she also had a daughter, there is a determination that the second will go ahead. It will, however, be preceded by an appeal at the annual fair initiated by Kim’s 17-year-old daughter Zara, who can’t accept either that her mother would simply abandon her family or that she would have drowned herself in the local reservoir. Suicide is the go-to solution, although the body has never been found. As he looks into Kim’s case, long-held secrets and resentments begin to come to the fore, secrets that show that her community is not as close as it appears. Another sad event is the hit and run death, several years ago, of Dean, one of the many classmates of Kim and the group of kids she hung around in high school. This story involves a lot of folks who have been close for a couple of decades and along with knowing each other for so long there are rumors and innuendos that run beneath the surface of polite conversation between the people present now. Who is the person whose vehicle ran Dean down? What caused Kim to pull away from her friends and family in the last year or so before she disappeared? Why would she walk away from her new baby? Was it suicide, a kidnapping, or did Kim just want to be done with the life she was leading?

The one minor gripe that I have involves two chapters told from the point of view of two additional characters. I wish Harper didn't include them--they explain what happened to one character and add insight into another, but because their chapters come near the very end, they pulled me out of the narrative and disrupted the flow of events. Once again Harper proves that she is peerless in creating an avalanche of suspense with intimate, character-driven set pieces...Harper’s legions of fans will exult in reading Exiles .”The third and final Aaron Falk mystery. Visiting friends in South Australian wine country, Falk finds himself drawn into the investigation of the disappearance of a woman a year ago at the local food and wine festival, and the hit-and-run death of a man a few years before. [13] Awards and recognition [ edit ] meet some of the town's colorful residents (such as a beautiful flirtatious woman and a former footy star); Falk's investigation is a terrific one, but what makes the book memorable is Harper's skill at plumbing personal mysteries - for instance, why a friendship has ebbed, or how not knowing the fate of a loved one affects a family. * New York Times * This novel is intricately plotted, multi-layered and well written. The descriptions of the vineyards and the sunrises and sunsets are vividly described and easy to imagine! What a beautiful area this must be!

Jane Harper". The Wheeler Centre: Books Writing Ideas. Wheeler Centre . Retrieved 10 November 2017. While the mystery of Kim’s disappearance might be the narrative hook on which this crime novel hangs, what renders it so engaging is Harper’s keen observation of people and place captured in swift glimpses. Meeting his godson after a year, the toddler fixes Falk with a “glassy accusing gaze”, while his little sister Eva shyly slides a glittery hairclip into Falk’s hand. This is what small children do. Falk is clearly touched by this young family and their kindness as he contemplates an alternative country lifestyle on Charlie’s vineyard miles away from his workaholic existence in Melbourne.

The mysteries are engaging and compelling. My suspicions were all over the place. The clues were there, but caught up in the atmosphere of Harper's writing and seeing the situation from the perspective of her friends, I missed them. Well, not exactly missed them, but didn't attach to them the importance they deserved. The answer to Kim's disappearance is chilling; to who caused the death of Dean Tozer, sad. Falk is at a crossroads in his life. He works nonstop and, as a result, has lost almost all of his close relationships. However, he now must choose between his career and a chance at finding love.

Exiles is the third in the Aaron Falk series but can easily be read as a stand-alone. A year ago, a mother went missing, leaving her baby in its pram at a wine festival. Now a year later, the family issues an appeal to the festival attendees for additional information. Aaron Falk is in town for a baptism that was postponed because of the disappearance. It’s a small town and everyone has known each other for ages. The tight knit group is discovering though that there have been secrets kept. In Harper's fourth murder mystery, the death of a young woman in a Tasmanian coastal town unearths questions around events during a storm 12 years earlier, when two men drowned and a girl disappeared. [12] Exiles [ edit ] Most of the story, which is told largely from Aaron's point of view, focuses on Kim's disappearance, but we also get evocative sketches of picturesque, wine-producing Marralee Valley; Federal Investigator Aaron Falk is on his way to a small town deep in Southern Australian wine country for the christening of an old friend’s baby. But mystery follows him, even on vacation. The investigation leads to one of Kim’s shoes being found in the dam filter of the reservoir, the drop overlooking it located within walking distance of the fairground. What happened to Kim? Was it suicide? Murder? Or did Kim simply leave of her own accord? But, why?L’indagine – e quindi la risoluzione del caso - avanza con lentezza – nonostante le sue storie si svolgano in archi temporali stretti, di solito pochi giorni, qualche settimana – e avanza attenta a dettagli e particolari. Harper ama entrare nell’animo dei suoi personaggi, raccontarne pensieri emozioni e reazioni, oltre che le parole pronunciate e i gesti. Scandagliare comportamenti caratteri psicologie.

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