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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'You won't put this novel down until you've uncovered every last skeleton in the closet. I loved it ' Louise Candlish

Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on a single day when a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that haunts him still resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal town he once called home.

Kieran's parents are struggling in a community which is bound, for better or worse, to the sea that is both a lifeline and a threat. Between them all is his absent brother Finn.

When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to emerge in the murder investigation that follows. A sunken wreck, a missing girl, and questions that have never washed away...

Praise for The Survivors

'Once again Harper demonstrates how good she is at portraying the fear and menace that lurk in ordinary lives' Daily Mail

'Multi-layered, atmospheric and brilliantly written' Sun

'With The Survivors, Jane Harper proves she's unquestionably the real deal' Val McDermid

'A new book by Harper is always an event' Sunday Times

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385 pages
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Little, Brown Book Group
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22 Sept. 2020
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The Sunday Times bestseller. The Survivors.

Also from Jane Harper - picture of three books The Dry, Force of Nature and The Lost Man

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This atmospheric thriller stealthily peels back layers of silence that cover the unspeakable secrets of a tightly knit community

― Daily Mail

It's a murder mystery, but also a chronicle of youth, grief and growing up ― Richard Madeley, Richard and Judy book club

A new book from Harper is always an event. Starting with The Dry (2016), she has built an international reputation on a series of crime novels set in remote communities in Australia, a genre that has become known as rural noir. For her fourth novel, Harper has turned her attention to a different kind of isolation; a small town battered by the elements on the coast of Tasmania...It is the kind of set-up that Harper handles expertly ― Sunday Times Best Crime Novels for January 2021

Lulling and startling in turn, The Survivors immerses you from the first line in the secret lives of the population of Evelyn Bay. You won't put this novel down until you've uncovered every last skeleton in the closet. I loved it ― Louise Candlish

Multi-layered, atmospheric and brilliantly written ― Sun

Australian crime author, Jane Harper, has become an automatic must-read writer for me and her fourth novel, The Survivors, is full of her trademark twists and turns and clever, atmospheric writing ― Sarra Manning, The Best Books to Read this January, Red

Australian author Harper's debut, The Dry, won a host of awards when it came out in 2017. Her latest, set in a small Tasmanian coastal town, is the same mix of brooding atmosphere and clever plotting ― Good Housekeeping, This month's 10 books to read right now!

Full of those secrets within small communities that she writes so well. Set in a coastal town in Tasmania, this tale is full of atmosphere and intrigue ― Prima

Brilliant...I read this in one sitting and can't impress upon you enough how well written and engaging it is ― Woman's Way

The mistress of Australian noir returns with an emotional story about secrets beneath the surface of apparently respectable small towns...Both a mystery and a subtle examination of character. Once again Harper demonstrates how good she is at portraying the fear and menace that lurk in ordinary lives ― Daily Mail

Harper takes on board corrosive issues of guilt, memory and responsibility to mesmerising effect ― Financial Times Best Summer Reads 2021

The Australian novelist Jane Harper is known for her excellent outback noir novels, in which the harsh, sun-baked
expanses of the landscape play as much a part as her protagonists. Her latest, The Survivors, moves the action to the coast of Tasmania, and shows that Harper doesn't need sun and sand to write a compelling, terrifying thriller...Harper goes from strength to strength

― Observer, Thrillers of the Month

Jane Harper's superb new novel The Survivors exhibits all the qualities that make her such a compelling writer: a preoccupation with the clumsy, anxious joys and sorrows of adolescence and the awkward, haunted relationships of old friends who have nothing left in common but the past; an ability to unfold with steady, deliberate, unshowy brilliance a slow-burning family drama that reaches a devastating climax; a deft facility for artful character and plot misdirection; above all, a gift for setting, in this case the cliffside, the beach, the treacherous series of caves, the deserted town itself, all in thrall to the beauty and power and menace of the ocean. Sure-footed, technically impeccable plotting and storytelling ensure the mystery holds until the final pages, when Harper's compassionate eye imbues the novel with a satisfying degree of moral nuance ― Irish Times

A gripping read from Jane Harper, the best-selling author of The Dry ― Hello

Another brilliant read from the best-selling author ― New!

Fundamental to the success of her previous novels such as The Dry has been Jane Harper's subtle mastery of a sense of place, in particular rural Australia...Harper's writing is as unobtrusively effective as ever in setting the scene ― The Times

The new crime novel from the Australian author dubbed "the queen of outback noir" by The Sunday Times ― The Best Books of 2021 from The Times and the Sunday Times

A dark, Tasmania-set tale of long-ago disaster, barely buried guilt and possible murder ― iNews, 75 Best Books for 2021

Without doubt one of the finest crime writers at work today, a new Jane Harper novel is the highlight of my reading year. She has this knack of painting such beautiful scenes, only to thread them with such menace, such sheer atmospheric terror. Phenomenal ― Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin At The End

No one does small town secrets better than Jane Harper. Gripping, moving and absolutely compelling, The Survivors is another triumph ― Jane Casey, author of Sunday Times bestseller Cruel Acts

Like in her previous books, the setting is so strong that it's almost a character in itself. For fans like me, a new Harper book is a treat and this is another cracking read ― Good Reading

Once again, as in all her crime novels beginning with The Dry, Australian crime writer Jane Harper creates an impressive landscape that serves to illustrate how the experience of place inevitably shapes the lives of those who live there . . . The Survivors is a subtle, quiet book about guilt, grief and growing up. You may find it hard to leave it behind ― Sydney Morning Herald

A latest slice of outback noir from Jane 'The Dry' Harper, the queen of Australian crime, in which a man is forced to reckon with the secrets of his past when a body washes up on the beach ― Metro, Top Eight Gripping New Novels in 2021

'Jane Harper returns with another brilliant read. Harper is a compelling writer, her plotting and storytelling will keep you gripped. You will be transported to the coastal town where the community is bound to the ocean, with all its beauty and menace, for better or worse' ― Dumfries & Galloway Life

Secrets, guilt and a sunken wreck. More from the Australian bestselling author ― The Times, Books to Look Out For in 2021 --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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The brilliant new crime novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author Jane Harper. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B087WL1V9Z
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown Book Group (22 Sept. 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2454 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 385 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 2,287 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 24 in Action & Adventure Literary Fiction
- 43 in Psychological Literary Fiction
- 65 in International Mystery & Crime (Kindle Store)

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Jane Harper is the author of The Dry, winner of various awards including the 2015 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, the 2017 Indie Award Book of the Year, the 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year Award and the CWA Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel of 2017. Rights have been sold in 27 territories worldwide, and film rights optioned to Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea. Jane worked as a print journalist for thirteen years both in Australia and the UK and lives in Melbourne.

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Full of suspense and atmosphere

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 October 2020

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I read Jane Harper’s other books and really like her style. She has a knack creating vivid characters, ramping up the suspense, and delivering plot twists that do not insult the reader's intelligence. I also enjoy the settings that depict different landscapes in Australia and lend the stories heaps of atmosphere. The Survivors is no exception in that regard. The book is set on the rough shore of Tasmania. The protagonist is returning to his hometown that he left behind after a fateful storm that killed his brother and left a local girl missing. The tight-knit community begins to unravel when a young woman is found dead and hidden secrets are about to be dragged up. I massively enjoyed reading the book. In fact, I had to force myself to stop reading and not miss out on sleep. If you’re looking for a narrative escape, I’d highly recommend this book.

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Mrs C V Pearce

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 October 2020

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I have really enjoyed reading Jane Hrper's previous books and was looking firward to this,her latest. What a let down........the characters had no depth to them, and I got irritated by the "waffly"padding to the story. i got halfway through the book and found I just didn't care about any of the characters, or what happened to them. Very disappointing.

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Another Jane Harper triumph

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 December 2020

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Another triumph from Jane Harper, who has fast become one of my favourite authors. Her description of the Australian landscape is hard to surpass. She is detailed, sympathetic and genuinely makes you feel you are there.
This thriller follows Keiran Elliot, who returns to his hometown with his wife and new baby to visit his parents, as his mother gets set to pack up her home as his father is taken into full time care for his dementia. The small town has not forgotten Keiran's part in the death of his brother and brother's best friend in a great storm when he was a teenager. Set around a notoriously dangerous cave system, called The Survivors, the story centres around a young waitress found dead on the beach. Suspicion falls on practically everyone within the community and secrets thoughts to have been buried in the storm of years ago resurface.
Harper is genius as portraying relationships and their complexity. A satisfying ending, which leaves you thinking.

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JaquiP

Such a classy writer - absolutely absorbing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 September 2020

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This is a writer who knows how to write well and keep readers guessing and their senses keen and their hearts both chilled and filled with wonder. I loved her first book The Dry for the tension and sense of place and she has done this again with this book with its focus on a small seaside town in Tasmania and it's links to the sea. The descriptions of the sea from its quiet moments to the terror of waves and the possibilities of drowning, and ever present sense of the rhythms, the roiling, the colours is so clever. "To the north, the rolling waves fizzed against the sand. To the south - Keiran froze.". It is about characters and love and family and guilt and secrets and left me guessing right up to the last page what the outcome would be. "The truth hurts a lot of people. That was the case then and it's the case now.". Each strand of the story skillfully weaved. It started slowly, the characters introduced and built to a crescendo the one night twelve years ago that broke so many people unravelled with a murder twelve years later as Kieran returns to cautiously re-engage and rebuild his past and present if they can ever be reconciled. A wonderful story told by a wonderful story teller. I look forward to her next novel.

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Mrs Anne C Corrigan

Another great page-turner from Jane Harper

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 September 2020

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I have read and enjoyed all of Jane Harper’s books and ‘The Survivors’ does not disappoint. I couldn’t put it down and read it in one day!
The characters are well-rounded and believable and the descriptions brought the caves and beaches in Tasmania to life. I really felt as if I was there in every scene.
As expected with a Jane Harper novel, there were many twists and turns in the plot with a few red herrings thrown in. I had no idea who dunnit until the final reveal. With other books I have usually worked out the plot well before the end but with this one, I really couldn’t guess.
A great page-turner, beautifully written with a great plot. I feel sad to have finished it.

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Best so far

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 September 2020

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Her writing gets better and better. You really can believe in and care about her characters and the plot is so well put together with an ending of tension and excitement.

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Not her Usual Standard

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 December 2020

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It was ok and it did pick up a bit. The problem for me was that the ending was really weak and motivations sketchy. The main characters were too samey ( and hard to remember who is what age and also how old were they when the accident happened). The dad with dementia could have been used to way better effect- actually Kieran’s parents were the best developed characters- as could the wreck and the garden. I just felt like there were all these great possibilities and if you’re going to use those as red herrings then the actual ending needs to be super clever and mind blowing, which it wasn’t. Overall this felt like a book written to a deadline.

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Brenda Davies

Brilliant read, loved every word.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 January 2021

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I love this author, I've read all her books and always will. She has such an understated way of writing that manages to take you to wherever she sets the scene. In this case Tasmania, on the coast. All the characters come to life, I could image them, living and breathing and feeling every emotion.
Kieron Elliot is the narrator and he goes back to this small coastal town to help his parents, in doing so, the tragic past that he tries so hard to escape from, is brought centre stage, especially when another death occurs.
The author covers the emotions of grief, guilt, depression, resentment, failure and regrets. Have I included them all? Probably not, and don't forget the plot is brilliant, the descriptions, as usual from this author are superb and the characters took my breath away. I wanted to stay in Evelyn Bay and never leave. Excellent story telling, brilliant everything, loved every word.

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