The Lost Man
Written by Jane Harper
Narrated by Stephen Shanahan
4/5
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About this audiobook
"Australian narrator Stephen Shanahan returns for another knockout performance...It's a slow and bleak affair, but no less enthralling than Harper's and Shanahan's previous efforts." — AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
Two brothers meet in the remote Australian outback when the third brother is found dead, in this stunning new standalone audiobook from New York Times bestseller Jane Harper.
Brothers Nathan and Bub Bright meet for the first time in months at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback.
Their third brother, Cameron, lies dead at their feet.
In an isolated belt of Australia, their homes a three-hour drive apart, the brothers were one another’s nearest neighbors. Cameron was the middle child, the one who ran the family homestead. But something made him head out alone under the unrelenting sun.
Nathan, Bub and Nathan’s son return to Cameron’s ranch and to those left behind by his passing: his wife, his daughters, and his mother, as well as their long-time employee and two recently hired seasonal workers.
While they grieve Cameron’s loss, suspicion starts to take hold, and Nathan is forced to examine secrets the family would rather leave in the past. Because if someone forced Cameron to his death, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects.
Dark, suspenseful, and deeply atmospheric, The Lost Man is the highly anticipated next audiobook from the bestselling and award-winning Jane Harper, author of The Dry and Force of Nature.
Praise for The Lost Man:
“In addition to the complicated, constantly changing plot, with Jane Harper's brilliant writing and Shanahan's outstanding narration we also experience the stifling heat and brutal oppression of the outback, how it keeps hold of those who live there, drives them, protects and sometimes kills them." — SoundCommentary
“Harper's masterful narrative places readers right in the middle of a desolate landscape that's almost as alien as the moon's surface...A twisty slow burner by an author at the top of her game.” — Kirkus, starred review
"All at once enthralling...Book by book, [Harper is] creating her own vivid and complex account of the outback." — New York Times Book Review
Jane Harper
Jane Harper is the author of four internationally bestselling Australian mysteries, including The Dry. Her books are published in 40 territories and have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. Jane has won numerous top awards including the CWA Gold Dagger, the British Book Awards Crime and Thriller Book of the Year and the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year. The 2021 movie adaptation of The Dry, starring Eric Bana, is one of the highest grossing Australian films of all time. Jane worked as a print journalist for 13 years in both Australia and the UK, and now lives in Melbourne with her husband, daughter and son.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is the best book I have read in months. The writing of the family dynamic is pitch perfect. It is deeply sad, but not in the tear jerky way. At the very end of the book I felt like there was some chance of a happier future for some in the family.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent. Great narration and character building. So intensive you feel dropped into these people's lives and the outback. Highly recommend.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A great listen. The readers voice was perfect for the story. I loved it.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Very slow getting started. I couldn’t really find a reason to care about any of the characters.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I loved it. Just loved all of it. Except maybe, the pace. It was slower than how I’d usually like but Jane Harper’s words felt like a painting slowly being unveiled before my eyes.
The terrifying thing about this story is; while the horrors in this novel is fiction, it doesn’t mean that someone out there is not living this sad, scared, cornered life and what’s more terrifying is, they’re living it in their own home.