It’s great to be introduced to such a level headed character! He wasn’t flaky or neurotic. Ignoring my disappointment with the plot, Falk’s character alone is drawing me to read the second book in his series. I love how there is so much history between all the characters and how they all have a hold over each other.Īaron Falk, as a character, is a breath of fresh air. And honestly, the small town vibes in this one were really great and a big part of what I liked about this book. Unfortunately, I don’t get the major hype.Īlthough the general plot didn’t grab me, I am really into the small town mystery trope and that definitely helped make me more interested in reading this. I am glad my Book and a Brew box pushed me to reading it because who knows how long it would have stayed on my shelves.

It’s taken me almost a year to read this from the time I purchased it and that’s down to the fact that I still wasn’t that amazed by the synopsis. The plot for this one isn’t the most incredible thing ever, it didn’t blow me away when I initially read the synopsis but so many positive reviews swayed me to purchase it. I knew it wasn’t going to be a 5 star review from a few chapters in, it just hadn’t grabbed me enough (but it was gripping!), but I never thought I’d knock it down from 4 stars. I’m so disappointed that this one didn’t live up to my expectations in the end. And as Falk probes deeper into the killings, secrets from his past and why he left home bubble to the surface as he questions the truth of his friend’s crime.ģ.5 stars. Because Falk and Luke Hadler shared a secret, one which Luke’s death threatens to unearth. As questions mount and suspicion spreads through the town, Falk is forced to confront the community that rejected him twenty years earlier. Policeman Aaron Falk returns to the town of his youth for the funeral of his childhood best friend, and is unwillingly drawn into the investigation. Everyone thinks Luke Hadler, who committed suicide after slaughtering his wife and six-year-old son, is guilty.

Tensions in the community become unbearable when three members of the Hadler family are brutally murdered. I just can’t understand how someone like him could do something like that.Īmid the worst drought to ravage Australia in a century, it hasn’t rained in small country town Kiewarra for two years.

Reviews of the dry by jane harper