
'Harper's intricate, beautifully woven mystery.sucks you into a world where nothing is ever what it seems and everyone has secrets. His other two brothers try to sort through the why of his. There’s no rhyme or reason for him to have been there, kilometers away from his well provisioned, working car. A man is found dead of dehydration out in the middle of his Australian cattle station. 'A riveting, deeply atmospheric read' Mail on Sunday The Lost Man is a stand alone mystery from Jane Harper. 'Harper secures her place as queen of outback noir with this haunting family mystery' Sunday Times Did he choose to walk to his death? Because if he didn't, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects. The Bright family's quiet existence is thrown into grief and anguish. But today, the scant shadow it casts was the last hope for their middle brother, Cameron. They are at the stockman's grave, a landmark so old that no one can remember who is buried there. In an isolated part of Australia, they are each other's nearest neighbour, their homes hours apart. Two brothers meet at the remote border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of the outback. Whatever had been going through Cameron's mind when he was alive, he didn't look peaceful in death.

He had started to remove his clothes as logic had deserted him, and his skin was cracked.

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