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The Survivors by Jane Harper
4.0
Between this and [b:Exiles|60784359|Exiles (Aaron Falk, #3)|Jane Harper|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1652627981l/60784359._SY75_.jpg|95262444], it seems that babies are Harper's new favorite prop. I know, I know the baby is part of our protagonist Kieran Elliott's new life and choosing surviving over guilt. But still.
Kieran is still struggling with the guilt of his beloved older brother's death in a terrible storm. He has returned briefly to the small Tasmanian beach town where he grew up with his wife (also a local girl) and baby. His father has dementia, and he is back to help his mother. When a young summer worker is murdered on the beach, it stirs up the town's memory of another young girl's disappearance during the same storm that took Kieran's brother.
This was a bit of a slowburn and I absolutely hate when anyone starts ranting about someone being a "murderer" only for it to be revealed that the death was a complete and unequivocal accident caused by the deceased making choices to help the "murderer."
But I could not put this book down. I blazed through it in about two days, which is a nice change of pace since I'm in the middle of reading classics, nonfiction, and heavy topic books. This is a character-driven exploration of survivor's guilt, but it read very quickly.
Harper, as always, is magnificent in throwing out many potential suspects and red herrings. I had a firm suspect in mind for most of the book - and I turned out to be completely wrong. It is nice when a mystery book can surprise me.
Kieran is still struggling with the guilt of his beloved older brother's death in a terrible storm. He has returned briefly to the small Tasmanian beach town where he grew up with his wife (also a local girl) and baby. His father has dementia, and he is back to help his mother. When a young summer worker is murdered on the beach, it stirs up the town's memory of another young girl's disappearance during the same storm that took Kieran's brother.
This was a bit of a slowburn and I absolutely hate when anyone starts ranting about someone being a "murderer" only for it to be revealed that the death was a complete and unequivocal accident caused by the deceased making choices to help the "murderer."
But I could not put this book down. I blazed through it in about two days, which is a nice change of pace since I'm in the middle of reading classics, nonfiction, and heavy topic books. This is a character-driven exploration of survivor's guilt, but it read very quickly.
Harper, as always, is magnificent in throwing out many potential suspects and red herrings. I had a firm suspect in mind for most of the book - and I turned out to be completely wrong. It is nice when a mystery book can surprise me.