The Lost Man

Jane Harper is the author of the international bestsellers The Dry, Force of Nature and The Lost Man. Her books are published in forty territories worldwide, and The Dry has been adapted into a major motion picture starring Eric Bana. Jane has won numerous top awards including the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year, the Australian Indie Awards Book of the Year, the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel, and the British Book Awards Crime and Thriller Book of the Year. Jane worked as a print journalist for thirteen years both in Australia and the UK, and now lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children.

WINNER OF THE NED KELLY BEST FICTION AWARD 2019
WINNER OF THE DAVITT READER’S CHOICE AWARD 2019
WINNER OF THE ITW THRILLER AWARDS BEST PAPERBACK NOVEL 2019
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2019
LONGLISTED FOR THE ABIA GENERAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019
LONGLISTED FOR THE COLIN RODERICK LITERARY AWARD 2019
LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2020

‘I read this with the growing realisation that it was not only another superb thriller but a classic work of fiction by one of the finest novelists now working. Man Booker judges for 2019, are you listening?’ New Zealand Herald Weekend Magazine

‘I started it at noon and at 2am that night I closed it and totally understood what all the fuss was about. It was even better than The Dry’ The Age

‘We’re starting to get spoiled for Jane Harper books, and the quality is not slipping. Her latest is no exception. Harper lays out each card at exactly the right moment, letting the story unwind while the outback almost hums with hostility…the result grips to the end’ Adelaide Advertiser

‘In The Lost Man, Jane Harper surpasses her achievement in The Dry, her multi-award winning first novel. A broad range of Australian and international readers will be engaged by the strong setting and mystery storyline of the new novel’ Weekend Australian

‘Like the country it describes, this is a “big” book, and one likely to cement Harper’s place as one of the most interesting Australian crime writers to emerge in the past decade. Her sense of place is acute, but it is her attention to the relationships that are shaped by this unforgiving, magnificent landscape that will linger long after the mystery of stockman’s grave is finally revealed.’ Sue Turnbull, Sydney Morning Herald

‘The Lost Man is her best yet; it’s certainly one of the finest novels of any sort, not only within the genre, that I’ve read in many moons . . . Harper adroitly blends the tension and brisk pace of a thriller with the psychological acuity and stylish prose of literary fiction’ Irish Independent

‘In just a couple of years, Jane Harper has soared into the first rank of contemporary crime writers. The Lost Man…returns to the parched landscape she used to such powerful effect in her debut, The Dry …Three generations of women – the dead man’s mother, wife and daughters – struggle to come to terms with terrible events, and the family’s shocking history holds the key to this super murder mystery’ Sunday Times (UK)

‘In The Lost Man as in Harper’s previous two novels, place is paramount, a multifaceted character that’s in turns brutal and breathtaking.’ Washington Post

‘[A] crime masterpiece. The landscape and culture of this remote Australian territory are magnificently evoked as a story of family secrets unfolds. Rarely does a puzzle so complicated fit together perfectly – you’ll be shaking your head in amazement.’ People Magazine Book of the Week ‘Fabulously atmospheric, the book starts slowly and gradually picks up pace towards a jaw-dropping denouement’ Guardian