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'Five women reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking along the muddy track. Only four come out the other side.
'The hike through the rugged Giralang Ranges is meant to take the office colleagues out of their air-conditioned comfort zone and teach resilience and team building. At least that is what the corporate retreat website advertises.
'Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk has a particularly keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing bushwalker. Alice Russell is the whistleblower in his latest case - in just a matter of days she was to provide the documents that will bring down the company she works for.
'Falk discovers that far from the hike encouraging teamwork, the women tell a tale of suspicion, violence and disintegrating trust. But does it include murder?' (Publication summary)
Force of Nature
( dir. Robert Connolly
)
Australia
:
Made Up Stories
Pick Up Truck Pictures
Arenamedia Pty Ltd
,
2023
24535166
2023
single work
film/TV
crime
thriller
When a woman disappears on a hiking retreat, Federal agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper follow her trail, hoping to find their informant still alive.
Dedication: For Pete and Charlotte, with love.
A brief review of this work appeared in The New York Times March 4, 2018
'Five women are lost in the Giralang Ranges but only four of them make it back to base.'
'With 150,000 copies in print, rights sold to 20 countries and the movie option bought by Reese Witherspoon, Jane Harper’s debut novel The Dry is the runaway success story of Australian publishing this year.
'Set in the fictional Victorian town of Kiewarra, The Dry, published in February, introduces Melbourne federal police officer Aaron Falk. He travels home to investigate the alleged murder-suicide of his best friend and his family.' (Introduction)
'“Later, the four remaining women could fully agree on only two things. One: No one saw the bushland swallow up Alice Russell. And two: Alice had a mean streak so sharp it could cut you.” Jane Harper sure knows how to start a novel, and with a beginning like that, who could resist?' (Introduction)
'Five women are lost in the Giralang Ranges but only four of them make it back to base.'
'“Later, the four remaining women could fully agree on only two things. One: No one saw the bushland swallow up Alice Russell. And two: Alice had a mean streak so sharp it could cut you.” Jane Harper sure knows how to start a novel, and with a beginning like that, who could resist?' (Introduction)
'With 150,000 copies in print, rights sold to 20 countries and the movie option bought by Reese Witherspoon, Jane Harper’s debut novel The Dry is the runaway success story of Australian publishing this year.
'Set in the fictional Victorian town of Kiewarra, The Dry, published in February, introduces Melbourne federal police officer Aaron Falk. He travels home to investigate the alleged murder-suicide of his best friend and his family.' (Introduction)
