Exiles Sneak Peek

by Jane Harper

Get a sneak peek of the first 2 chapters of Exiles by Jane Harper. Exiles is a story of a missing mother, a community looking for answers, and Aaron Falk uncovering secrets that could lead to the truth. Exiles goes on sale January 31, 2023.

Genres: Fiction

28 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 13, 2022

About the author

Jane Harper is the international bestselling author of The Dry, Force of Nature and The Lost Man.
Jane is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and 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.
Her books are published in more than 36 territories worldwide, with The Dry in production as a major motion picture starring Eric Bana.
Jane worked as a print journalist for thirteen years both in Australia and the UK, and now lives in Melbourne.

Reviews

[Lesley · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️🎧

#3 Aaron Falk

I have loved the other books in this series, so I had high expectations for this one.

I had the audiobook read by Steve Shanahan, I love his voice and accent. The book is a slow burn as the location and characters are developed, so I was glad to have the narrators voice to draw me in.

This time we are in South Australian wine country for this mystery. I love hearing about the different areas of Australia through the authors books. The locations are so well described and atmospheric they become an important aspect of the book.

A wine and food festival finds baby Zoe left in a stroller with no sign of her mother Kim Gillespie, with her car still on the car park.

A year on Aaron is visiting for his friend’s Greg Raco son’s Christening. While Aaron is visiting there’s a missing person appeal at the wine and food festival. Greg’s family knows Kim well and asks Aaron to investigate the cold case.

There’s a 2nd thread with what looks like a drunk driver hit and run fatality 6 years earlier.
There’s also a romantic element in this book, which was my favourite part.

You have to concentrate as Aaron flits between now and the same time last year with the same people.

It looks like there’s a lot going on, but the pace is very slow, even with a narrator who I enjoy listening to. The first festival scene is looked at from various perspectives as Falk questions people it feels like there’s a fair bit of repetition, and very little actually happening until the final reveal.

I’m very torn with my rating for this one, I absolutely loved the ending. But felt it was too drawn out, too much repetition and not enough happening until the very end. If you are a Jane Harper fan I’m sure you’ll still love this one. If you’re not, I wouldn’t make this one your first read.
I do hope that this isn’t the last of the Falk series 🤞

[Deb]

This was a mistaken book marked reading, could not find out how to delete from my record. I did read real book and liked it.

[Mary-alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a teaser and costs nothing to read. I will download the book and see how it goes, but I'm a Harper fan.

[Richard Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intriguing

The tantalizing details of a woman's disappearance are presented in this cheek peak. I enjoy Harper's writing style and stories.

[Katie Clarke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this book! Kept me guessing right until the end!

[Ginger · Rating 3 out of 5]

The sneak peak got me interested enough to purchase the book. However, the book let me down in that it was a very slow one to read.

[Marlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve read all of her books, and all are excellent. Great mysteries set in present day Australia.