In my opinion, one of the strongest aspects of this work is the near stellar job Ms. Maggie: Nate is joined on his journey into the exploration of his brother’s death by a colorful cast of friends, family and community members. I definitely agree with your assessment of how he compares to many of the other characters in the story, especially those who are closest to him. It was obvious from the start that he had a lot of personal baggage, and that his way of dealing with his past was kind of self-destructive, but as I continued reading, he started to grow on me. Shannon: I initially struggled to warm up to Nate’s character. He’s a complicated person, not quite a good guy but certainly the best of a challenging group of men. Maggie: The primary protagonist – and amateur investigator – of our tale is Nathan (Nate) Bright, a man with a difficult past and tough present-day existence. When I heard Jane Harper was coming out with a standalone thriller set in the Australian Outback, I was really excited to see how it would compare to her series. Shannon: I read and very much enjoyed both The Dry and Force of Nature last year. Harper’s previous works drew me to this book. Reviewers Shannon Dyer and Maggie Boyd read The Lost Man, and are here to share their thoughts on the novel. It’s a tale that will keep you guessing till the very end. Painting a quiet, precise picture of a rugged countryside inhabited by a tenacious, tough population, Harper tells a story that quickly sucks the reader in.
When relatives, employees, neighbors and friends gather for the funeral, long held resentments burst to the surface, tempers flare and dark secrets threaten to destroy people living precariously on the edge of a brutal, unforgiving land. Now he is dead, found at an isolated site far from the family homestead, and miles away from where he was meant to be. But middle brother Cam is charming, educated, and articulate.
Their father Carl had been known for his nasty disposition.
The men of the Bright family don’t have the best reputations. A mysterious death in the Australian Outback is the chilling center piece for Jane Harper’s latest thriller, The Lost Man.
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