The Dry

WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS CRIME THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 * WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD 2017. 'One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read...Read it!' - David Baldacci * 'Packed with sneaky moves and teasing possibilities that keep the reader guessing...The Dry is a breathless page-turner' - Janet Maslin, New York Times

WHO REALLY KILLED THE HADLER FAMILY? I just can't understand how someone like him could do something like that.

Amid the worst drought to ravage Australia in a century, it hasn't rained in small country town Kiewarra for two years. Tensions in the community become unbearable when three members of the Hadler family are brutally murdered. Everyone thinks Luke Hadler, who committed suicide after slaughtering his wife and six-year-old son, is guilty. Policeman Aaron Falk returns to the town of his youth for the funeral of his childhood best friend, and is unwillingly drawn into the investigation.

As questions mount and suspicion spreads through the town, Falk is forced to confront the community that rejected him twenty years earlier. Because Falk and Luke Hadler shared a secret, one which Luke's death threatens to unearth. And as Falk probes deeper into the killings, secrets from his past and why he left home bubble to the surface as he questions the truth of his friend's crime.

Praise for The Dry: 'Spellbinding' - Ian Rankin * 'Riveting' - Mail on Sunday * 'Stunningly atmospheric' - Val McDermid