One of the strengths of every Jane Harper book is her ability to make the past as threatening as the present, and the Australian landscape as dangerous as any murderer – and The Survivors is no exception.
Kieran visits his former hometown as an adult, and is immediately haunted by being back in the place where his brother drowned in a freak storm years ago. New trauma looms when a young woman washes up on the beach – forcibly drowned. The complex ties of family and friendship are central, and The Survivors will draw you in like an undertow and refuse to let you go until the very last page.– Elle