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Force of Nature: A Novel Audio CD – Unabridged, February 6, 2018

by Jane Harper (Author), Stephen Shanahan (Reader)

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Book 2 of 2: Aaron Falk Series

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"Narrator Stephen Shanahan...makes it sizzle to the very end. Both story and narrator are not to be missed." ― AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner

From Jane Harper, New York Times bestselling author of The Dry, comes a riveting new audiobook featuring Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk.

Five women go on a hike. Only four return. Force of Nature begs the question: How well do you really know the people you work with?

When five colleagues are forced to go on a corporate retreat in the wilderness, they reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking down the muddy path.

But one of the women doesn’t come out of the woods. And each of her companions tells a slightly different story about what happened.

Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk has a keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing hiker. In an investigation that takes him deep into isolated forest, Falk discovers secrets lurking in the mountains, and a tangled web of personal and professional friendship, suspicion, and betrayal among the hikers. But did that lead to murder?

Praise for Force of Nature:

"All the novel's characters have been drawn with exceptional complexity, and none more so than Aaron Falk...So much more than a conventional detective, the reflective and compassionate Falk provides the book's moral compass." ― New York Times Book Review

"Harper yet again delivers a very satisfying mystery from beginning to end, perfect to curl up with...Stephen Shanahan does an excellent narration with his calm, deep, Australian accented voice." ― BookRiot

“Force of Nature bristles with wit; it crackles with suspense; it radiates atmosphere. An astonishing book from an astonishing writer.” ― A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window

"Set against the fascinating backdrop of a wild, rural location in south Australia, Harper's sequel to her acclaimed Ned Kelly Award-winning debut, The Dry, presents an intriguing crime that might not actually exist and potential suspects with realistically complex and possible motives." ― Library Journal

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"...[S]econd powerhouse audiobook from [Jane] Harper...Narrator Stephen Shanahan puts his clear Australian accent to good advantage as he portrays Aaron Falk...Harper may have created this amazing whodunit, but Shanahan makes it sizzle to the very end. Both story and narrator are not to be missed." -AudioFile

"If you’re wondering if you want the audiobook, Stephen Shanahan does an excellent narration with his calm, deep, Australian accented voice–so yes!" -BookRiot

About the Author

Jane Harper is the New York Times bestselling author of The Dry, Force of Nature, and The Lost Man. Jane previously worked as a print journalist in Australia and the UK and lives in Melbourne with her husband, daughter, and son.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan Audio; Unabridged edition (February 6, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1427293139
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1427293138
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.01 x 0.8 x 6.01 inches

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Jane Harper is the author of The Dry, winner of various awards including the 2015 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, the 2017 Indie Award Book of the Year, the 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year Award and the CWA Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel of 2017. Rights have been sold in 27 territories worldwide, and film rights optioned to Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea. Jane worked as a print journalist for thirteen years both in Australia and the UK and lives in Melbourne.

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Strong Follow-up to Stellar Debut

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2018

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There is no sign of a sophomore slump here in the second book by Jane Harper featuring Federal Agent Aaron Falk who is based in Melbourne. The story begins with a corporate bonding backpacking trek into the wilderness. The women’s group loses its bearings on the second day. When they finally stumble out of the wilderness, one member of the group has disappeared. The search is on. No one knows if she is lost, dead because of exposure, or murdered. Aaron specializes in financial crimes and the missing woman is a confidential informant who is reluctantly cooperating with the investigators in return for concessions. He is trying to protect the progress of his investigation and to determine if her cooperation lead to her disappearance. The story is told in alternating narratives between the investigation of her disappearance and the events on the trek. The transitions are very smooth and skillfully written so there is no confusion or wasted text. Complications abound between the personal lives of the people involved, the not so distant history of a serial killer who had been based in this area, the financial crimes investigation, and survival against the elements. This series has a very strong sense of place with the first book set in a small outback agricultural town, and this second book unfolding in the Australian bush. Man against the elements is a recurring theme that coexists with the murder mystery plot. The Australian settings add a great deal of interest to the stories, much as Arthur Upfield’s Australian outback did in his books. There is nothing repetitive here. The series began with The Dry, and it must have tempting to title this book The Wet. Here the cold, the wilderness, and the rain are battering our characters at almost every turn. The pacing of the story is good. It is not essential that you read these two books in order. Although it is a series, so far we have no continuing secondary characters or major developments in Aaron’s personal life that would make the books better or less confusing if read in order. This series is becoming one that we follow and pre-order like Elly Griffiths, Martin Walker, Mark Pryor, Peter Livesey, Louise Penny, Ann Cleeves, Peter May, and Paul Doiron among a few others. The only thing that these series have in common is excellent writing that makes the characters, the setting and the plot so very much better.

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Disappointed in every way

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2018

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I read this book after joining a book club whose membership had enjoyed the first effort of Jane Harper, "Dry." Except for never-ending passages describing rain, mist and cold, this book rarely connects nature with the reader. Rarely has so much been said about physical surroundings with such a lack of vivid language. So it is with the characters--mostly flat, aimless, unhappy women, who are stuck on a corporate outing run by the most inept and unprofessional "wilderness adventure" company on the planet. As a police procedural, it fails since it's abundantly clear that the featured detective team has no jurisdiction, no authority, and a limited interest in the case. They are fraud investigators, and the reader is continuously prompted of their need to find business records of a suspect business. One wonders if author was so bored from one chapter to another that SHE needed reminding why the events mattered. The detective team is barely one-dimensional until the end of the book. Before then, they appear trapped in car or lodge, in endless rain, saying nothing of interest. Even the story's climax was muddled and boring. I wanted this book to "get good." But I knew my reading experience was going sour when, about halfway though, I hoped that all the characters would be found, driven by the police team to the Australian outback and eaten by dingoes.

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A Riveting Story Told By an Author in Complete Control of her Characters and Setting; an Easy and Enjoyable Read

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2018

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Having read The Dry, I knew this book would also be good. Jane Harper is skillful and her plots are interesting and unpredictable. She writes really well, in this case making the reader feel the cold, discomfort, fear, and damp of the atmosphere and wonder how these women will resolve their dilemmas, both personal and hiking. Harper literally makes the reader feel their pain as they deal with uncertainty, hazards, and interpersonal issues past and present. This is a riveting book you'll rush to finish so you know how it turns out. The Australian bush is a key character, perfectly rendered as if by a painter. I highly recommend this book. It's a really good read!

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Orna G

Scary!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 30, 2018

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This is a gripping, edge of the chair sort of read. Having thoroughly enjoyed The Dry, her previous book, I was greatly anticipating this. It did not disappoint. The hero, Falk, is the same policeman as in The Dry and I felt that anyone who had not read it first might have been at a slight disadvantage. However, Force of Nature is a terrific stand-alone story. Basically, five women enter an impenetrable forest as part of a team building exercise. Only four return. Personally, I would not have wished for any of these five neurotic women to be my friends, as it was difficult to sympathise with any of them and I wouldn't have been upset if they had all disappeared. But this is a five star book in my opinion and well worth reading if you like to be scared.

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Atmospheric tale of missing hiker in Australian mountains

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2017

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This is a follow up to The Dry. Aaron Falk, the sympathetic fraud cop is involved in the search for a missing hiker who was taking part in a company team building exercise. Well written, twists, human interest. Calling this a detective story or a thriller is to underestimate it. Looking forward to her next book.

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Stunning story.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2019

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I read Jane Harper’s trilogy in a strange order, starting with The Dry, jumping to The Lost Man and then returning to Force of Nature. Probably this resulted from slightly less enthusiastic reviews on the whole for the middle novel. In any event, I am now even more convinced that Jane Harper is a particularly fine writer and much as I was bowled over by The Lost man, I think I have to acknowledge that I enjoyed this novel most of all. The narrative structure is handled with masterful control, the identities of individual characters seem to me to be more fully fleshed out and the detectives, Falk and Carmen and their relationship is at its most convincing.
The story evolves from five women, led by Jill Bailey, senior executive of Bailey and Tennants company, who ventures into the Australian outback on an endurance and bonding exercise. The four other members of the party, all mature women, some with children at home, are the twins Beth and Breanna, Lauren and Alice, in whom Falk has an interest concerning other matters altogether. One of the girls goes missing, the launchpad for almost all that follows. We shift back and forth between the search party and the events that reveal the women and the events that lie behind the disappearance of one of them. These shifts in location and time are handled most skilfully, ratcheting up the suspense until the dramatic climax. The novel is part psychological thriller, part whodunnit, but much more than either. The personalities and backgrounds of the key figures give depth to the novel, and the unself-conscious evocation of the natural world in which the women have to survive and negotiate their path provides a powerful background to the narrative.
I found this to be an exceptionally fine novel, as indeed are the other books in the trilogy. Thoroughly recommended.

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Kee Lady

Ok but not as good as The Dry

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2018

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Five female work colleagues set off on a team building exercise in the Australian Bush. Only four return. The missing woman is Alice Russell, the whistle blower in Aaron Falk’s latest case. Could this be the reason behind her disappearance? Alice was not popular with her colleagues and as the investigation develops, Falk uncovers how suspicion and mistrust plagued the group.

I really enjoyed Jane Harper’s debut novel The Dry and I was keen to see if Force of Nature would match its quality and success. It appears to have matched its success but not quite its quality. The beginning is promising and Harper builds some nice anticipation, teasing the reader with numerous possibilities for Alice’s disappearance. I was therefore expecting some thrilling revelations but sadly, this is never realised, as a number of threads are revealed as nothing more than red herrings with no conclusion. The real reason behind Alice’s disappearance was painfully underwhelming although the final scenes add some much-needed drama into an otherwise pedestrian plot. Perhaps it is a case of second book syndrome but I am hoping it is third time lucky for Jane Harper with The Lost Man.

15 people found this helpful

M. Sumner

Another Stunner from Jane Harper

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 12, 2018

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From the author of The Dry another exhilerating read featuring Federal Agent Aaron Falk. Falk and his associate Carmen are investigating serious money laundering by the Bailey family in Melbourne. He has coerced a whistleblower, Alice Russell, to obtain evidence. Alice works for the family.

Alice and four other women who work for Bailey are sent on a team building exercise in the outback, a hike in the bush intended to teach resilience. Five women set out on the muddy track. Only four come out the other side. Alice is missing.

Harper builds tension as the plot moves between the last days of the hike and Falk's endeavours with other searchers to find the missing woman. Four women tell Falk about their relationship with Alice, a tale of suspicion and disintegrating trust. Who is telling the truth?

A brilliantly paced plot wrong-footing the reader at every turn. It's another stunner from Jane Harper.

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