Force of Nature by Jane Harper

Force of Nature

A Novel

Jane Harper

Flatiron Books · Print & ebook · February 6, 2018

Goodreads Choice Award Finalist (Mystery & Thriller, 2018) BookBrowse Best Books of 2018 Winner of the Prix Polar Award for Best International Novel BookRiot’s 25 Best Suspense Books from 2018 Davitt Awards shortlist for Adult Crime Novel 2018 Dead Good Reads shortlist for Best Small Town Mystery 2018 Five women go on a hike.

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Who it’s for
A taut, sustained read with procedural grit and a sour edge.
Genres
Suspense, Police Procedurals, Small-Town Fiction
Published
Flatiron Books, February 6, 2018

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Goodreads Choice Award Finalist (Mystery & Thriller, 2018) BookBrowse Best Books of 2018 Winner of the Prix Polar Award for Best International Novel BookRiot’s 25 Best Suspense Books from 2018 Davitt Awards shortlist for Adult Crime Novel 2018 Dead Good Reads shortlist for Best Small Town Mystery 2018 Five women go on a hike. Only four return. Jane Harper, the New York Times bestselling author of The Dry, asks: How well do you really know the people you work with?

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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? “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 Select praise for The Dry: "One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read. Every word is near perfect. Read it!" —David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author “A breathless page-turner … Ms. Harper has made her own major mark.” —The New York Times

Tense Read

A taut, sustained read with procedural grit and a sour edge.

Come here for

  • tense, immersive pacing
  • edgy psychological pressure

Expect

  • crime-forward narration
  • slow-burn unease

Where it sits

Small-Town Fiction33%
Police Procedurals31%
Suspense28%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Police Procedurals
  • Crime Fiction
  • Small-Town Fiction
Authors
Jane Harper
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Published
February 6, 2018
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Police Procedurals