Why am I passionate about this?
I was born in the world’s most isolated capital city – Perth, Western Australia. Ever since my family packed up and drove across the vast Nullarbor Plain to relocate to South Australia, I’ve been fascinated by our eerie, wide-open spaces. There’s no doubt that family folklore fed into this. My Finnish mother arrived as a ten-year-old, recalling that when she first felt the heat, she thought: “This is hell.” My father and his family arrived from the Netherlands. I love my country, but this continent presents dangers in its arid isolation – all captivating to a storyteller.
Michelle's book list on thriller books set In eerie, isolated settings
Why did Michelle love this book?
When you live on a remote cattle station, you need to plan ahead to survive. There’s no supermarket around the corner, no emergency services, no telecommunications. I loved the intricate details of this isolated lifestyle related in The Lost Man, delivering the best of fiction by transporting me out of my own every day.
In this precarious setting, a farming family experiences a mysterious death and immediately begins investigating. There’s a long list of potential suspects and much foreshadowing.
4 authors picked The Lost Man as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Two brothers meet in the remote Australian outback when the third brother is found dead, in this stunning new standalone novel from Jane Harper
Brothers Nathan and Bub Bright meet for the first time in months at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback.
Their third brother, Cameron, lies dead at their feet.
In an isolated belt of Australia, their homes a three-hour drive apart, the brothers were one another’s nearest neighbors. Cameron was the middle child, the one who ran the family homestead. But something made him head out…