Author: Jane Harper
“We see what we expect to see.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jane was born in Manchester in the UK, and moved to Australia with her family at age eight. She spent six years in Boronia, Victoria, and during that time gained Australian citizenship.
Publisher: Macmillan
Genre: Mystery/Thrillers
Series: Aaron Falk #3
Format: Audiobook ALC
Narrator: Stephen Shanahan
Length: 12 hrs 25 mins
No. of Pages: 326
Date of Publication: September 30, 2022
My Rating: 5 Stars
DESCRIPTION:
Federal Investigator Aaron Falk is on his way to a small town deep in Southern Australian wine country for the christening of an old friend's baby. But mystery follows him, even on vacation.
This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of Kim Gillespie's disappearance. One year ago, at a busy town festival on a warm spring night, Kim safely tucked her sleeping baby into her stroller, then vanished into the crowd. No one has seen her since. When Kim's older daughter makes a plea for anyone with information about her missing mom to come forward, Falk and his old buddy Raco can't leave the case alone.
As Falk soaks up life in the lush valley, he is welcomed into the tight-knit circle of Kim’s friends and loved ones. But the group may be more fractured than it seems. Between Falk’s closest friend, the missing mother, and a woman he’s drawn to, dark questions linger as long-ago truths begin to emerge. What would make a mother abandon her child? What happened to Kim Gillespie?
This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of Kim Gillespie's disappearance. One year ago, at a busy town festival on a warm spring night, Kim safely tucked her sleeping baby into her stroller, then vanished into the crowd. No one has seen her since. When Kim's older daughter makes a plea for anyone with information about her missing mom to come forward, Falk and his old buddy Raco can't leave the case alone.
As Falk soaks up life in the lush valley, he is welcomed into the tight-knit circle of Kim’s friends and loved ones. But the group may be more fractured than it seems. Between Falk’s closest friend, the missing mother, and a woman he’s drawn to, dark questions linger as long-ago truths begin to emerge. What would make a mother abandon her child? What happened to Kim Gillespie?
MY THOUGHTS:
“We see what we expect to see.”
Aaron Falk is a federal investigator ready to enjoy some downtime. His friend Greg Falco’s baby is about to be christened, and Aaron heads to Greg’s home to share in this blessed occasion. But, as Aaron has experienced in the past, things aren’t as innocent as they seem. Beyond the joys of the christening of a baby Aaron soon learns that danger and secrets abound. Aaron finds the time he will be spending in the beautiful South Australian wine county to be one of secrets and danger.
As this is the final book in the Aaron Falk trilogy, it was nice to see Aaron thinking in terms of a different lifestyle than he has been living. I love his character, and especially in this book. He is shown to be a good friend to Greg, while also considering his demanding job. Could Aaron balance his busy and often dangerous career with a home, wife and family?
There is a missing woman named Kim, someone from his past. This book opens more of Aaron’s past and of his connection to both Greg and Kim. Plot-driven stories are wonderful in that there are often nonstop actions and twists. Instead this series has focused on “Aaron the man” vs. Aaron the federal agent. Then there is the setting in this story. There is definitely a small-town vibe, and one with beauty, as well as with Aaron’s friendship and his hopes of a calmer future.
Many thanks to Pan Macmillan and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
Returning to the UK with her family as a teenager, she lived in Hampshire before studying English and History at the University of Kent in Canterbury.
On graduating, she completed a journalism entry qualification and got her first reporting job as a trainee on the Darlington & Stockton Times in County Durham.
Jane worked for several years as a senior news journalist for the Hull Daily Mail, before moving back to Australia in 2008.
She worked first on the Geelong Advertiser, and in 2011 took up a business reporting role in Melbourne.
In 2014, Jane submitted a short story which was one of 12 chosen for the Big Issue's annual Fiction Edition.
That inspired her to pursue creative writing more seriously, breaking through with The Dry at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards in 2015.
Jane lives in bayside Melbourne with her husband and their two children.
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