The employees of Bailey Tennants are sent out to on a corporate retreat that takes them into the Austrailian bushland. The men set off in one group and the women go off in another group. The weekend is a challenging one but something has gone terribly awry when the women's group finally returns to the lodge, but missing one of their members. Federal Agent Aaron Falk and his colleague, Carmen, are called in to help the search because they have been investigating Bailey Tennants and the night before Alice had called him. Now she is missing. Each of the remaining women tells their own version of the weekend's events and each of them tells a different version of events. One of them knows more than they are telling. Jill Bailey runs the firm with her brother. Lauren is an old friend of Alice's from school and their teen daughters go to the same school. And there are twins, Bree and Beth. Beth has a record and is on probation. Any kind of trouble could send her back to jail. One of these women knows what happened to Alice. Will they speak the truth before it is too late?
Force of Nature was one of those mystery novels with a plot that left me saying "Why didn't I think of that?" I love the corporate theme of this book. I didn't like how the author divided them up into "boys" and "girls" as if they were in junior high, but it lent to the suspense of the novel. Five women out wandering in the bush? It was hard to like any of the five women. They all had that aggressive "Type A" personality or were afraid to stand up for themselves because of past transgressions. I think my favorite character was Aaron Falk, the agent. This was not the first time I had met Agent Falk. He was featured in the author's first book, The Dry. The end was not really a surprise, but I was glad to see that everybody got some degree of closure. - CLICK HERE FOR SPOILERS And just like the first book, the natural beauty of Austrailia is also very much a character. The dangerous beauty is part of every single page.
Bottom Line - Force of Nature was another incredible mystery by Jane Harper. I look forward to seeing what she has up her sleeve for her next book!
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- Force of Nature by Jane Harper
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- Pages: 320
- Publisher: Flatiron
- Publication Date: 2/6/18
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