Company bonding gets nasty

Force of Nature (Aaron Falk #2) by Jane Harper
Paperback, 384 pages Published September 26th 2017 by Macmillan Australia

There is always trepidation when you commence reading the second novel of an author who has seemingly come out of nowhere with a best seller. There is probably not many people who have not read ‘The Dry’ which featured Australian Federal Police (AFP) officer Aaron Falk. In ‘Force of Nature’ we move into the oppressive Australian bush which is dense, thick, quiet, dark and damp. It provides an appropriate backdrop for a group of a women who are ‘encouraged’ to undertake a corporate bonding session by navigating from one point to another. It does not take long for the group to lose their way and find themselves facing other unknown dangers, including the possibility of being stalked by a serial killer.
Aaron Falk and his partner Carmen Cooper are investigating the dealings of the company Bailey Tennants and have been relying on Alice Russell to procure the information they require. There investigation is turned on it’s head when Alice is revealed as the missing person. Heading up to the Giralang Ranges, Falk and Cooper hope to find her alive but soon realise there is so much else is happening.

Harper is certainly going to be a mainstay in the genre as she is a master of layering mystery upon mystery and allowing the reader to slowly reveal the red herrings to discover the truth. You will find yourself turning the pages and quickly absorbed into the mystery. 

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