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Force of Nature

2018 | Fiction & Poetry | Thriller

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?

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?



Published by Flatiron Books

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ISBN 9781250105639
Language English

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Chloe (778 KP) rated

Nov 24, 2020  
Force of Nature
Force of Nature
Jane Harper | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Thriller
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7.0 (4 Ratings)
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Gripping (3 more)
Exciting
Amazing landscape
Good characters
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Gripping, couldnt put it down
I could not put this book down, I love the story and the different time frames, I was nearly always itching to read the next 'past tense chapter hoping to find out more. I like the lead Detective. The characters were well thought up. I did guess whodunnit so it didnt have the full suspense for me but overall a good read. I would agree with others who have stated it is not as good as The Dry but still has it's own merit and worth a read.
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James Koppert (2698 KP) rated

Nov 13, 2019  
Force of Nature
Force of Nature
Jane Harper | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Thriller
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7.0 (4 Ratings)
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Gripping and dry
What I love about Jane Harper's books is the biggest character is always the landscape the story takes place in. Force of nature is set in one of Australia's cold and dark national parks, rugged and unforgiving and so the atmosphere is set. Take office politics up a notch to a brutal level and add intriguing and constant suspense and you will find it difficult to not read just another chapter. If you like crime novels Harper's and human and most importantly believable. Won't get a better thriller/crime novel this year
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated

Mar 17, 2018  
Force of Nature
Force of Nature
Jane Harper | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Thriller
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7.0 (4 Ratings)
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Slow burner, slightly disappointing
As a fan of Jane Harper's debut novel @The Dry, this definitely felt like a sub-par sequel. Detective Aaron Falks returns with another case in the Australian wilderness, this time following the disappearance of a woman who went on a work retreat in the outback but never came back.

Four of the women who went with her all have motives to want to see her gone, so Falks attempts to understand what secrets she may have had about them.

The story, as described, felt underwhelming even though I appreciate the straightforward simplicity of Harper's writing. There is no massive conspiracy similar to the first but it may have lacked too much in this instance.
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Gisell Middleton (189 KP) rated

Jul 12, 2018  
Force of Nature
Force of Nature
Jane Harper | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Thriller
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7.0 (4 Ratings)
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Jane Harper’s follow up to her wildly successful debut, The Dry, leaves a bit to be desired. The format is similar, flip flopping back and forth in time so the reader can find out what actually happened. However, Force of Nature never quite seems to get going. It’s slow in the buildup which doesn’t offer the satisfaction expected. The characters are not very compelling and nothing drives the reader to invest in any of them. Hopefully, the third time will be a charm.