![]() Farms in this region of Australia lie across vast tracts of land, often covering several thousand hectares each, with the closest major cities located thousands of kilometres away. One key theme to The Lost Man is that of isolation. Jane Harper’s amazing prose easily enables the reader to imagine the taste of dust in their mouth, feel the blistering heat from the sun, and sense the growing dread that all is not as it should be for the central characters as they struggle to come to terms with Cameron Bright’s death. Set in rural Queensland amid searing summer heat, buzzing flies and the ever-present danger of death by dehydration, snakebite or spider bite, a man from a remote farming community has died suddenly and brutally.įirst Impression: I was completely hooked by this book before the end of the first chapter. The Lost Man provides escapism from January-itis in spades. Wrapping up and hibernating inside with a good book and a cup of tea seems like the only sensible thing to do! To top it all off, January 2021 sees us once more in a hard lockdown due to Covid-19. ![]() Christmas is over, the weather is unrelentingly grey, damp and cold, the days are still short, and spring is a long way in the future. ![]() ![]() January and February are my least favourite months in the UK. ![]() Our recommended tea to accompany The Lost Man: Lemongrass and Coconut ![]()
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