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The queen of “outback noir”, author Jane Harper talks with Jason Steger about her latest novel – a last hurrah for her detective hero.

The queen of “outback noir”, author Jane Harper talks with Jason Steger about her latest novel – a last hurrah for her detective hero.

THE PLOT: When a childhood friend is found dead, Aaron Falk (Eric Bana) returns to his hometown for the funeral. It has been 20 years, and apparently, there is unfinished business. During their teen years, Aaron and his pal Luke were friends with a girl whose drowning death in 1991 was suspicious. His presence conjures up unpleasant memories for the flinty locals, who have their own secrets. Aaron is still an outsider but sticks around to see if there would have been any motive for Luke and his...

Save this story for later. How many crimes have been committed before “The Dry” begins? One barbarous act we know about for sure: a man named Luke Hadler (Martin Dingle Wall) has been found dead, with a shotgun beside him, outside the town of Kiewarra. (It’s a fictional place, but the movie, adapted from the novel of the same name by Jane Harper, and directed by Robert Connolly, was filmed in the Australian state of Victoria.) Back at Luke’s house are the bodies of his wife ...

‘The Dry’ Review: Eric Bana Returns to Aussie Features in a Rattling Good Mystery-Thriller Variety 1/22/2021 The barren earth surrounding a drought-stricken Aussie town provides fertile ground for mystery, suspense and punchy emotional drama in “The Dry.” This enthralling adaptation of Jane Harper’s international bestseller stars a spot-on Eric Bana as a city detective whose investigation of an apparent murder-suicide in his hometown triggers renewed suspicion about his involvement ...