HOSTED BY SALLY PIPER
Join bestselling author Jane Harper to celebrate the release of her new standalone crime novel, Last One Out – a compelling, suspenseful portrait of a grieving family and a struggling country town, unable to let go of the past, what they’ve lost, and each other.
Whether you’re a longtime fan or discovering her work for the first time, this is a rare opportunity to hear directly from one of Australia’s most celebrated storytellers.
Last One Out Blurb
He had been here, that was clear from the marks in the dust. And he had been alone.
In a dying town, Ro Crowley waits for her son on the evening of his 21st birthday.
But Sam never comes home. His footprints in the dust of three abandoned houses offer the only clue to his final movements. One set in. One set out.
Five long years later, Ro returns to Carralon Ridge for the annual memorial of Sam’s disappearance. The skeletal community is now an echo of itself, having fractured under the pressure of the coal mine operating on its outskirts.
But Ro still wants answers. Only a few people remain. If the truth is to be found in that town, does it lie among them?
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jane Harper is the author of the international bestsellers The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man, The Survivors, and Exiles. Her books are published in forty territories with more than 3.5 million copies sold worldwide. She has won numerous top awards including the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year, The Australian Indie Awards Book of the Year, the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel, and the British Book Awards Crime and Thriller Book of the Year. The Dry and Force of Nature have been adapted into major motion pictures starring Eric Bana, with The Survivors released as a Netflix series. Jane worked as a print journalist for thirteen years both in Australia and the UK, and now lives in Melbourne with her husband, two children, and two cats. Last One Out is her sixth novel.
Venue: Brisbane Powerhouse
Address: 119 Lamington Street, New Farm, QLD 4005
Date: Tuesday 21st October
Time: 7:30pm
Tickets for the event can be purchased here.
