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The Survivors Paperback – September 8, 2021
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'You won't put this novel down until you've uncovered every last skeleton in the closet. I loved it ' Louise Candlish
Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on a single day when a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that haunts him still resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal town he once called home.
Kieran's parents are struggling in a community which is bound, for better or worse, to the sea that is both a lifeline and a threat. Between them all is his absent brother Finn.
When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to emerge in the murder investigation that follows. A sunken wreck, a missing girl, and questions that have never washed away...
Praise for The Survivors
'A new book by Harper is always an event' Sunday Times
'Once again Harper demonstrates how good she is at portraying the fear and menace that lurk in ordinary lives' Daily Mail
'Multi-layered, atmospheric and brilliantly written' Sun
'With The Survivors, Jane Harper proves she's unquestionably the real deal' Val McDermid
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHACHETTE
- Publication dateSeptember 8, 2021
- Dimensions4.96 x 0.94 x 7.72 inches
- ISBN-100349143749
- ISBN-13978-0349143743
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- Publisher : HACHETTE; 1st edition (September 8, 2021)
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 0349143749
- ISBN-13 : 978-0349143743
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 4.96 x 0.94 x 7.72 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,180,767 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5,863 in International Mystery & Crime (Books)
- #6,164 in Small Town & Rural Fiction (Books)
- #48,491 in Suspense Thrillers
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Jane Harper is the author of The Dry, winner of various awards including the 2015 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, the 2017 Indie Award Book of the Year, the 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year Award and the CWA Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel of 2017. Rights have been sold in 27 territories worldwide, and film rights optioned to Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea. Jane worked as a print journalist for thirteen years both in Australia and the UK and lives in Melbourne.
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The locals and tourists of the beachside Tasmanian town, Evelyn Bay, recall the dreadful date the storm hit. Rumoured to be the worst weather in eighty years it caused widespread destructive and anguish, and worst of all, claimed three lives.
Twelve years on, Kieran Elliott (whose brother Finn was one of the victims of the storm) returns to Evelyn Bay, with his partner and baby in tow, to help his parents move. Blaming himself for the part he played in Finn's death, Kieran fled town under a dark cloud, and this marks his first visit home in years. He's only been back a day when a body is found on the beach in suspicious circumstances, sparking fresh controversial, stirring up long held resentments and secrets, and causing Kieran to question everything he thought he knew about that fateful day.
The Survivors incorporated everything I love in my small-town mystery suspense. I was very invested in the characters wellbeing, so much so that I was sort of dreading the reveal of the person/s responsible. The final chapters were as chilling as they were emotional, and they definitely threw me for a loop. I'm still reeling, and The Survivors is a work of fiction that will stay with me for a long time.
Jane Harper is famous for using weather and landscape to establish and escalate mood, tension, and uneasiness, and The Survivors coastal setting perfectly captured the inner and outer turmoil, helplessness and despair the characters experienced. The vast, unpredictable, unforgiving nature of the sea, tides, and currents, and the notion that something beautiful, fun, tranquil and non-threatening can turn deadly in an instant, hammered home the trepidation. The ocean is known for hiding its secrets – anything from a wrecked ship, to an unrecoverable body, to a child's sun hat – just like the residents of Evelyn Bay. And just as quickly a secret can be exposed, sometimes an item thought to be lost forever at sea can suddenly inexplicably resurface. Furthermore, the word ‘sea’ is often associated with grief – which along with guilt and regret – was a prominent theme throughout. Moreover, the statues of The Survivors were affected by the tide – fully visible at low-tide, submerged to their waist at high tide, and on the day of the storm, completely obscured by raging water.
There was an element of superstition attached to The Survivors memorial since there were three figures constructed to commemorate the fifty-four victims of Mary Minerva, and coincidentally three locals died in the big storm nearly 100 years later. Some viewed the statues as cold looking and offensive – ever-present, watchful, looming over everything. Also included in the novel to further add to the creepiness were the cliff side caves on a lonely stretch of beach, with their endless passages, and shrieking seabirds, swooping and circling the entrance. Not to mention the Mary Minerva shipwreck itself.
The plot revolved around family, friendship, small town mentality, gossip, rumours, hardship, illness, the growth and maturity that occurs between teenage and adulthood, and how major life altering events can shape people for the better. Serious social issues of toxic masculinity, the damaging effects of hook-up culture, peer pressure, the downside of social media, sexism and narcissism were seamlessly interwoven.
Now I can't decide whether I prefer The Survivors or The Lost Man? Put simply, I hold both in such high esteem. Lovers of Jane Harper, and those new to her thrilling work, will devour The Survivors. Get reading!
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2020
The locals and tourists of the beachside Tasmanian town, Evelyn Bay, recall the dreadful date the storm hit. Rumoured to be the worst weather in eighty years it caused widespread destructive and anguish, and worst of all, claimed three lives.
Twelve years on, Kieran Elliott (whose brother Finn was one of the victims of the storm) returns to Evelyn Bay, with his partner and baby in tow, to help his parents move. Blaming himself for the part he played in Finn's death, Kieran fled town under a dark cloud, and this marks his first visit home in years. He's only been back a day when a body is found on the beach in suspicious circumstances, sparking fresh controversial, stirring up long held resentments and secrets, and causing Kieran to question everything he thought he knew about that fateful day.
The Survivors incorporated everything I love in my small-town mystery suspense. I was very invested in the characters wellbeing, so much so that I was sort of dreading the reveal of the person/s responsible. The final chapters were as chilling as they were emotional, and they definitely threw me for a loop. I'm still reeling, and The Survivors is a work of fiction that will stay with me for a long time.
Jane Harper is famous for using weather and landscape to establish and escalate mood, tension, and uneasiness, and The Survivors coastal setting perfectly captured the inner and outer turmoil, helplessness and despair the characters experienced. The vast, unpredictable, unforgiving nature of the sea, tides, and currents, and the notion that something beautiful, fun, tranquil and non-threatening can turn deadly in an instant, hammered home the trepidation. The ocean is known for hiding its secrets – anything from a wrecked ship, to an unrecoverable body, to a child's sun hat – just like the residents of Evelyn Bay. And just as quickly a secret can be exposed, sometimes an item thought to be lost forever at sea can suddenly inexplicably resurface. Furthermore, the word ‘sea’ is often associated with grief – which along with guilt and regret – was a prominent theme throughout. Moreover, the statues of The Survivors were affected by the tide – fully visible at low-tide, submerged to their waist at high tide, and on the day of the storm, completely obscured by raging water.
There was an element of superstition attached to The Survivors memorial since there were three figures constructed to commemorate the fifty-four victims of Mary Minerva, and coincidentally three locals died in the big storm nearly 100 years later. Some viewed the statues as cold looking and offensive – ever-present, watchful, looming over everything. Also included in the novel to further add to the creepiness were the cliff side caves on a lonely stretch of beach, with their endless passages, and shrieking seabirds, swooping and circling the entrance. Not to mention the Mary Minerva shipwreck itself.
The plot revolved around family, friendship, small town mentality, gossip, rumours, hardship, illness, the growth and maturity that occurs between teenage and adulthood, and how major life altering events can shape people for the better. Serious social issues of toxic masculinity, the damaging effects of hook-up culture, peer pressure, the downside of social media, sexism and narcissism were seamlessly interwoven.
Now I can't decide whether I prefer The Survivors or The Lost Man? Put simply, I hold both in such high esteem. Lovers of Jane Harper, and those new to her thrilling work, will devour The Survivors. Get reading!
Kieran and his girlfriend Mia head back home with their baby daughter Audrey to help his mother pack up their house for a move since his father is suffering dementia. He hasn’t been home in a long time since his brother passed away due a freak storm that hit the waters. That same day his brother died a girl named Gabby went missing. When he returns home there is a murder of a non local girl named Bronte and him and his buddies are mystified on who could have done it and it brings back old feelings or what happened to Gabby. That’s it in a nutshell. Sure there’s the end where you find out who did it and what happened overall but there is no big build up and the wow factor is eh. Unfortunately I just wouldn’t recommend this one.
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When Kieran was 14, a storm came and he survived. Unfortunately, not for Finn his brother, nor Toby, nor Gabby, all drowned. Kieran has lived with a great sense of guilt since their deaths. He truly believed that his brother Finn and Toby came to save him until he learned the truth. As well as that of Gabby Birch, Olivia's little sister.
And then misfortune fell on Bronte, who also died of drowning. They had to investigate further this time to find out who caused her death.
I found the book too long before it had any real suspense. It was starting to get boring and it's not the author's best book.
The ending is sad and at the same time marks a new beginning for Kieran, Mia and Audrey. And the others when they know the truth.
Mysterious deaths and disappearance and guilt at surviving are strong themes in this book.
I was glad that the ending contained hope and positive feelings about the survivors for their future.
A very good read thank you.
Would 100% recommend!
However, on reaching chapter 9 and still unable to get into the story or characters, all of whom were more irritating than anything, and with no idea and actually no interest of how the plot was going to be, I decided that this is one of the books that shouldn't take up one more minute of my time.
Life's not long enough.