The slow-burning, brilliantly twisty mystery from Jane Harper, the international bestselling Number One author of The Dry

'A fantastic crime writer' - Bella Mackie

In Exiles, Investigator Aaron Falk finds himself drawn into a complex web of tightly held secrets in South Australia's wine country.

A mother disappears from a busy festival on a warm spring night.

Her baby lies alone in the pram, waiting for a return that never comes.

A year later, Kim Gillespie’s absence still casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather to welcome a new addition to the family.

Joining the celebrations on a rare break from work is federal investigator Aaron Falk, who begins to suspect that all is not as it seems.

As he looks into Kim’s case, long-held secrets and resentments begin to come to the fore, secrets that show that her community is not as close as it appears.

Falk will have to tread carefully if he is to expose the dark fractures at its heart, but sometimes it takes an outsider to get to the truth . . .

Exiles is a New York Times and Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller and the final Aaron Falk mystery. Following on from The Dry, the second novel in the Aaron Falk series, Force of Nature, is now also a film starring Eric Bana and was released in February 2024.

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Praise for Jane Harper

'An avalanche of suspense' - David Baldacci
'Addictive storytelling' - Ann Cleeves
‘A hugely gifted writer’ - Marian Keyes
'Exceptional' - Jane Casey
'Outstanding' - C.L. Taylor
‘Spellbinding’ - Ian Rankin
‘A stunningly atmospheric read’ - Val McDermid
‘Brilliantly paced’ - Susie Steiner
‘I devoured it in a day. Her best yet!’ - Liane Moriarty
‘Phenomenal’ - Chris Whitaker

"While so much egregiously repetitive, flatly written fare holds sway in the crime fiction idiom, it’s a cause for celebration when genuinely accomplished writers energise things. A prime example? Antipodean star Jane Harper... she remains incontrovertibly the reigning queen of Aussie crime fiction." - Financial Times

"Harper skillfully ratchets up the tension in this powerful, slow-burning portrait of small-town life. . . high quality, atmospheric crime fiction" - The Mail on Sunday

"The possibility of Falk finding love is a tender counterpoint to the murder mystery in this worthy conclusion to one of the most outstanding of recent crime series" - Daily Express

"Atmospheric, beautifully observed and fluently written, this is Harper back at her very best" - Daily Mail

"Falk’s investigation is a terrific one, but what makes the book memorable is Harper’s skill at plumbing personal mysteries — for instance, why a friendship has ebbed, or how not knowing the fate of a loved one affects a family." - New York Times

"A murky, unsolved crime in the past; an Australian setting so dramatic it’s almost a character in itself; a tall, thin Melbourne federal agent with close-cropped, white-blond hair and invisible eyelashes: These are the hallmarks of Jane Harper’s Aaron Falk mysteries" - Washington Post

"If you're a fan of Jane's The Dry and The Lost Man, you won't be surprised to hear this is another must-read, one that you'll reluctantly leave to do life things like eating and tidying" - Belfast Telegraph

"The tight-knit group has rifts so deep nobody might have imagined" - SimpleNews

"Atmospheric, beautifully observed and fluently written, this is Harper back at her very best" - Mail Online