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Exiles
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Overview
Exiles by Jane Harper, the third book in her Aaron Falk mystery series, was published in 2022. The Falk novels draw upon Harper’s experiences living in Australia. The first, The Dry, was made into a film in 2020. The film of the second, Force of Nature, is in production and scheduled to be released in 2024. Exiles was a New York Times Bestseller and won the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction. It was also shortlisted for the Abia General Fiction Book of the Year and the Danger Award.
Exiles centers on Falk’s investigation of Kim Gillespie’s disappearance at a food and wine festival in the wine region of South Australia. Harper’s novel explores the themes of Home and Exile, Perception and Reality, and Memory’s Impact on the Present.
This guide cites the hardcover US Edition published by Flatiron Books.
Content Warning: The source material contains sexual assault, domestic abuse, alcohol misuse, and murder.
Plot Summary
Exiles follows detective Aaron Falk’s unofficial investigation of Kim Gillespie’s disappearance in the fictional town of Marralee in the wine country of Southern Australia. A year before the main action of the novel, Kim disappeared at Marralee’s food and wine festival.
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