The Survivors

Jane Harper

Little, Brown £14.99

Australia’s Jane Harper may well be the finest thriller writer to emerge in recent years. The Survivors is set in a Tasmanian coastal town whose unforgiving sea has claimed many victims. Kieran Elliott blames himself for the death of his brother in a sailing accident years earlier. On a rare return visit home, he finds himself drawn into a murder investigation. Past and present begin to overlap in this compelling, beautifully characterised mystery.