Jane Harper keeps knocking it out of the ballpark for me! I have loved her Aaron Falk books and was only slightly disappointed this novel doesn't fall into that series. I shouldn't have worried, everything I loved about the Aaron Falk series is here: the crisp writing style, the slow burning mystery, the use of the terrain as a character all it's own. I am fascinated with how Harper uses where the characters live to explain so much of their personalities. The isolation and forced independence these people face drives so much of the plot.
Nathan, the oldest brother, is struggling with mistakes from his past that are still impacting his every day life. When one of his younger brothers is found dead in the, literal, middle of nowhere, the tragedy cracks open the family. Why was Cam there, nowhere near his car filled with live sustaining and saving equipment? Was there more to the story? Harper does an amazing job of teasing out the details and weaving the past into the current mystery. I devoured this novel and was completely engrossed the entire time. A definite must read!