Jane Harper’s The Dry was adapted into a film starring Eric Bana in 2020, and it’ll also be the subject of the Iron Book Discussion Group‘s next discussion in May 2024.
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BOOK DESCRIPTION: After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his alibi. Falk and his father fled under a cloud of suspicion, saved from prosecution only because of Luke’s steadfast claim that the boys had been together at the time of the crime. But now more than one person knows they didn’t tell the truth back then, and Luke is dead.
Amid the worst drought in a century, Falk and the local detective question what really happened to Luke. As Falk reluctantly investigates to see if there’s more to Luke’s death than there seems to be, long-buried mysteries resurface, as do the lies that have haunted them. And Falk will find that small towns have always hidden big secrets.
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Copies of The Dry can be picked up from the Book Discussion Shelf on our first floor, and it’s available digitally as an ebook (through Overdrive/Libby) and an audiobook (through Hoopla or Overdrive/Libby).
An in-person discussion of The Dry will be held at the library on Tuesday, May 14, at 7:00 PM. No registration is required to attend.
And an online discussion of the book will be held via Zoom on May 16, at 3:00 PM. If you’d like to attend the online discussion, please register through our Event Calendar. Participants will receive an email with the login information for Zoom after registering.
Published on April 12, 2024.
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