Rural Mystery Books | Summaries & Audio

The Searcher

by Tana French • 2020

A retired detective's Irish solitude shatters when a teen asks for his help finding her brother.

3.80

165k+

🏚️ Rural Noir 📖 Literary Crime 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Searcher 91%

A retired detective's Irish solitude shatters when a teen asks for his help finding her brother.

by Tana French 2020

3.80

165k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 📖 Literary Crime 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Hunter

by Tana French • 2024

In rural Ireland, a retired cop discovers the teen he mentors is lying to murder detectives.

4.07

74k+

🖤 Rural Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🏠 Found Family

The Hunter 91%

In rural Ireland, a retired cop discovers the teen he mentors is lying to murder detectives.

by Tana French 2024

4.07

74k+ ratings

🖤 Rural Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🏠 Found Family

Agony Hill

by Sarah Stewart Taylor • 2024

In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.

3.83

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets

Agony Hill 91%

In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.

by Sarah Stewart Taylor 2024

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets

An Obvious Fact

by Craig Johnson • 2016

A suspicious wreck at Sturgis draws a Wyoming sheriff into outlaw bikers and ghost guns.

4.26

15k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🌄 Rural Noir 🕵️ Undercover Agent

An Obvious Fact 91%

A suspicious wreck at Sturgis draws a Wyoming sheriff into outlaw bikers and ghost guns.

by Craig Johnson 2016

4.26

15k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🌄 Rural Noir 🕵️ Undercover Agent

A Great Deliverance

by Elizabeth George • 1988

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

4.03

52k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners

A Great Deliverance 90%

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

by Elizabeth George 1988

4.03

52k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners

The Dark Horse

by Craig Johnson • 2009

Walt Longmire goes undercover to question a wife's murder confession in a town of secrets.

4.30

22k+

🏜️ Western Mystery 🌾 Rural Noir 🕵️ Undercover Lawman

The Dark Horse 90%

Walt Longmire goes undercover to question a wife's murder confession in a town of secrets.

by Craig Johnson 2009

4.30

22k+ ratings

🏜️ Western Mystery 🌾 Rural Noir 🕵️ Undercover Lawman

Dark of the Moon

by John Sandford • 2007

A wealthy man's ritual murder pulls an investigator into a small town's forty-year-old cover-up.

4.00

43k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer

Dark of the Moon 90%

A wealthy man's ritual murder pulls an investigator into a small town's forty-year-old cover-up.

by John Sandford 2007

4.00

43k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer

Missing in the Falls

by Elle Gray • 2023

Bones in a creek reopen a fifteen-year-old case the town buried with its secrets.

4.56

8k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🌲 Rural Noir

Missing in the Falls 90%

Bones in a creek reopen a fifteen-year-old case the town buried with its secrets.

by Elle Gray 2023

4.56

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🌲 Rural Noir

Death of Yesterday

by M.C. Beaton • 2013

A dead art student in a Highland factory. One stubborn constable. A village of secrets.

3.73

7k+

🏘️ Village Secrets 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🤫 Code Of Silence

Death of Yesterday 90%

A dead art student in a Highland factory. One stubborn constable. A village of secrets.

by M.C. Beaton 2013

3.73

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Secrets 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🤫 Code Of Silence

We Are All the Same in the Dark

by Julia Heaberlin • 2020

A trucker finds a mute, one-eyed girl, reigniting a Texas town's hunt for his vanished sister.

3.77

57k+

🕵️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Missing Girl Case 👮 Female Detective

We Are All the Same in the Dark 90%

A trucker finds a mute, one-eyed girl, reigniting a Texas town's hunt for his vanished sister.

by Julia Heaberlin 2020

3.77

57k+ ratings

🕵️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Missing Girl Case 👮 Female Detective

Death of a Bore

by M.C. Beaton • 2005

A pompous writer mocks a Highland village then dies. Hamish Macbeth doubts it was suicide.

3.85

7k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Death of a Bore 90%

A pompous writer mocks a Highland village then dies. Hamish Macbeth doubts it was suicide.

by M.C. Beaton 2005

3.85

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Still Life

by Louise Penny • 2005

An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

3.90

288k+

🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Gentleman Detective

Still Life 90%

An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

by Louise Penny 2005

3.90

288k+ ratings

🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Gentleman Detective

Murder at Holly House

by Denzil Meyrick • 2023

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

3.20

11k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective

Murder at Holly House 90%

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

by Denzil Meyrick 2023

3.20

11k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective

Redbelly Crossing

by Candice Fox • 2026

Two estranged cop brothers investigate a rural pub murder, but the killer's DNA matches their own.

4.09

2k+

🏚️ Rural Noir 🩸 Small-Town Murder 💔 Estranged Siblings

Redbelly Crossing 90%

Two estranged cop brothers investigate a rural pub murder, but the killer's DNA matches their own.

by Candice Fox 2026

4.09

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 🩸 Small-Town Murder 💔 Estranged Siblings

Death of a Nurse

by M.C. Beaton • 2016

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

3.80

6k+

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit

Death of a Nurse 90%

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

by M.C. Beaton 2016

3.80

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit

The Keeper

by Tana French • 2026

An Irish town hums the killer's name. A retired Chicago detective won't join the chorus.

4.27

25k+

🍀 Irish Crime Fiction 📖 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime

The Keeper 90%

An Irish town hums the killer's name. A retired Chicago detective won't join the chorus.

by Tana French 2026

4.27

25k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Crime Fiction 📖 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime

The Last to Vanish

by Megan Miranda • 2022

Six vanishings, one mountain inn. A journalist's brother arrives, and the manager digs for answers.

3.54

86k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Missing Persons ❄️ Cold Case

The Last to Vanish 90%

Six vanishings, one mountain inn. A journalist's brother arrives, and the manager digs for answers.

by Megan Miranda 2022

3.54

86k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Missing Persons ❄️ Cold Case

Land Rites

by Andy Maslen • 2021

A severed hand in a badger sett leads a haunted DI to a noble family's dark secrets.

4.39

6k+

👮 Police Procedural 🌾 Rural Crime 🔬 Forensic Investigation

Land Rites 90%

A severed hand in a badger sett leads a haunted DI to a noble family's dark secrets.

by Andy Maslen 2021

4.39

6k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🌾 Rural Crime 🔬 Forensic Investigation

Deeper Than the Dead

by Debra Webb • 2024

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

4.04

24k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return

Deeper Than the Dead 90%

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

by Debra Webb 2024

4.04

24k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return

The William Kent Krueger Collection #1

by William Kent Krueger • 2012

In Aurora, Minnesota, an ex-sheriff's last chance begins with a missing boy and a dead judge.

4.30

1k+

🖤 Small Town Noir 🌲 Wilderness Suspense 🪶 Indigenous Mythology

The William Kent Krueger Collection #1 Summary

The William Kent Krueger Collection #1 90%

In Aurora, Minnesota, an ex-sheriff's last chance begins with a missing boy and a dead judge.

by William Kent Krueger 2012

4.30

1k+ ratings

🖤 Small Town Noir 🌲 Wilderness Suspense 🪶 Indigenous Mythology

Sworn to Silence

by Linda Castillo • 2009

A serial killer's signature returns to Amish country, but the police chief killed him years ago.

4.04

53k+

📋 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👻 Haunted Detective

Sworn to Silence 89%

A serial killer's signature returns to Amish country, but the police chief killed him years ago.

by Linda Castillo 2009

4.04

53k+ ratings

📋 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👻 Haunted Detective

The Next Time You See Me

by Holly Goddard Jones • 2013

A lonely girl, a missing woman, a body in the woods: a Kentucky town's secrets unravel.

3.42

4k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📚 Literary Crime Fiction 🔍 Missing Person

The Next Time You See Me 89%

A lonely girl, a missing woman, a body in the woods: a Kentucky town's secrets unravel.

by Holly Goddard Jones 2013

3.42

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📚 Literary Crime Fiction 🔍 Missing Person

Bluebird, Bluebird

by Attica Locke • 2017

A suspended black Ranger follows two bodies in a bayou into a small town's deepest secrets.

3.83

31k+

🔍 Small Town Mystery 🕵🏿 Black Detective 🌑 Southern Noir

Bluebird, Bluebird 89%

A suspended black Ranger follows two bodies in a bayou into a small town's deepest secrets.

by Attica Locke 2017

3.83

31k+ ratings

🔍 Small Town Mystery 🕵🏿 Black Detective 🌑 Southern Noir

Storm Watch

by C.J. Box • 2023

A game warden discovers a dead man in a remote Bitcoin operation, and the state orders silence.

4.20

28k+

🎣 Game Warden Mystery 🌲 Rural Noir 🦌 Wildlife Crime

Storm Watch 89%

A game warden discovers a dead man in a remote Bitcoin operation, and the state orders silence.

by C.J. Box 2023

4.20

28k+ ratings

🎣 Game Warden Mystery 🌲 Rural Noir 🦌 Wildlife Crime

The Night I Died

by Anne Frasier • 2023

To clear a childhood friend of murder, a PI confronts the Kansas town she cannot remember.

3.96

7k+

🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma

The Night I Died 89%

To clear a childhood friend of murder, a PI confronts the Kansas town she cannot remember.

by Anne Frasier 2023

3.96

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma

Death of a Gentle Lady

by M.C. Beaton • 2008

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

3.84

7k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets

Death of a Gentle Lady 89%

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

by M.C. Beaton 2008

3.84

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets

Bury Your Past

by J.M. Dalgliesh • 2019

After a Norfolk storm unearths a skeleton, a pendant leads detectives into arson and buried secrets.

4.20

14k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 👮 British Police Procedural 🌊 Coastal Noir

Bury Your Past 89%

After a Norfolk storm unearths a skeleton, a pendant leads detectives into arson and buried secrets.

by J.M. Dalgliesh 2019

4.20

14k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 👮 British Police Procedural 🌊 Coastal Noir

The Body in the Dales

by J.R. Ellis • 2017

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

4.02

30k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery

The Body in the Dales 89%

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

by J.R. Ellis 2017

4.02

30k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery

Thief of Souls

by Brian Klingborg • 2021

A disgraced inspector in rural China hunts a killer who mutilates women for ritual burial.

3.77

1k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🕯️ Ritual Killings

Thief of Souls 89%

A disgraced inspector in rural China hunts a killer who mutilates women for ritual burial.

by Brian Klingborg 2021

3.77

1k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🕯️ Ritual Killings

A Mischief of Rats

by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett • 2023

A dead driver in an ecologist's pond exposes the killer rivalries inside a classic-car racing team.

3.84

6k+

🍃 Ecological Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👥 Closed Circle Suspects

A Mischief of Rats 89%

A dead driver in an ecologist's pond exposes the killer rivalries inside a classic-car racing team.

by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett 2023

3.84

6k+ ratings

🍃 Ecological Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👥 Closed Circle Suspects

Black Bear Alibi

by J.C. Fuller • 2019

A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.

4.15

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Black Bear Alibi 89%

A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.

by J.C. Fuller 2019

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Sleeping Murder

by Agatha Christie • 1976

A newlywed's perfect house awakens a buried memory: she witnessed a murder there as a child.

4.00

54k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Cold Case 🧠 Buried Memories

Sleeping Murder 89%

A newlywed's perfect house awakens a buried memory: she witnessed a murder there as a child.

by Agatha Christie 1976

4.00

54k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Cold Case 🧠 Buried Memories

The Midnight Feast

by Lucy Foley • 2024

A luxury hotel on the Dorset coast. A fire. A body. And the woods are watching.

3.57

296k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚔️ Locals Vs Outsiders

The Midnight Feast 89%

A luxury hotel on the Dorset coast. A fire. A body. And the woods are watching.

by Lucy Foley 2024

3.57

296k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚔️ Locals Vs Outsiders

All Good People Here

by Ashley Flowers • 2022

A journalist returns home to a child's disappearance that echoes her best friend's unsolved murder.

3.82

344k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🤫 Small Town Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline

All Good People Here 89%

A journalist returns home to a child's disappearance that echoes her best friend's unsolved murder.

by Ashley Flowers 2022

3.82

344k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🤫 Small Town Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline

Death of a Gossip

by M.C. Beaton • 1985

A gossip columnist joins a Highland fishing school. She's found strangled. Everyone wanted her dead.

3.64

22k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👮 Small Town Constable

Death of a Gossip 89%

A gossip columnist joins a Highland fishing school. She's found strangled. Everyone wanted her dead.

by M.C. Beaton 1985

3.64

22k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👮 Small Town Constable

Death of a Ghost

by M.C. Beaton • 2017

Hamish Macbeth finds a corpse in a haunted castle; by morning the body has vanished.

3.78

7k+

🏘️ Highland Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💋 Femme Fatale

Death of a Ghost 89%

Hamish Macbeth finds a corpse in a haunted castle; by morning the body has vanished.

by M.C. Beaton 2017

3.78

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Highland Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💋 Femme Fatale

Big Bad Wool

by Leonie Swann • 2009

When a werewolf's howl echoes across their French meadow, a flock of sheep turns detective.

3.77

3k+

🐑 Animal Sleuths 🏰 Rural France 🧡 Found Family

Big Bad Wool 89%

When a werewolf's howl echoes across their French meadow, a flock of sheep turns detective.

by Leonie Swann 2009

3.77

3k+ ratings

🐑 Animal Sleuths 🏰 Rural France 🧡 Found Family

The Murders at Fleat House

by Lucinda Riley • 2022

A boarding school death draws a detective into old secrets someone is still killing to protect.

4.10

47k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🩹 Wounded Detective

The Murders at Fleat House 89%

A boarding school death draws a detective into old secrets someone is still killing to protect.

by Lucinda Riley 2022

4.10

47k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🩹 Wounded Detective

Apostle's Cove

by William Kent Krueger • 2025

An aging sheriff learns the Ojibwe man he imprisoned for murder decades ago may be innocent.

4.14

14k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📁 Cold Case Murder ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Apostle's Cove 89%

An aging sheriff learns the Ojibwe man he imprisoned for murder decades ago may be innocent.

by William Kent Krueger 2025

4.14

14k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📁 Cold Case Murder ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Hallowe'en Party

by Agatha Christie • 1969

A drowned girl, a Halloween party, a boast about murder: Poirot uncovers a village's buried crimes.

3.56

107k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🐺 Girl Who Cried Wolf 👁️ Child Witness

Hallowe'en Party 89%

A drowned girl, a Halloween party, a boast about murder: Poirot uncovers a village's buried crimes.

by Agatha Christie 1969

3.56

107k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🐺 Girl Who Cried Wolf 👁️ Child Witness

Three Bags Full

by Leonie Swann • 2005

When their shepherd is murdered, his flock of sheep set out to solve the crime themselves.

3.55

28k+

🐑 Animal Narrator 🌿 Pastoral Mystery 🔍 Outsider Sleuths

Three Bags Full 89%

When their shepherd is murdered, his flock of sheep set out to solve the crime themselves.

by Leonie Swann 2005

3.55

28k+ ratings

🐑 Animal Narrator 🌿 Pastoral Mystery 🔍 Outsider Sleuths

Dark Places

by Gillian Flynn • 2009

Broke, a massacre survivor takes cash from crime buffs to prove her imprisoned brother is innocent.

3.94

846k+

🏚️ Rural Noir 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Satanic Panic

Dark Places 89%

Broke, a massacre survivor takes cash from crime buffs to prove her imprisoned brother is innocent.

by Gillian Flynn 2009

3.94

846k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Satanic Panic

Don't Let Go

by Harlan Coben • 2017

Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.

4.05

82k+

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🚀 Cold War Mystery

Don't Let Go 89%

Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.

by Harlan Coben 2017

4.05

82k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🚀 Cold War Mystery

Black River

by Nilanjana Roy • 2022

A farmer's daughter is murdered, the village seizes a scapegoat, and the police look away.

3.95

2k+

🏘️ Rural Crime Fiction 📚 Literary Mystery 😢 Grieving Father

Black River 89%

A farmer's daughter is murdered, the village seizes a scapegoat, and the police look away.

by Nilanjana Roy 2022

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Rural Crime Fiction 📚 Literary Mystery 😢 Grieving Father

The Cruelest Month

by Louise Penny • 2007

A fatal séance in a haunted Quebec house pulls Inspector Gamache into a village's darkest secrets.

4.16

119k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🧠 Psychological Suspense

The Cruelest Month 89%

A fatal séance in a haunted Quebec house pulls Inspector Gamache into a village's darkest secrets.

by Louise Penny 2007

4.16

119k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🧠 Psychological Suspense

A Serpent's Tooth

by Craig Johnson • 2013

A runaway boy, a cult, and an angel story drag Walt Longmire into an oil-field war.

4.30

17k+

🤠 Western Noir ⛪️ Polygamous Cult 🏔️ Wyoming

A Serpent's Tooth 89%

A runaway boy, a cult, and an angel story drag Walt Longmire into an oil-field war.

by Craig Johnson 2013

4.30

17k+ ratings

🤠 Western Noir ⛪️ Polygamous Cult 🏔️ Wyoming

The Mercy Chair

by M.W. Craven • 2024

A ritual stoning in Cumbria draws a detective into a cult that made torture feel like salvation.

4.55

8k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cult Investigation 🖤 Traumatized Detective

The Mercy Chair 89%

A ritual stoning in Cumbria draws a detective into a cult that made torture feel like salvation.

by M.W. Craven 2024

4.55

8k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cult Investigation 🖤 Traumatized Detective

Summer of Grace

by Shani Struthers • 2021

Three friends, one golden summer, and the girl who vanished. Ten years later, Jules has to know why.

4.18

439

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case 🤝 Found Family

Summer of Grace 89%

Three friends, one golden summer, and the girl who vanished. Ten years later, Jules has to know why.

by Shani Struthers 2021

4.18

439 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case 🤝 Found Family

Death of a Dreamer

by M.C. Beaton • 2006

When a lonely artist is found dead on a Highland mountain, her severed finger points to murder.

3.89

7k+

🏘️ Scottish Village Mystery 💔 Obsessive Love 🤫 Small Town Secrets

Death of a Dreamer 89%

When a lonely artist is found dead on a Highland mountain, her severed finger points to murder.

by M.C. Beaton 2006

3.89

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Scottish Village Mystery 💔 Obsessive Love 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Dry

by Jane Harper • 2016

An agent returns to a parched town for a funeral, questioning a staged family murder.

4.06

270k+

🏜️ Australian Noir 🔍 Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Cold Case

The Dry 89%

An agent returns to a parched town for a funeral, questioning a staged family murder.

by Jane Harper 2016

4.06

270k+ ratings

🏜️ Australian Noir 🔍 Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Cold Case

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