Jane Harper: Last One Out

The queen of outback noir returns with a gripping new novel about loss, secrets and what remains after a disappearance.

A bereaved mother risks everything to solve the mystery of her missing son in Jane Harper’s dazzling new Australian mystery, Last One Out.

In a dying town, Ro Crowley waits for her son on the evening of his 21st birthday. But Sam never comes home. His footprints in the dust of abandoned houses offer the only clue to his final movements. Five long years later, Ro returns to Carralon Ridge for the annual memorial of Sam's disappearance. Only a few people remain in the now depleted community. If the truth is to be found in that town, does it lie among them?

In conversation with Sarah L’Estrange, the internationally bestselling author shares reflections from her remarkable career to date, her motivations behind writing this standalone novel and much more, in this unmissable event for crime enthusiasts and Harper fans alike.