There are posters asking if anyone has seen her and her seventeen year old daughter is intent on being sure every festival attendee knows that Kim still needs to be found. However, not everyone is satisfied with this explanation, particularly the guilt and grief stricken Zara, who is convinced that Kim would never have abandoned her baby, it was so out of character, and a appeal for any further information on Kim is being made, both by the police and family, at this year's festival. Joel has been trying for five years to find the hit-and-run driver that pushed his father’s car into the reservoir. Seems like a while since we last met him back in ‘Force of nature’ and I like him as a character - there’s a quiet dignity to him, a sense that he still believes in some sort of truth.

One doesn’t need to read them to read this book-- Exiles can be read as a standalone; however, the earlier books add to the layers and dynamics of Falk’s character. A year later, Kim Gillespie’s absence still casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather to welcome a new addition to the family.A year later, Kim Gillespie's absence still casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather to welcome a new addition to the family. While Aaron's in town, he'll also attend Marralee Valley's annual Food and Wine Festival, where a tragedy occurred a year ago. We are taken back seven years where Kim and her friends have suffered the hit and run accident of their friend, Dean, and after that occurrence Kim seems to seclude herself from her friends.

One of the things I look forward to with a Jane Harper novel is wondering where in Australia she will place her characters! We do get to know Falk, a protagonist from Harper's previous books, and his troubled background and he does seem to meet someone he starts to care for.As such, the "suspense" labels are baffling me this time around; is it truly suspense, per se, if you present a mystery, ramble for hundreds of pages, and then present a neat summation of events? Most of the story is set at a vineyard and a carnival which should lend itself to beautiful scenery, yet I hard time picturing any of it. In questa occasione siamo nel sud dell’Australia, immersi in vigneti e aziende vinicole che fanno capo a una piccola città. As he looks into Kim’s case, long-held secrets and resentments begin to come to the fore, secrets that show that her community is not as close as it appears. Aaron is back for his role as a godfather to Greg and Rita Raco's son, Henry, a job he had to give up last year after the disappearance.

I have nothing to say about the plot in ‘Exiles’, except that the book's tagline - ‘we see what we expect to see’ - tells us all we need to know. One year ago, thirty-nine-year-old Kim Gillespie, was reported missing, last seen at the Marralee Valley Annual Food and Wine Festival. This year, as they wander around the festival, they try to remember and retrace their steps at the last festival. She disappeared a year ago leaving her baby sleeping in her pram at a wine festival, and no sign of her has been found since. another book by JH and another opportunity for me to wish i was from a small, charming australian town.The mother, Kim Gillespie, hasn’t been seen since, and the mystery is troubling to this tight knit community. As the narrative progresses, we follow the investigation into the lives and secrets of the local community. The mysteries held my interest, and while the reveals weren't all that surprising, Harper's writing elevated both.