'The mistress of Australian noir returns with an emotional story about secrets beneath the surface of apparently respectable small towns...Both a mystery and a subtle examination of character. Once again Harper demonstrates how good she is at portraying the fear and menace that lurk in ordinary lives'
- Daily Mail
'Harper takes on board corrosive issues of guilt, memory and responsibility to mesmerising effect'
- Financial Times Best Summer Reads 2021
'Australian crime author, Jane Harper, has become an automatic must-read writer for me and her fourth novel, The Survivors, is full of her trademark twists and turns and clever, atmospheric writing'
- Sarra Manning, The Best Books to Read this January, Red
'Australian author Harper's debut, The Dry, won a host of awards when it came out in 2017. Her latest, set in a small Tasmanian coastal town, is the same mix of brooding atmosphere and clever plotting'
- Good Housekeeping, This month's 10 books to read right now!
'Multi-layered, atmospheric and brilliantly written'
- Sun
'Full of those secrets within small communities that she writes so well. Set in a coastal town in Tasmania, this tale is full of atmosphere and intrigue'
- Prima