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Starr Mysteries Around the World

a mystery book club hosted by the Starr Library in Rhinebeck, NY

  • About Us
  • Books We Have Read So Far
    • A Double Life, London, England, by Flynn Berry, June 8, 2021
    • Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line, India, by Deepa Anappara, May 18, 2021
    • I Am Your Judge, Germany, by Nele Neuhaus, April 13, 2021
    • Devil in a Blue Dress, Los Angeles, by Walter Mosley, March 9, 2021
    • The Other End of the Line, by Andrea Camilleri, February 9, 2021
    • Newcomer, Tokyo, Japan, by Keigo Higashino, January 12, 2021
    • Lonely Hearts, Nottingham, England, by John Harvey, Dec 8, 2020
    • Jar City, Iceland, by Arnaldur Indriðason, Nov 10, 2020
    • 1222, Norway, by Anne Holt, October 13, 2020
    • The Good Son, Seoul, South Korea, by You-Jeong Jeong, September 8, 2020
    • Killers of the Flower Moon, Oklahoma, by David Grann, August 11, 2020
    • Dark Sacred Night, Los Angeles, by Michael Connelly, July 14, 2020
    • The Aosawa Murders, Japan, by Riku Onda, June 9, 2020
    • His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae, Scotland, by Graeme MaCrae Burnet, May 12, 2020
    • Death in Brittany, by Jean-Luc Bannalec, April 14, 2020
    • Ghost Month, Taipei, by Ed Lin, March 10, 2020
    • The Verdict, London, England, by Nick Stone, February 11, 2020
    • Pleasantville, Houston, Texas, by Attica Locke, January 14, 2020
    • I’m Traveling Alone, Norway, by Samuel Bjørk, November 12th 2019
    • The Cold, Cold Ground, Northern Ireland, by Adrian McKinty, October 8th 2019
    • Death at La Fenice, Venice, Italy, by Donna Leon, September 10th 2019
    • The Dry, Australia, by Jane Harper, August 13th 2019
    • Blood, Salt, Water by Denise Mina, July 2019
    • The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri, June 2019
  • Resources for Mystery Lovers

The Dry, Australia, by Jane Harper, August 13th 2019

Where is Kiewarra, Victoria, Australia?

Author page from Stop, You’re Killing Me!

Jane Harper author web site

Jane Harper Wikipedia page

Jane Harper wins 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award

Beyond the Book: The Big Dry – Rivers and Drought in Australia

Author Jane Harper makes Australia a full-fledged character in ‘The Dry’

Reviews & Commentary

  • NY Times review of The Dry, January 9, 2017
  • Hope in the Outback — and for Australian writing from Quadrant Online, January 1, 2019
  • Horror in the outback: Jane Harper, Charlotte Wood and the landscape of fear
  • Review of The Dry by Book Browse, February, 2017

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