Exiles - Jane Harper

nINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER n nI love Jane Harper's Australia-based mysteries. --Stephen King n nOnce again Harper proves that she is peerless in creating an avalanche of suspense with intimate, character-driven set pieces...Harper's legions of fans will exult in reading Exiles. n--David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author n nFROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AND AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR JANE HARPER COMES EXILES, A CAPTIVATING MYSTERY ABOUT A MISSING MOTHER n nFederal Investigator Aaron Falk is on his way to a small town deep in Southern Australian wine country for the christening of an old friend's baby.

But mystery follows him, even on vacation. n nThis weekend marks the one-year anniversary of Kim Gillespie's disappearance. One year ago, at a busy town festival on a warm spring night, Kim safely tucked her sleeping baby into her stroller, then vanished into the crowd.

No one has seen her since. When Kim's older daughter makes a plea for anyone with information about her missing mom to come forward, Falk and his old buddy Raco can't leave the case alone. n nAs Falk soaks up life in the lush valley, he is welcomed into the tight-knit circle of Kim's friends and loved ones.

But the group may be more fractured than it seems. Between Falk's closest friend, the missing mother, and a woman he's drawn to, dark questions linger as long-ago truths begin to emerge. What would make a mother abandon her child?

What happened to Kim Gillespie?n