In Exiles, bestselling author Jane Harper's latest novel, detective Aaron Falk (first introduced to readers in 2016's The Dry) travels to South Australia's wine country where he engages in a little post-COVID reflection over a glass or two of red.
Does he want to continue living in the city, where he works long hours poring over spreadsheets in his role investigating financial crime for the Australian Federal Police (AFP), with little time for a social life or anything else?
Or should he give it all up for a life among the grapevines, in a small-town community reminiscent of his childhood home?
