Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2) by Jane Harper
Jane Harper has a procedural series (The Dry) and standalone mystery/thrillers (The Lost Man, Exiles), all set in Australia. All her books are worth reading equally for the atmosphere, characters, and mysteries. Her procedural series follows Aaron Falk, a financial crimes detective who keeps finding himself involved in murder investigations.
The first book, The Dry, was adapted into a same-titled film starring Eric Bana where Falk returns to his hometown to solve a past and present murder mystery.
The new film adaptation, Force of Nature, follows the mystery of the second book: Falk has to investigate Alice Russell disappearing on a work retreat in the Giralang Ranges because Alice was assisting his team on a corruption case. And coincidence or not, she’s gone missing on land that a serial killer once lived on!
Force of Nature is now streaming on Hulu, and because streamers are super annoying now The Dry is currently streaming on AMC+, but who knows where it’ll move to in the future.