International bestseller Jane Harper returns with an immersive and deeply atmospheric standalone crime novel. A mother must uncover the explosive truth about what happened to the son who vanished from a small Australian town on his twenty-first birthday five years ago.

An unforgettable and deeply atmospheric small town mystery about a devastating unsolved disappearance from International No. 1 bestselling author Jane Harper. Perfect for fans of Val McDermid, Chris Whitaker and Elly Griffiths.

'Utterly brilliant . I could not put it down' - Marian Keyes, author of My Favourite Mistake
'A book to get lost in' - Ann Cleeves, author of The Killing Stones
'Heartbreaking and wonderful' - Andrea Mara, author of It Should Have Been You
'I was glued to it for days' - Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
'Jane Harper delivers unbearable tension' Val McDermid

He had been here, that was clear from the marks in the dust. And he had been alone.

In a dying town, Ro Crowley waits for her son on the evening of his twenty-first birthday.

Sam never comes home. His footprints in the dust of three abandoned houses offer the only clue to his final movements. One set in. One set out.

Five long years later, Ro returns to Carralon Ridge for the annual memorial of Sam’s disappearance. The skeletal community is now an echo of itself, having fractured under the pressure of the coal mine operating on its outskirts.

But Ro still wants answers. Only a few people remain. If the truth is to be found in that town, does it lie among them?

Last One Out is a hugely atmospheric mystery from the author of The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man, The Survivors and Exiles.