02585cam a2200373 i 4500 2730343456 TxAuBib 20260415120000.0 251215t20262025||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2025048914 9781250291394 hardcover 1250291399 hardcover (OCoLC)1564025611 TxAuBib rda Harper, Jane, author., (Jane Elizabeth.) Last one out : a novel / Jane Harper. First U.S. edition. New York : Pine & Cedar, 2026. ℗2025. 336 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in Australia in 2025 by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd."--Copyright page. "A captivating new novel set in a modern ghost town. Carralon Ridge, a once vibrant village in rural New South Wales, has become a shell of itself, its houses and buildings bought up and left to rot by the mining company operating at its borders. A decade into its slow death, surrounded by industrial noise and swathed in thick layers of dust, the skeletal town is all but abandoned, with just a handful of residents clinging onto what remains. After years of scorning those who left the Ridge behind as it fell into ruin, Ro never imagined she'd become one of them. But everything changed when she lost her son. Five years ago, Sam vanished while visiting during a break from college, leaving behind a rental car with his belongings inside. Sam had loved Carralon Ridge, and had been working on an oral history of the town to preserve its legacy before it vanished altogether. It wasn't long after his disappearance that the rest of the family began to crumble away too. But when Ro returns to Carralon Ridge to be with her husband and daughter on the anniversary of Sam's disappearance, she begins to suspect that something important was overlooked in his case. Because while nothing can stop Carralon Ridge from dying, someone seems to want to make sure that its secrets die with it"-- Provided by publisher. 20260415. Villages Australia New South Wales Fiction. Parent and child Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Life change events Fiction. Homecoming Fiction. Secrecy Fiction. Mining corporations Fiction.