Jasper Cliff

A grimy and beautiful book that evokes the brutality, harshness and profundity of the landscape. The relentless, oppressive heat of an isolated northern town suffuses Jasper Cliff, just as the pain and trauma of the past suffuses its characters. This is a story about broken people clawing their way......more

I was very eager to read this novel after loving the dark twistedness of Josh's debut book, Banjawarn. He has an incredibly unique style that grabs at you from the cracks and holds you within the pages. Jasper Cliff DID NOT DISAPPOINT. Lachlan arrives in a dying country town in search of his brother......more

I loved Jasper Cliff - edgy, unsettling, this book is alive with malevolent forces, both human and mystic, right from the very first chapter. I lived for 5 years in the country to the west of where Jasper Cliff is set and I can confirm that Kemp nails it when he writes of the venom in that dry deser......more

Jasper Cliff by Australian author Josh kemp is a work of fiction in the crime, gothic, mystery, and interpersonal drama genres. Set in Jasper Cliff, in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia, Lachlan Bowman is retracing the last place his older brother Toby phoned from before he went missing. U......more

From the 1st page, you know that the weather and the land will be a dominating theme. They both play an important role in how the characters interact with each other and how they view and cope with what happens. Jasper Cliff is a dying town, services/shops have gone, the high hot temperatures make i......more