The August title is "The Dry" by Jane Harper. Copies of the book are available at the El Mirage Library Customer Service desk and online electronically through Overdrive on the Library’s homepage.

 Jane Harper's debut novel The Dry is an atmospheric thriller set in regional Australia. The Dry tells the story of a city policeman who is dragged back to the country township he fled years earlier to investigate a multiple homicide. The Dry won the 2017 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction and as Book of the Year. It was a No.1 bestseller in Australia and has been optioned for a film by Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea's production company, Pacific Standard.