The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair

The book of the year – Simon MayoAn expertly realised, addictive Russian doll of a whodunnit – Fanny Blake * Daily Mail *A top-class literary thriller that smoothly outclasses its rivals – Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *Should delight any reader who has felt bereft since finishing Gone Girl, or Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy – Patricia Nicol * Metro *It’s a terrific story and I’m loving it – Philip Schofield * Mail on Sunday *It’s like ‘Twin Peaks’ meets Atonement meets In Cold Blood - the French thriller everyone is talking about – Gaby Wood * Daily Telegraph *An intricate murder mystery that could be the read of the summer * Sunday Times *The tale is expertly told, as unreliable information dances with necessary plot shifts and unexpected moments of catastrophe. An accomplished thriller – James Runcie * Independent *Pacy, pleasingly complex and addictive * Good Housekeeping *Complex, intriguing and highly enjoyable * Heat *With enough plot twists to fill a truck, it is a racy read * Economist *Tremendous fun and almost insanely readable – John Boland * Irish Independent *Combines literariness with compulsively readable storytelling * G.Q. *A seductive read … well-crafted and highly enjoyable – Daniel Hahn * Independent on Sunday *Dicker has the first-rate crime novelist’s ability to lead his readers up the garden path … An excellent story – Caroline Jowett * Sunday Express *Unimpeachably terrific … A playful, page-turning whodunit … If Norman Mailer had been accused of murder and Truman Capote had collaborated with Dominick Dunne on a tell-all about it, the result might have turned out something like this – Chelsea Cain * New York Times *Dicker’s bestseller features a labyrinthine murder mystery and a book-within-a-book subplot … It’s energetically written and cleverly constructed. * Mail on Sunday *

Joel Dicker was born in Geneva in 1985, where he studied Law. The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair was nominated for the Prix Goncourt and won the Grand Prix du Roman de l’Academie Française and the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens. It has sold more than 7 million copies in 42 countries. All his subsequent novels, including two sequels, have been huge international bestsellers.