Description
A celebrated young novelist returns to the secluded town of Somerset to seek guidance from his mentor, the revered Harry Quebert—and to outrun the pressure of an approaching deadline. When Harry is suddenly implicated in the decades-old murder of Nola Kellergan, Marcus finds his search for inspiration transformed into a relentless investigation shaped by secrets, rivalries, and buried truths. As the case unfolds through shifting perspectives and mounting revelations, the novel explores the seductive power of storytelling, the moral cost of ambition, and how memory can both illuminate and distort reality. With Joël Dicker’s propulsive, twist-driven style and cinematic attention to character, this is a gripping mystery that asks what—if anything—can be trusted when the past refuses to stay buried.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin
Published May 27, 2014
658 pages
ISBN: 9780143126683
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Details
First Published
2012
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker.