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The enigma of room 622 [text (large print)] : a novel / Joël Dicker ; translated from the French by Robert Bononno.

Dicker, Joël, 1985- (author.). Bononno, Robert, (translator.). Dicker, Joël, 1985- translation of: Énigme de la chambre 622. English. (Added Author).

Summary:

"One night in December, a corpse is found in Room 622 of the Hotel Verbier, a luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps. A police investigation begins without definite end, and public interest wanes with the passage of time. Years later, the writer Joel Dicker, Switzerland's most famous literary ingenue, arrives at that same hotel to recover from a bad breakup, mourn the death of his longtime publisher, and begin his next novel. Little does Joel know that his expertise in the art of the thriller will come in handy when he finds himself investigating the crime. He'll need a Watson, of course: in this case, that would be Scarlett, the beautiful guest and aspiring novelist from the next room, who joins in the search while he tries to solve another puzzle: the plot of his next book. Meanwhile, in the wake of his father's passing, Macaire Ebezner is set to take over as president of the largest private bank in Switzerland. The succession captivates the news media, and the future looks bright, until it doesn't. The bank's board, including a certain Lev Levovitch-Geneva's very own Jay Gatsby-have other plans, and Macaire's race to the top soon becomes a race against time ... A matryoshka doll of a mystery built with the precision of a Swiss watch. Joel Dicker presents a diabolically addictive thriller where a love triangle, a power struggle, shocking betrayals and dangerous envy play out against the backdrop of a not so quiet Switzerland, where the truth twists and turns into something no reader will see coming. A European phenomenon, Dicker's latest page-turner is his most personal novel yet"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780063267480 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 866 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]

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Originally published in standard print format: New York, NY : HarperVia, 2022.

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Subject: Authors > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Resorts > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
Alps, Swiss (Switzerland) > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Large type books.
Novels.

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  • Baker & Taylor
    While at Hãotel de Verbier, a luxury resort in the Swiss Alps, Joèel, Switzerland's novelist extraordinaire, finds his expertise in the art of the thriller put to the test when he investigates the hotel's long-unsolved murder case with the help of a beautiful fellow guest.
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    A Wall Street Journal "Best Mystery of 2022"

    A September 2022 Amazon Best of the Month Pick

    “Dicker salutes Agatha Christie even as he drops the reader through one trapdoor into another, so that by the end, we doubt we’ve ever read another novel quite like it. (We haven’t.) Fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley will hug this book in between chapters; the many readers who love Anthony Horowitz’s mysteries will celebrate. And me? I’ll be reading it again.”—A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window 

    "[The Enigma of Room 622 is an] exhilarating tour de force"–The Wall Street Journal

    A burnt-out writer’s retreat at a fancy Swiss hotel is interrupted by a murder mystery in this metafictional, meticulously crafted whodunit from the New York Times bestselling author of The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair.

    A writer named Joël, Switzerland’s most prominent novelist, flees to the Hôtel de Verbier, a luxury resort in the Swiss Alps. Disheartened over a recent breakup and his longtime publisher’s death, Joël hopes to rest. However, his plans quickly go awry. It all starts with a seemingly innocuous detail: at the Verbier, there is no room 622. 

    Before long, Joël and fellow guest Scarlett uncover a long-unsolved murder that transpired in the hotel's room 622. The attendant circumstances: the succession of Switzerland’s largest private bank, a mysterious counterintelligence operation called P-30, and a most disreputable sabotage of hotel hospitality. A European phenomenon, The Enigma of Room 622 is a matryoshka doll of intrigue–as precise as a Swiss watch–and Dicker’s most diabolically addictive thriller yet.

    Translated from the French by Robert Bononno

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