L Affaire Alaska Sanders

La suite de Harry Quebert Avril 1999. Mount Pleasant, une paisible bourgade du New Hampshire, est bouleversée par un meurtre. Le corps d'une jeune femme, Alaska Sanders, est retrouvé au bord d'un lac. L'enquête est rapidement bouclée, la police obtenant les aveux du coupable et de son complice. Onze ans plus tard, l'affaire rebondit. Le sergent Perry Gahalowood, de la police d'État du New Hampshire, persuadé d'avoir élucidé le crime à l'époque, reçoit une troublante lettre anonyme. Et s'il avait suivi une fausse piste ? L'aide de son ami l'écrivain Marcus Goldman, qui vient de remporter un immense succès avec La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert, inspiré de leur expérience commune, ne sera pas de trop pour découvrir la vérité.

Por fin, la esperada continuación del fenómeno La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert. Más de 15 millones de lectores. PREMIO GONCOURT DES LYCÉENS - GRAN PREMIO DE NOVELA DE LA ACADEMIA FRANCESA- PREMIO LIRE - PREMIO QUE LEER - PREMIO SAN CLEMENTE - PREMIO INTERNACIONAL ALICANTE NOIR «Sé lo que has hecho». Este mensaje, encontrado en el bolsillo del pantalón de Alaska Sanders, cuyo cadáver apareció el 3 de abril de 1999 al borde del lago de Mount Pleasant, una pequeña localidad de New Hampshire, es la clave de la nueva y apasionante investigación que, once años después de poner entre rejas a sus presuntos culpables, vuelve a reunir al escritor Marcus Goldman y al sargento Perry Gahalowood. En esta Ocasión contarán con la inestimable ayuda de una joven agente de policía, Lauren Donovan, empeñada en resolver la trama de secretos que se esconde tras el caso. A medida que vayan descubriendo quién era realmente Alaska Sanders, irán resurgiendo también los fantasmas del pasado y, entre ellos, especialmente el de Harry Quebert. Una nueva intriga literariamente adictiva, con la estructura en varios tiempos, las vueltas de tuerca y el ritmo trepidante que son el sello inconfundible de Joël Dicker, «un fenómeno planetario» (Babelia). ENGLISH DESCRIPTION At last, the long-awaited sequel of The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair. More than 15 million readers. PRIX GONCOURT DES LYCÉENS FOR BEST NOVEL BY THE FRENCH ACADEMY. THE LIRE PRIZE. WHAT TO READ AWARD. SAN CLEMENTE PRIZE. INTERNATIONAL NOIR PRIZE OF ALICANTE. “I know what you’ve done.” This message, found in Alaska Sanders’ pants, whose body was discovered April 3, 1999, at the edge of a lake in Mount Pleasant, a small New Hampshire town, is key to the new exciting investigation that reunites writer Marcus Goldman and Sargent Perry Gahalowood eleven years after putting the alleged perpetrator behind bars. On this occasion they will have the precious assistance of a young policewoman, Lauren Donovan, determined to untangle the web of secrets behind the case. As they find out who Alaska Sanders truly was, other ghosts from the past will resurface as well, and among them, Harry Quebert. A new addictive literary intrigue set in various times, with the unmistakable twists and fast pace of Joël Dicker, “a global phenomenon” (Babelia).

The murder of Alaska Sanders was quickly solved. Within days, two suspects were identified. One died, the other pleaded guilty. Case closed. But, eleven years later, the death of another woman in a fast-food parking lot changes everything. Marcus Goldman, celebrity author and amateur investigator, picks up a thread that will unravel not only an open and shut case, but the very fabric of his best friend's life. Sergeant Perry Gahalowood, who led the original investigation, is hell-bent on setting the record straight. Teaming up with Marcus, he seeks redemption in most the intricate and testing case of his career. In this sequel to the phenomenal worldwide bestseller The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair, Joël Dicker delivers the last word in slow-burn police procedurals. Clue by clue, witness by witness, question by question, his characters solve an unguessable puzzle that could only have been set by the master of the plot twist.

Endlich - die Fortsetzung von Joël Dickers Weltbestseller »Die Wahrheit über den Fall Harry Quebert« April 1999. Im friedlichen Mount Pleasant an der amerikanischen Ostküste wird die Leiche der jungen Alaska Sanders geborgen. Die Geständnisse eines Verdächtigen und seines Komplizen genügen, um die Ermittlungen zu einem raschen Erfolg zu führen. Juni 2010. Sergeant Perry Gahalowood, der seinerzeit von der Schuld des Verdächtigen restlos überzeugt war, erhält anonym eine verstörende Nachricht. Was, wenn er damals die falsche Fährte verfolgt hat? Gemeinsam mit seinem Freund, dem Schriftsteller Marcus Goldman, dessen Erfolg »Die Wahrheit über den Fall Harry Quebert« vor der Verfilmung steht, rollt er den Fall neu auf – und fördert Details aus Alaskas Vergangenheit zutage, die die damaligen Ereignisse in ein völlig anderes Licht rücken ... »Eine großartige Fortsetzung, überbordend, sehr böse und virtuos. Lassen Sie sich drauf ein!« Le Parisien weekend

August 30, 1975. The day of the disappearance. The day Aurora, New Hampshire, lost its innocence. That summer Harry Quebert fell in love with fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan. Thirty-three years later, her body is dug up from his yard along with a manuscript copy of his career-defining novel. Quebert is the only suspect. Marcus Goldman—Quebert's most gifted protege—throws off his writer's block to clear his mentor's name. Solving the case and penning a new bestseller soon blur together. As his book begins to take on a life of its own, the nation is gripped by the mystery of “The Girl Who Touched the Heart of America”. But with Nola, in death as in life, nothing is ever as it seems. Joel Dicker's phenomenal European bestseller is a brilliantly intricate murder mystery, a hymn to the boundless reaches of the imagination, and a love story like no other. Nothing you've read or even felt before can prepare you for The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “Honest, timely, and completely thrilling.” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick) “Part page-turning thriller, part smart examination of the #MeToo movement, part feminist rallying cry...Whisper Network is the satisfying “beach read” we’ve earned.” —The Daily Beast Sloane, Ardie, Grace, and Rosalita have worked at Truviv, Inc. for years. The sudden death of Truviv’s CEO means their boss, Ames, will likely take over the entire company. Each of the women has a different relationship with Ames, who has always been surrounded by whispers about how he treats women. Those whispers have been ignored, swept under the rug, hidden away by those in charge. But the world has changed, and the women are watching this promotion differently. This time, when they find out Ames is making an inappropriate move on a colleague, they aren’t willing to let it go. This time, they’ve decided enough is enough. Sloane and her colleagues’ decision to take a stand sets in motion a catastrophic shift in the office. Lies will be uncovered. Secrets will be exposed. And not everyone will survive. All of their lives—as women, colleagues, mothers, wives, friends, even adversaries—will change dramatically as a result. "If only you had listened to us,” they tell us on page one of Chandler Baker's Whisper Network, “none of this would have happened." “Exciting and sprinkled with razor-sharp insights about what it is to be a woman today, Whisper Network is a witty and timely story that will make you cheer for sisterhood.”—Liv Constantine, USA Today bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish

A twisting new thriller from the author of The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair In the summer of 1994, the quiet seaside town of Orphea reels from the discovery of four murders. Two young police officers, Jesse Rosenberg and Derek Scott crack the case and identify the killer. Then, twenty years later and just as he is on the point of taking early retirement, Rosenberg is approached by Stephanie Mailer, a journalist who believes he made a mistake back in 1994 and that the real murderer is still out there, perhaps ready to strike again. But before she can give any more details, Stephanie Mailer mysteriously disappears, and Rosenberg and Scott are forced to confront the possibility that her suspicions might have been proved true. What happened to Stephanie Mailer? What did she know? And what really happened in Orphea all those years ago? Translated from the French by Howard Curtis