The Alaska Sanders Affair

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. Translated from the French by Robert Bonnono

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.

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.

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.

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

What do you do when your husband dies in a horrific car accident? How should you react when you learn another woman was by his side? Where do you turn when the image of your perfect marriage is lying in tatters? For grieving widow Ellie Falkner there is only one option. Find out exactly who Milena Livingstone was and what she was doing in Greg's car that night. But is Ellie ready for the shocking truth about her husband's death?

NOVEMBER 24, 2004 The day of the tragedy. The end of a brotherhood. The Baltimore Boys. The Goldman Gang. That was what they called Marcus Goldman and his cousins Woody and Hillel. Three brilliant young men with dazzling futures ahead of them, before their kingdom crumbled beneath the weight of lies, jealousy and betrayal. For years, Marcus has struggled with the burdens of his past, but now he must attempt to banish his demons and tell the true and astonishing story of the Baltimore Boys. The stunning new novel from the author of the global bestseller, The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair Translated from the French by Alison Anderson