{"product_id":"the-enigma-of-room-622-a-novel-isbn-9780063098824","title":"The Enigma of Room 622: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Mystery of 2022\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA September 2022 Amazon Best of the Month Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in the Window \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe Enigma of Room 622\u003c\/i\u003e is an] exhilarating tour de force\"–\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA burnt-out writer’s retreat at a fancy Swiss hotel is interrupted by a murder mystery in this metafictional, meticulously crafted whodunit from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Time\u003c\/i\u003es bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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: \u003ci\u003eat the Verbier, there is no room 622\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore long, Joël and fellow guest Scarlett, acting as amateur sleuths, uncover a long-unsolved murder that transpired in the hotel's room 622. The attendant circumstances add layers of corporate intrigue: 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Enigma of Room 622 \u003c\/i\u003eis a true mystery within a mystery—a matryoshka doll of intrigue—as precise as a Swiss watch—and Dicker’s most diabolically addictive thriller yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the French by Robert Bononno\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e[Dicker] stages his drama as masquerade and, at curtain call, finally takes off the mask. In a novel where the clues are interwoven with such precision, Dicker's true loyalties are pronounced loud and clear: paternal love..., writing, his mentor Bernard,... Albert Cohen, Tolstoy, and García Márquez, and attachment to his city, Geneva. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Tribune de Genève\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn short... [\u003cem\u003eThe Enigma of Room 622 \u003c\/em\u003eis] a simmering concoction that even Agatha Christie would find irresistible, ...[taking the reader] along for a dizzying ride. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Parisien\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A tale of romance, masterful duplicity, and... [a] cleverly jigsawed plot, [\u003cem\u003eThe Enigma of Room 622\u003c\/em\u003e is both]... homage to Agatha Christie, and ... a touching farewell to Dicker's late publisher.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for previous title: “It’s Dicker’s light touch and engaging voice that make [his] writing so infectious.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A new meta-mystery from the Swiss author unfolds with uncanny precision and evolves from a hotel whodunnit into something more nebulous. The elegant surroundings bring to mind classic mysteries, with notes of subversion peppered throughout.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eThe Enigma of Room 622\u003c\/em\u003e, Dicker's strengths as a storyteller resurface once again ... we are caught in a fascinating assembly of clues –constructing and reconstructing scenes during which the characters disappear into an elaborate game of charades. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Journal du Dimanche\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven if means writing another page-turner, Jöel Dicker gives us his all, having as much fun playing with conventions as ever, and, in turn, elevating the detective novel to new heights - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Soir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most widely read Francophone authors in the world... [Dicker] knows how to captivate readers ... twist and turns ... meticulous investigations, he jumps back and forth in time, all the better to lose us yet drive us impatient for the final denouement. Pure reading pleasure. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This astonishingly smart, emotionally satisfying, and strangely intimate novel is not to be missed.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Joël Dicker’s innovative page-turner ... weds the allure of a jigsaw puzzle with the split-second timing of an Agatha Christie mystery.... [\u003cem\u003eThe Enigma of Room 622\u003c\/em\u003e is an] exhilarating tour de force\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“How is the latest Joël Dicker? …Tension crackles on every page. 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