The publishing phenomenon topping bestseller lists around the world

“The great thriller that everyone has been waiting for since the Millennium Trilogy of Stieg Larsson.” —El Cultural de El Mundo (Spain)

August 30, 1975: the day fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan is glimpsed fleeing through the woods, never to be heard from again; the day Somerset, New Hampshire, lost its innocence.

Thirty-three years later, Marcus Goldman, a successful young novelist, visits Somerset to see his mentor, Harry Quebert, one of the country’s most respected writers, and to find a cure for his writer’s block as his publisher’s deadline looms. But Marcus’s plans are violently upended when Harry is suddenly and sensationally implicated in the cold-case murder of Nola Kellergan—whom, he admits, he had an affair with. As the national media convicts Harry, Marcus launches his own investigation, following a trail of clues through his mentor’s books, the backwoods and isolated beaches of New Hampshire, and the hidden history of Somerset’s citizens and the man they hold most dear. To save Harry, his own writing career, and eventually even himself, Marcus must answer three questions, all of which are mysteriously connected: Who killed Nola Kellergan? What happened one misty morning in Somerset in the summer of 1975? And how do you write a book to save someone’s life?

A chart-topping worldwide phenomenon, with sales approaching a million copies in France alone and rights sold in more than thirty countries, The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair is a fast-paced, tightly plotted, cinematic literary thriller, and an ingenious book within a book, by a dazzling young writer.

若埃爾•迪剋（Joel Dicker）：1985年齣生於瑞士日內瓦，憑藉《真相》一書紅遍全球，以當年單本銷量近百萬的成績被《費加羅報》評選為“年度十大暢銷小說作傢”。2012年，《真相》以書稿形式入選“龔古爾奬”最終決選，並獲得“法蘭西學院最佳小說奬”，這使得該書在齣版前就廣受文學評論界和媒體關注。齣版後更是一炮而紅，連續五個月位居法國亞馬遜總榜第一名，上市三個月狂銷50萬冊”。此外，該書的影響力不隻是在法國，2012年的法蘭剋福書展，《真相》創下史上最高版權預付，售齣36國版權，引發書展熱烈討論。在德國、西班牙、意大利均位列暢銷榜第一名，在颱灣地區位列金石堂網絡書店文學榜首。截至目前，該書纍積銷量已經超過200萬冊，同名電影由《達芬奇密碼》《美麗心靈》導演朗•霍華德執導，精彩可期。