Instant
New York Times
Bestseller
“Unimpeachably terrific.” —
The New York Times Book Review
For fans of Ruth Ware, Shari Lapena, and Donna Tartt: a
twisty, fast-paced, cinematic literary thriller, and an ingenious book within a book, by the #1 internationally bestselling author of
The Enigma of Room 622
Marcus Goldman is riding high. The twenty-eight-year-old writer is the new darling of American letters, whose debut novel has sold two million copies. But when it comes time to produce a new book, he is sidelined by a crippling case of writer’s block. He travels to Somerset, New Hamprshire, to see his mentor, Harry Quebert, one of the country’s most respected writers, hoping to jar his creative juices as his publisher’s deadline looms. But Marcus’s plans are upended when Harry is sensationally implicated in a cold-case murder: Fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan went missing in 1975, and Harry admits to having had an affair with her. Following a trail of clues through the backwoods and isolated beaches of New Hampshire, Marcus must answer two questions, which are mysteriously connected: Who killed Nola Kellergan? And how do you write a book to save someone’s life?
Translated from the French by Sam Taylor
Named a Best Book of the Summer by
CBS This Morning
,
Us Weekly
The Hollywood Reporter
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Parade
Houston Chronicle
New York Post
Tampa Bay Times
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
, and
The Daily Beast
Now a 10-part TV series on EPIX, starring Patrick Dempsey, Ben Schnetzer, Damon Wayans Jr., and Virginia Madsen