The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair

By: Joël Dicker

Narrated by: Robert Slade

A crime story. A love story. More than 2 million copies sold worldwide.

And now a major 10-part MGM TV series starring Patrick Dempsey and Ben Schnetzer.

August 30, 1975. The day of the disappearance. The day Somerset, New Hampshire, lost its innocence.

That summer, struggling author Harry Quebert fell in love with 15-year-old Nola Kellergan. Thirty-three years later, her body is dug up from his yard, along with a manuscript copy of the novel that made him a household name. Quebert is the only suspect.

Marcus Goldman - Quebert's most gifted protégé - throws off his writer's block to clear his mentor's name. Solving the case and penning a new best seller soon merge into one. 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.

©2012 Editions de Fallois / L’Âge d’Homme (P)2014 WF Howes Ltd

Critic reviews

"A spellbinding literary thriller… It is maddeningly, deliciously impossible to guess the truth" ( The Time)
"The cleverest, creepiest book you’ll read this year ... Twin Peaks meets Atonement meets In Cold Blood" ( Daily Telegraph)
"A tour de force, this seems set to be a huge success" ( Metro)
"Quietly compulsive…with a deliciously shocking twist" ( Daily Express)
"Big, assertive and clever… hard to resist" ( Independent on Sunday)
"Like Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy [it] combines literariness with compulsive readability" ( GQ)
"Enough plot twists to fill a truck" ( The Economist)

Amazing interpretation

Robert Slade is an amazing reader and interpreter. He was able to clearly differentiate each character by changing accent, pace, intonation, and pitch.

Joel Dicker is a great writer. I loved the novel, its intricate mysteries, the constant re-elaboration of facts, and the numerous plot twists, all the way through the end. A book within a book within a book. I was so sorry the book ended. A truly great and entertaining book.

Lots of twists but hokey as hell

It is hard to know if this book is trying to be a serious piece of literature, a thriller or farcical melodrama. Too long and in a desperate need of an editor. Best approach is to not take it seriously, then it is half enjoyable. Disappointing

A beautifully crafted crime-thriller!

What did you love best about The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair?

I thought that the narrator, Robert Slade, did a great job of the characters, giving them life and nuance.

Who was your favorite character and why?

My favourite character was Galloway, a gruff detective who hates Goldman at the start but deep down is looking for justice

Which scene was your favorite?

The scene where Galloway befriends the narrator.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

A small town can only have so many secrets.

Love the narrator!!!

Robert Slade's voice is a dream! I enjoyed every second of this narration. Perfect voice! The book is of course great and flows easily.

Simply incredible!!!

Loved the narrator!!
Loved all the twists and turns in the story!!
A masterpiece, you won’t be able to stop reading it.