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Now a 10-part TV series on EPIX, starring Patrick Dempsey, Ben Schnetzer, Damon Wayans Jr., and Virginia Madsen

"Unimpeachably terrific." --The New York Times Book Review

The publishing phenomenon topping bestseller lists around the world, with sales of more than two million copies in Europe and rights sold in more than forty 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.

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?

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 05/27/2014
ISBN: 9780143126683
Pages: 643
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.61w x 1.44d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2014
Publishers Weekly 04/07/2014 pg. 42
Entertainment Weekly 05/23/2014 pg. 70
Entertainment Weekly 05/30/2014 pg. 120
New York Times Book Review 06/08/2014 pg. 17
New York Times Book Review 06/15/2014 pg. 26
Entertainment Weekly 12/12/2014 pg. 72