Joel Dicker was born in Geneva in 1985. He studied Drama in Paris before returning to his home city to study Law. His first novel, Les Derniers Jours de Nos Peres, won the Prix des Ecrivains Genevois, a prestigious award for unpublished manuscripts. The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair, nominated for the Prix Goncourt and winner of the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Academie Francaise and the Prix Goncourt des Lyceens, has sold more than two million copies across Europe. Sam Taylor is a novelist and journalist who has lived in France for more than a decade. His first literary translation was Laurence Binet's bestselling HHhH, which was longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
Unimpeachably terrific - New York Times Maybe, just possibly, the book of the year - Simon Mayo An expertly realised, addictive Russian doll of a whodunnit - Daily Mail A top-class literary thriller that smoothly outclasses its rivals - The Times Should delight any reader who has felt bereft since finishing Gone Girl or Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy - Metro