The Enigma of Room 622: The devilish new thriller from the master of the plot twist

Joël Dicker

Sep 2022 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

"Spectacular . . . drops the reader through one trapdoor into another" A.J. FINN

It all starts with an innocuous curiosity: at the Hotel de Verbier, a luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps, there is no Room 622.
This anomaly piques the interest of Joël Dicker, Switzerland's most famous literary star, who flees to the Verbier to recover from a bad breakup, mourn the death of his publisher, and begin his next novel.

Before he knows it, he's coaxed out of his slump by a fellow guest, who quickly uncovers the reason behind Room 622's erasure: an unsolved murder. The attendant circumstances: a love triangle and a power struggle at the heart of Switzerland's largest private bank, a mysterious counter-intelligence unit known only as P-30, and a shadowy émigré with more money than God.

A Russian doll of a mystery crafted with the precision of a Swiss watch, The Enigma of Room 622 is Joël Dicker's most diabolically addictive thriller yet.

Praise for Joël Dicker

"It's that most engaging of treats, a big, fat, intelligent thriller" SIMON MAYO

"Dicker has the first-rate crime novelist's ability to lead his readers up the garden path" Sunday Express

Translated from the French by Robert Bononno

Ratings and reviews

bien que de langue maternelle française j'ai beaucoup apprécié la traduction anglaise du traducteur. les romans de Joël Dicker sont toujours pleins de rebondissements, de liens qui se lient et se délient, de sentiments et de surprises. Jamais ne parviendrai-je à trouver le coupable ? les 600 et quelques pages se lisent facilement.

great book with loads of twists

About the author

Joël Dicker was born in Geneva in 1985, where he studied Law. The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair was nominated for the Prix Goncourt and won the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie Française and the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens. It has sold more than 3.6 million copies in 42 countries. The Baltimore Boys, at once a prequel and a sequel, has sold more than 750,000 in France. The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair is now a major SkyWitness series starring Patrick Dempsey.