The Alaska Sanders Affair
From the master of the plot twist
Published on 3. July 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-1-5294-3385-2 (ISBN)
Description
The sequel to the iconic worldwide bestseller THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBERT AFFAIR
"If you liked The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair, you will love this" The Times
"One of the world's most original voices in crime fiction"
A. J. Finn, #1 bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
The murder of Alaska Sanders was quickly solved. Within days, two suspects were identified. One died, the other pleaded guilty. Case closed.
But, eleven years later, the death of another woman in a fast-food parking lot changes everything. Marcus Goldman, celebrity author and amateur investigator, picks up a thread that will unravel not only an open and shut case, but the very fabric of his best friend's life.
Sergeant Perry Gahalowood, who led the original investigation, is hell-bent on setting the record straight. Teaming up with Marcus, he seeks redemption in most the intricate and testing case of his career.
In this sequel to the phenomenal worldwide bestseller The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair, Joel Dicker delivers the last word in slow-burn police procedurals. Clue by clue, witness by witness, question by question, his characters solve an unguessable puzzle that could only have been set by the master of the plot twist.
READER REVIEWS
"I always forget just how much I LOVE Dicker's books until I pick up another one and find myself in awe of how brilliant he is!"
"If you loved Harry Quebert, this is for you"
Translated from the French by Robert Bonnono
"If you liked The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair, you will love this" The Times
"One of the world's most original voices in crime fiction"
A. J. Finn, #1 bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
The murder of Alaska Sanders was quickly solved. Within days, two suspects were identified. One died, the other pleaded guilty. Case closed.
But, eleven years later, the death of another woman in a fast-food parking lot changes everything. Marcus Goldman, celebrity author and amateur investigator, picks up a thread that will unravel not only an open and shut case, but the very fabric of his best friend's life.
Sergeant Perry Gahalowood, who led the original investigation, is hell-bent on setting the record straight. Teaming up with Marcus, he seeks redemption in most the intricate and testing case of his career.
In this sequel to the phenomenal worldwide bestseller The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair, Joel Dicker delivers the last word in slow-burn police procedurals. Clue by clue, witness by witness, question by question, his characters solve an unguessable puzzle that could only have been set by the master of the plot twist.
READER REVIEWS
"I always forget just how much I LOVE Dicker's books until I pick up another one and find myself in awe of how brilliant he is!"
"If you loved Harry Quebert, this is for you"
Translated from the French by Robert Bonnono
Reviews / Votes
A literary superstar * Sunday Times * Joel Dicker's novels evoke the creepy pastoral dread of Twin Peaks, the clockwork plotting of Golden Age detective fiction, and the black comedy of the noir masters. If The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair read like Gatsby by way of David Lynch, then The Alaska Sanders Affair recalls True Detective: there's something both classic and daring about it. One of the world's most original voices in crime fiction -- A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window and End of StoryMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quercus Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
364 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5294-3385-2 (9781529433852)
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Persons
Joel 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'Academie Francaise and the Prix Goncourt des Lyceens. It has sold more than 7 million copies in 42 countries. All his subsequent novels, inlcuding two sequels, have been huge international bestsellers.