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A review by bibliocamera
The Enigma of Room 622 by Joël Dicker
5.0
This is absolutely fantastic, so many characters and each so distinctive. Geneva and the Swiss Alps come alive!
This is my favorite kind of mystery. A complicated “enigma” like the title says. The who/what/where/when slowly unravels. It has a kind of Agatha Christie flavor but it’s also quite unique. Bonus for it being meta fiction too. A genre that is ruled by one of my favorite contemporary authors, Anthony Horowitz.
In this story there is a baffling amount of back & forth in time, past & present. 10 years ago. 3 Days before the murder. One month before the gala. 15 years later. February, December, Yesterday, 1 day later. Etc.
But, it’s all important to the plot.
Besides the Christie-Horowitz connections I wanted to read this because I also enjoyed this writers previous book, “The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair” which was a lot of fun.
This is my favorite kind of mystery. A complicated “enigma” like the title says. The who/what/where/when slowly unravels. It has a kind of Agatha Christie flavor but it’s also quite unique. Bonus for it being meta fiction too. A genre that is ruled by one of my favorite contemporary authors, Anthony Horowitz.
In this story there is a baffling amount of back & forth in time, past & present. 10 years ago. 3 Days before the murder. One month before the gala. 15 years later. February, December, Yesterday, 1 day later. Etc.
But, it’s all important to the plot.
Besides the Christie-Horowitz connections I wanted to read this because I also enjoyed this writers previous book, “The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair” which was a lot of fun.