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The Enigma of Room 622
- Narrated by: Chris Harper
- Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
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Publisher's Summary
It all starts with an innocuous curiosity: at the Hotel Verbier, a luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps, there is no Room 622.
This anomaly piques the interest of the writer Joël Dicker, Switzerland's most famous literary star, who is staying at the hotel to recover from a bad breakup, mourn the death of his longtime publisher and begin his next novel. Before he knows it, Joël is coaxed out of his torpor by a fellow guest—Scarlett, a captivating aspiring novelist with a nose for intrigue, who swiftly uncovers the reason behind Room 622's deliberate erasure: an unsolved murder.
Meanwhile, in the wake of his father's passing, Macaire Ebezner is set to take over as president of the largest private bank in Switzerland. The succession captivates the news media, and the future looks bright, until Macaire learns that the bank's board plan to appoint one Lev Levovitch—Geneva's very own Jay Gatsby —in his place. What seemed a race to the top has just become a race against time....
A Russian doll of a mystery crafted with the precision of a Swiss watch, The Enigma of Room 622 is a diabolically addictive thriller in which a love triangle and a power struggle—fuelled by envy and betrayal—play out between Geneva and the Alps, as the truth twists and turns into something no listener will see coming.
Translated from the French by Roberto Bononno.
Critic Reviews
"Dicker has the first-rate crime novelist's ability to lead his readers up the garden path." (Sunday Express)
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- Jennine Cassidy
- 09-12-2022
A good story, but a little confusing at times
Enjoyed the book but found it confusing at times , with all the backwards and forwards storytelling
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- Anonymous User
- 19-09-2023
Engaging
Once again an enjoyable mystery from the author. Old mate weaved many stories together making you question truth, fact and fiction. What a wild ride.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-05-2023
Very entertaining, clever and unique.
This is a long story with lots of characters and detail. Time moves constantly back and forwards but characters are interesting and the plot always changing.
I really enjoyed this book.
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- B. Rawlings
- 05-10-2023
Very long and convoluted, but well told.
I'm a little torn on this story. It certainly wasn't what I expected it to be. It starts off as the story of an author and a woman he meets at a hotel trying to solve the mystery of a murder that occurred there many years earlier, but those characters quickly take a back seat and only pop up from time to time. The protagonists become three other characters from the time of the murder, all stuck in a life long love triangle, but their stories are told from numerous varied points in times, in an unchronological order, to the point that it can be very hard to follow if you aren't paying 100% attention. Unfortunately, the story does drag a lot through the middle as it delves into the world of banking and rich people trying to obtain more money from other rich people. While the characters all have likable attributes, they also can be hard to side with at times. The final few hours are full of twists and turns, but nothing so major that it wasn't at least partly predictable from a short while out.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-06-2024
Knockout story !
Joel Dicker has done it again! Another great, layered story that keeps you hooked with each turn. This story doesn’t bore you, it just gets better. Great narration also.
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- Kindle Customer
- 14-09-2023
A very twisty plot but repetitive
I was tempted to give up on this because of the characters who were variously unlikable, naive and unlikely but ended up speeding up the play time as I was curious to find out who did it, as there were many plot twists.
If I never hear the words "fifteen years ago" repeated so many times in one story, I'll be happy.
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