Name: The Enigma of Room 622
Rating: 3.333333333333333 (9 reviews)
ISBN: 9780063098831

Joel Dicker

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A Novel

The Enigma of Room 622

Joël Dicker

"One night in December, a corpse is found in Room 622 of the Hotel Verbier, a luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps. A police investigation begins without definite end, and public interest wanes with the passage of time. Years later, the writer Joel Dicker, Switzerland's most famous literary ingenue, arrives at that same hotel to recover from a bad breakup, mourn the death of his longtime publisher, and begin his next novel. Little does Joel know that his expertise in the art of the thriller will come in handy when he finds himself investigating the crime. He'll need a Watson, of course: in this case, that would be Scarlett, the beautiful guest and aspiring novelist from the next room, who joins in the search while he tries to solve another puzzle: the plot of his next book. 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 it doesn't. The bank's board, including a certain Lev Levovitch-Geneva's very own Jay Gatsby-have other plans, and Macaire's race to the top soon becomes a race against time... A matryoshka doll of a mystery built with the precision of a Swiss watch. Joel Dicker presents a diabolically addictive thriller where a love triangle, a power struggle, shocking betrayals and dangerous envy play out against the backdrop of a not so quiet Switzerland, where the truth twists and turns into something no reader will see coming. A European phenomenon, Dicker's latest page-turner is his most personal novel yet"--

I thought this was cool but way too drawn out for what it was—the banker plot line was much more interesting to me than the 2018 one, and I wish it had maybe all been one timeline instead, like instead of going back and forth, and sometimes having the reader discover things faster than scarlett and joel, it would all get uncovered via the witness testimony they interviewed, or the newspaper articles they read. I would rather have had it that way because i think it would have streamlined the whole story and made it less confusing. once the first major reveal about tarnogol happened I kind of guessed the rest of the twists, but I was surprised by that part. overall, interesting novel!

fris🐝

I loved the book when it started, learning about the room but man, it got so boring once it started talking about the banker and whatnot. 

Mitul Shah

I loved the book when it started, learning about the room but man, it got so boring once it started talking about the banker and whatnot. 

Decided to drop it. 

"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

Janna Niemi

Just wow! My mind is blown and I’m still quite reeling from the ending. 

At first, I was unsure about this book. The beginning of the book was confusing to me and I had a hard time really getting into the book and knowing which character was which. I considered not finishing this book. 

However, after chapter 43 I was hooked. They were so many plot twists and I simply had to know what happens and who did what that I could not stop listening to this book. 
There were so many surprises that I’m still flabbergasted by them. 

It was impossible to guess the murderer and I think I suspected every character possible at some time or another. 
The chapters were all interesting even though I’m still a bit hazy on who was who.

But this is a great book. 

The audiobook is good and the narrator is great to listen to. However, for me personally, I think reading this book myself would have been better since there is so many different characters involved and so much happening. 

But all in all, this is a marvelous mystery book!

*ARC received from publisher via NetGalley

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