![]() The succession captivates the news media, and the future looks bright, until it doesn't. ![]() 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. 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. Little does Joel know that his expertise in the art of the thriller will come in handy when he finds himself investigating the crime. ![]() 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. A police investigation begins without definite end, and public interest wanes with the passage of time. ![]() "One night in December, a corpse is found in Room 622 of the Hotel Verbier, a luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps. ![]()
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