The Enigma of Room 622: A Mystery Novel
By Joël Dicker
3.5/5
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A Wall Street Journal "Best Mystery of 2022"
A September 2022 Amazon Best of the Month Pick
“Dicker salutes Agatha Christie even as he drops the reader through one trapdoor into another, so that by the end, we doubt we’ve ever read another novel quite like it. (We haven’t.) Fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley will hug this book in between chapters; the many readers who love Anthony Horowitz’s mysteries will celebrate. And me? I’ll be reading it again.”—A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
"[The Enigma of Room 622 is an] exhilarating tour de force"–The Wall Street Journal
A burnt-out writer’s retreat at a fancy Swiss hotel is interrupted by a murder mystery in this metafictional, meticulously crafted whodunit from the New York Times bestselling author of The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair.
A writer named Joël, Switzerland’s most prominent novelist, flees to the Hôtel de Verbier, a luxury resort in the Swiss Alps. Disheartened over a recent breakup and his longtime publisher’s death, Joël hopes to rest. However, his plans quickly go awry. It all starts with a seemingly innocuous detail: at the Verbier, there is no room 622.
Before long, Joël and fellow guest Scarlett uncover a long-unsolved murder that transpired in the hotel's room 622. The attendant circumstances: the succession of Switzerland’s largest private bank, a mysterious counterintelligence operation called P-30, and a most disreputable sabotage of hotel hospitality. A European phenomenon, The Enigma of Room 622 is a matryoshka doll of intrigue–as precise as a Swiss watch–and Dicker’s most diabolically addictive thriller yet.
Translated from the French by Robert Bononno
Joël Dicker
Joël Dicker’s novels have been translated into over forty languages and sold more than fifteen million copies worldwide. Born in Geneva in 1985, Dicker later studied Law. His first novel was awarded the Prix des Ecrivains Genevois. The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (La Verite sur l’Affaire Harry Quebert) was shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt and won the Grand Prix du Roman de l’Academie Française and the Prix Goncourt des Lyceens.
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Reviews for The Enigma of Room 622
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An intriguing novel that requires an ability to follow different timelines and flashbacks. An author decides to write a book about a long ago murder in a hotel, but first he needs to solve it. I did like it, but it's long and I'm not sure that everyone would want to wade through the various clues and characters.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Far too complex and descriptive to be enjoyable for me. The translation from French causes some awkward phrasing. The main character is unbelievable - his thoughts, rationale and actions are so naive. Maybe the author intended it to be farce. Might appeal to fans of The 7.5 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle but less smoothly written.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The plot of this novel is so complicated and convoluted that I'd need a couple hundred pages just to write it all out. And since this book is only 600 pages total, that means there isn't much in there besides the plot. The characters are static and uninteresting. The twists are so numerous that you end up with twists upon twists. The final twist, sadly, was obvious to anybody paying attention. I saw that one coming from very early on. Don't uncover this spoiler unless you really want a clue: Perhaps we Americans have the advantage because 622 to us could easily mean June 22, where in Europe they switch that around and June 22 would be written as 226. Also June 22 is my birthday so the number kind of stands out to me whenever I see it. I won't lie, it's the reason I picked this book up off the shelf in the bookstore in the first place.Despite all that, its was a fun read. I thought I was going to get lost with all of the characters and how the narrative kept jumping around in time, but I managed to hang in there and I don't think anything was lost along the way. I'm glad I read it, but I can't say I will be recommending it to anybody.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Too hard to describe the convoluted plot to. Yes, it kept my interest, but also yes, it was a difficult book to follow. The time line is all over the place, jumping back and forth from the past to the present. Writer Joel arrives at the Hotel de Verbier to discover an unsolved murder occurred in room 622 years before. This leads to a complicated and convoluted love triangle between Macaire Ebezner, heir to a private Swiss bank, Lev Levovitch, pauper and brilliant man on every level and the woman they both love, Anastasia. Quite frankly, I am certain some of the timeline is a mess, but there are some interesting surprises.