- Romance literature, Murder, Investigation, Fiction
"It is July 30, 1994 in Orphea, a warm summer evening on the American east coast: on this day the seaside resort is shaken by a terrible crime, because the mayor and his family as well as a casual passer-by die in a multiple murder. Two young police officers, Jesse Rosenberg and Derek Scott, are put in charge of the investigation and they go about their jobs with the utmost care until a culprit is found. But twenty years later, journalist Stephanie Mailer claims that Rosenberg and Scott were wrong. Shortly afterwards the young woman disappears .."--Publisher.
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- Author
- Joël Dicker
- First published
- 2020
- Pages
- 640
- Publisher
- MacLehose Press, Taylor & Francis Group
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780857059208
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