Good Reads Rating 4.29 Copyright 2022 by Joel Dicker - English translation copyright 2024 by Robert Bononno 545 pages Hardback - First Harpervia Edition published 2024 Pet and smoke free home Summary: April 1999. The body of Alaska Sanders is found on the shore of a lake near the quiet town of Mount Pleasant, New Hampshire. The young woman’s death rocks the small community, but the murder is quickly solved. Within days, a suspect is identified and soon convicted. Case closed. Or so it seemed. . . . Eleven years later, Marcus Goldman, celebrity author and amateur sleuth, picks up a thread that will unravel not only the “open and shut” case of Alaska Sanders, but the very fabric of his best friend,–Sergeant Perry Gahalowood–’s life. Gahalowood, who led the original Alaska Sanders investigation, is hell-bent on finding the truth and setting the record straight. Teaming up with Marcus, he hopes to find redemption by solving the most intricate and trying case of his career. Set both before and after the events of his phenomenal worldwide bestseller The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair, Dicker’s latest delivers the last word in slow-burn police procedurals. Clue by clue, witness by witness, question by question, his characters painstakingly piece together an unguessable puzzle that could only have been set by this acclaimed master of the plot twist. And as they uncover who Alaska Sanders truly was, other ghosts from the past emerge . . . Reader review: The Alaska Sanders Affair by superior novelist Joel Dicker is just that. This far-flung, twisty, unpredictable, and fascinating novel is outrageously excellent. The writing is superb. The characters are vividly drawn. The procedural aspects are true to life, and the settings abound with cinematic imagery. Joe Dicker is one of my top three novelists. This book is stunning and wonderful, and, most of all, it is a book that begs to be read over an extremely short period. That says a lot because the book is lengthy, but every page is a delight. I recommend that readers finish this outstanding novel and check the writer's backlist. My only concern is that I must wait for Mr Dicker to write another book. This is one of the best mysteries I have read, and I am sure that after you read the Alaska Sanders Affair, you will agree with me wholeheartedly.