By Joël Dicker, Sam Taylor

August 30, 1975. The day of the disappearance. The day Somerset, New Hampshire, misplaced its innocence.

That summer season, suffering writer Harry Quebert fell in love with fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan. Thirty-three years later, her physique is dug up from his backyard, in addition to a manuscript reproduction of the radical that made him a loved ones identify. Quebert is the one suspect.

Marcus Goldman—Quebert's so much proficient protégé—throws off his writer's block to transparent his mentor's identify. fixing the case and penning a brand new most sensible vendor quickly merge into one. As his booklet starts to tackle a lifetime of its personal, the country is gripped via the secret of 'The lady Who Touched the center of America'.

But with Nola, in loss of life as in lifestyles, not anything is ever because it seems.

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