The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, Joel Dicker

First novels propel you into the stratosphere and then you have to write the second and Marcus Goldman is suffering from a massive case of writers block, he hasn’t written any pages and with his publisher losing patience Marcus runs to his mentor Harry Quebert.

Enfolded in the small seaside town of Somerset, Marcus stumbles on a stunning fact. Harry had an affair with 15 year old Nola Kellergan, a waitress at Clarks diner and when a body is found on Harry’s property clutching a damning piece of evidence the writer is arrested, his book withdrawn from sale. In the court of public opinion he’s already been found guilty.

Marcus begins his own investigation into Harry and Nola, juggling ever approaching deadlines and legal threats with discovering the secret that someone killed to keep hidden 33 years ago. Can Marcus save the man he owes his writing career to and what will that do to their friendship? This book within a book (which unseated Dan Brown from the top spot in Europe) has twists, turns and surprises galore and will keep you guessing right up to the final page.