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NOVEMBER 24, 2004 The day of the tragedy. The end of a brotherhood. The Baltimore Boys. The Goldman Gang. That was what they called Marcus Goldman and his cousins Woody and Hillel. Three brilliant young men with dazzling futures ahead of them, before their kingdom crumbled beneath the weight of lies, jealousy and betrayal. For years, Marcus has struggled with the burdens of his past, but now he must attempt to banish his demons and tell the true and astonishing story of the Baltimore Boys.

Úspešný mladý spisovateľ Marcus Goldman prechádza tvorivou krízou, písanie sa mu nedarí, zato termín odovzdania rukopisu súri čoraz väčšmi. Obráti sa teda na svojho bývalého profesora Harryho Queberta – aj on je slávnym spisovateľom, no žije už v ústraní na vidieku. Profesor pozve Marcusa k sebe, debatujú o živote, o písaní, až kým vidiecku idylku nenaruší udalosť, čo všetko zvráti: Queberta obvinia z vraždy dievčaťa, ktoré je nezvestné už tridsať rokov, a jeho mŕtvolu nájdu zakopanú pred profesorovým domom. Marcus je presvedčený o nevine svojho mentora, namiesto písania sa pustí do pátrania.

It all starts with an innocuous curiosity: at the Hotel de Verbier, a luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps, there is no Room 622. This anomaly piques the interest of Joël Dicker, Switzerland's most famous literary star, who flees to the Verbier to recover from a bad breakup, mourn the death of his publisher, and begin his next novel. Before he knows it, he's coaxed out of his slump by a fellow guest, who quickly uncovers the reason behind Room 622's erasure: an unsolved murder. The attendant circumstances: a love triangle and a power struggle at the heart of Switzerland's largest private bank, a mysterious counter-intelligence unit known only as P-30, and a shadowy émigré with more money than God. A Russian doll of a mystery crafted with the precision of a Swiss watch, The Enigma of Room 622 is Joël Dicker's most diabolically addictive thriller yet.