Joël Dicker announces the release of his next book (and it’s coming very soon)

Published on January 8, 2025 at 5:06 p.m.

Surprise ! This Wednesday, January 8, the Swiss novelist Joël Dicker surprised his readers with a most unexpected announcement. The successful Swiss author has admitted that he is temporarily abandoning the thriller genre to try his hand at a completely different register: children's literature. This new novel, called “The very catastrophic visit to the zoo”, should be published on March 4, 2025 by the publishing house he founded in Geneva, Rosie & Wolfe. “A very important book for me that I will tell you about soon,” he wrote on his social networks.

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“I am leaving the thriller trail to explore a new facet of my writing, and offer a multi-generational book that is aimed at both young and old readers,” he wrote in a press release. The plot, however, must revolve around a mystery, once again, the flooding of a school caused by a criminal act, then “an investigation carried out by a class of special children”.

Joël Dicker's new book expected in March 2025

“My goal is to create a moment of sharing between parents, children and grandparents, a bit like those Sunday evening films that brought us all together in front of the television. Those who liked my previous novels will find my touch again, even if this time it is not about a murder,” he explained.

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Joël Dicker is one of the authors who needs no introduction. After having enjoyed incredible success at the age of 27 with his second novel, “The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair” (2012), he has since continued to have a string of bestsellers with “The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer” ( 2018), “The Enigma of Room 622” (2020), “The Alaska Sanders Affair” (2022) and more recently “A Wild Animal”. The latter, published in February 2024, ranks among the best sellers of the year.