The Swiss novelist, author of highly successful thrillers, announced on Wednesday that he was abandoning this genre while publishing a novel aimed primarily at young people next March.
The Swiss novelist Joël Dicker, author of highly successful thrillers, announced on Wednesday that he was abandoning this genre while publishing a novel intended primarily for young people, to be published in March. « The very disastrous visit to the zoo » must be published on March 4 by the publishing house he founded in Geneva, Rosie & Wolfe.
« 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 ».
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« 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, even if this time it is not about a murder », he explained.
Joël Dicker experienced phenomenal success at the age of 27 with The Truth about the Harry Queber affairt, then a series of detective novels often set in the United States. First published by From Falloisa house which ceased its activity at the end of 2021, he launched his own company, which publishes his work, that of another Swiss author of detective novels, Nicolas Feuz, and various translations.
