The Alaska Sanders Affair

A must-read for fans of mystery, this novel by acclaimed Swiss author Joel Dicker is set in a small American town where a young woman named Alaska Sanders was brutally murdered several years ago. The case was quickly solved, and the guilty party was punished. But now, new evidence has surfaced that calls the original verdict into question. Sergeant Perry Gahalowood, who originally investigated the case, receives a mysterious letter that forces him to reexamine all the circumstances. He realizes that there is more to this story than meets the eye and decides to reopen the investigation. Joining him in his quest for the truth is the writer Marcus Goldman, familiar to readers of Dicker's previous novels.