The new product from Joël Dicker had everything to reassure investors.
The plot was entirely predictable, the style non-existent, the characters slick: in short, nothing could surprise its regular consumers.
Demand remains strong for this type of calibrated offer, with a 15.5 x 22.5 format on 570 pages for a selling price of €23, up 4.34% guaranteeing a
price earning ratio
above 17. The title of the novel was perfectly modeled on those of previous Dicker Inc. products:
The Alaska Sanders Affair
(2022) is the sequel to
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
(2012) but remains in line with
The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer
(2018) or
The Enigma of Room 622
(2020).
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