TWENTY-TWO MILLION READERS ARE WAITING FOR HIM.

The "Napoleonic voice, who doesn't write, boxes" (El Cultural) returns, winner of the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, Grand Prize for Novels from the French Academy, Lire Prize, Qué Leer Prize, San Clemente Prize, and Alicante Noir International Prize.

No. 1 on the bestseller list (Libération)

On July 2, 2022, two criminals prepare to rob a major jewelry store in Geneva. An incident far from being a simple robbery. Twenty days earlier, in a luxurious development on the shores of Lake Geneva, Sophie Braun is getting ready to celebrate her fortieth birthday. Life is smiling on her: she lives with her family in a mansion surrounded by woods, but her idyllic world is about to be shaken. Her husband is tangled in his little secrets. Her neighbor, a police officer with an impeccable reputation, has become obsessed with her and spies on her down to the most intimate details. And a mysterious prowler gives her a gift that puts her life in danger. Several trips to the past, far from Geneva, will be necessary to find the origin of this diabolical intrigue from which no one will come out unscathed.

A thriller with a breathtaking pace and suspense, reminding us why, since The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, Joël Dicker has been a publishing phenomenon worldwide, with more than twenty million readers.

Critics have said:

"Dicker continues to write novels that make you stop time. [...] In that, Dicker is a specialist and I envy him, a lot."
Andrés Rodríguez, Forbes

"Dicker has become a master of time jumps, plot twists, surprising endings, and, in general, novels that captivate you from the first page."
Jorge Coscarón, Esquire

"The new king of crime novels. [...] Dicker is surgical when it comes to deciphering the dark side of human nature."
Caio Ruvenal, ICON - El País

"An animal sauvage promises to delight its followers."
RTVE

"A read to add a bit of suspense to the sweltering July nights."
La Razón book of the day

"A thriller with a breathtaking pace and suspense that establishes him as a true master of suspense."
Juanjo Villalba, Men's Health

"The art and skill of a natural storyteller, someone who seems born with the gift to envelop whoever reads him with his narration."
Lorenzo Silva

"The Dicker phenomenon arrives. The successor to Stieg Larsson and E. L. James: entertainment in the vein."
Antonio Lozano, La Vanguardia

"Dicker reaffirms himself as a skillful creator of atmospheres and dizzying intrigues, with constant twists and turns leaving no minute for rest."
Beatriz Martínez, El Periódico de Catalunya

"A master of plot and unpredictable endings. He knows how to surprise you even when you are already prepared for it. I devoured [Un animal sauvage] like fresh water."
Pere Sureda, Público

"Dicker will break records again and surpass his personal mark of more than 20 million readers. [...] A thriller with a breathtaking pace and suspense."
Begoña Alonso, Elle

"Novels that are read at the pace of 100 pages in one sitting. [...] But something moves and becomes more complex in the map of the Swiss author with each book that passes."
Luis Alemany, El Mundo