International Best-Seller 'The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair' Lands Big-Money U.S. Deal

The Swiss thriller about a murder in New Hampshire toppled "Fifty Shades of Grey" and "Inferno" from European best-seller lists. A novel described as Switzerland's answer to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo has landed an American publisher after topping European best-seller lists during the last year. Penguin Books announced it had acquired U.S. rights to The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Swiss novelist Joel Dicker. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but sources describe it to The Ho...