Dicker wrote “The Enigma of Room 622” as a tribute to his late friend and mentor. This constant shifting of the timeline is dazzling but risks confusing readers unless they pay very close attention.Īs he investigates, Joel is in mourning for his recently deceased publisher, the brilliant Bernard de Fallois, which also happens to be the name of Dicker’s former publisher who died in 2018.
This blizzard of surprises may delight some readers but is likely to try the patience of others, who may also find a few of the quirky characters too implausible to swallow.ĭicker tells his story in a series of flashbacks and flash forwards. Suffice it to say that the story has enough startling twists to make readers’ heads spin. It’s difficult to say more about the plot of “The Enigma of Room 622” without injecting spoilers.
As Joel pursues his investigation, the author gradually unfolds a byzantine plot that includes, among other things, a high-stakes squabble over succession at a secretive Swiss bank, a mysterious and shady financier, money laundering, a decades-long love triangle, love-hate relationships between fathers and sons, several characters pretending to be royalty, friends betraying friends, and two characters who excel at impersonating others.
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