[1] The original French version, La Vérité sur l’affaire Harry Quebert, has sold more than one million copies.

When the body of Nola Kellergan is found 33 years after she went missing and Quebert is accused of her murder, Marcus works to uncover the truth.

The book was very popular in Europe, but had middling reviews in North America, due to its use of cliches and its unflattering depiction of American culture.

[7] Considered Switzerland's answer to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,[8] and compared to the fiction of Nabokov and Roth as well as the television series Twin Peaks,[9] The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair was published in the United States by Penguin on 27 May 2014.

[12] On 6 April 2018, 35 minutes of scenes from the series premiered at Canneseries, the television festival held in Cannes, France, each year.