The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer: A gripping new thriller with a killer twist by Joël Dicker (ebook reader play store .txt) 📕

Eden began studying literature at New York University. Jerry Eden resigned from his job at Channel 14. He and his wife Cynthia left Manhattan and settled in Orphea, where they took over Cody Springfield’s old bookstore, renaming it Carolina’s World. Its reputation has spread throughout the Hamptons.

As for Jesse, Derek, and Betsy, after the conclusion of their investigation into the disappearance of Stephanie Mailer, they were decorated by the governor.

Derek, at his request, was transferred from administration to homicide.

Betsy left the Orphea police and joined the State Police with the rank of sergeant.

Jesse, having decided to continue in the police, was offered the post of major, but refused. Instead, he asked to be able to work in a three-some with Betsy and Derek. Thus far, they are the only team in the State Police working in this way. Since their formation, they have solved all the cases entrusted to them. Their colleagues call them the 100 Percent team.They take precedence when the most difficult cases are assigned.

When they are not in the field, they are in Orphea, where all three now live. If you need them, you’re sure to find them in a lovely restaurant at 77 Bendham Road, where there used to be a hardware store until it was put out of business by a fire at the end of June 2014. The place is called Natasha’s, and it is run by Darla Scott.

If you go there, say you’ve come to see the 100 Percent team.It will amuse them. You will find them at the same table, at the back of the establishment, just beneath a photograph of Jesse’s grandparents and a portrait of Natasha looking forever beautiful—three spirits that watch over the restaurant and its customers.

It’s a place where life seems sweeter.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

JESSE ROSENBERG: captain in the New York State Police

DEREK SCOTT: sergeant in the New York State Police

BETSY KANNER: deputy chief of police in Orphea

DARLA SCOTT: Derek Scott’s wife

NATASHA DARRINSKI: Jesse Rosenberg’s girlfriend

JOSEPH GORDON: previous mayor of Orphea

LESLIE GORDON: Joseph Gordon’s wife

ALAN BROWN: mayor of Orphea

CHARLOTTE BROWN: Alan Brown’s wife

RON GULLIVER: current chief of police in Orphea

JASPER MONTAGNE: deputy chief of police in Orphea

KIRK HAYWARD: former chief of police in Orphea

MAJOR McKENNA: major in the State Police

SEAN O’DONNELL: police officer in Orphea

MEGHAN PADALIN: victim of the 1994 murders

SAMUEL PADALIN: Meghan Padalin’s husband

BUZZ LAMBERT: director of “Uncle Vanya” in the 1994Orphea Festival

CODY SPRINGFIELD: owner of the Orphea bookshop

TED TENNENBAUM: former owner of Café Athena

SYLVIA TENNENBAUM: his sister, current owner of Café Athena

MICHAEL BIRD: editor of the Orphea Chronicle

MIRANDA BIRD: his wife

STEVEN BERGDORF: editor of the New York Literary Review

TRACY BERGDORF: his wife

SKIP NALAN: deputy editor of the New York Literary Review

META OSTROVSKI: critic for the New York Literary Review

JERRY EDEN: C.E.O. of Channel 14

CYNTHIA EDEN: his wife

CAROLINA EDEN: their daughter

TARA SCALINI: childhood friend of Carolina Eden

GERALD SCALINI: her father

JEREMIAH FOLD: bar owner in Ridgesport

COSTICO: Jeremiah Fold’s henchman

Joël Dicker was born in Geneva in 1985, where he studied Law. The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair was nominated for the Prix Goncourt and won the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie Française and the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens. It has sold more than 3.6 million copies in 42 countries. The Baltimore Boys, at once a prequel and a sequel, has sold more than 750,000 copies in France. The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer was a number one bestseller and the bestselling book of 2018.

Howard Curtis is an award-winning translator from French, Spanish and Italian. Authors he has translated include Georges Simenon, Jean-Claude Izzo, Gianrico Carofiglio and Luca D’Andrea.

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The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer

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Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Concerning the events of July 30, 1994

In the Depths

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JESSE ROSENBERG

DEREK SCOTT

JESSE ROSENBERG

BETSY KANNER

JESSE ROSENBERG

DEREK SCOTT

JESSE ROSENBERG

DEREK SCOTT

JESSE ROSENBERG

DEREK SCOTT

JESSE ROSENBERG

BETSY KANNER

JESSE ROSENBERG

DEREK SCOTT

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JESSE ROSENBERG

BETSY KANNER

JESSE ROSENBERG

DEREK SCOTT

JESSE ROSENBERG

BETSY KANNER

JESSE ROSENBERG

DEREK SCOTT

JESSE ROSENBERG

-5

JESSE ROSENBERG

DEREK SCOTT

JESSE ROSENBERG

Toward the Surface

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JESSE ROSENBERG

JESSE ROSENBERG

JESSE ROSENBERG

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JESSE ROSENBERG

JERRY EDEN

JESSE ROSENBERG

JESSE ROSENBERG

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JESSE ROSENBERG

DEREK SCOTT

JESSE ROSENBERG

JESSE ROSENBERG

DEREK SCOTT

-1

JESSE ROSENBERG

CAROLINA EDEN

JESSE ROSENBERG

DEREK SCOTT

JESSE ROSENBERG

CAROLINA EDEN

JESSE ROSENBERG

JESSE ROSENBERG

DEREK SCOTT

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JESSE ROSENBERG

BETSY KANNER

DEREK SCOTT

Rising

1

JESSE ROSENBERG

2

JESSE ROSENBERG

BETSY KANNER

JESSE ROSENBERG

DEREK SCOTT

JESSE ROSENBERG

MEGHAN PADALIN

JESSE ROSENBERG

DEREK SCOTT

3

JESSE ROSENBERG

DEREK SCOTT

JESSE ROSENBERG

4

JESSE ROSENBERG

JESSE ROSENBERG

JESSE ROSENBERG

2016

DRAMATIS PERSONAE