The secret history of twin peaks is an epistolary dossier style novel by mark frost which provides background information on the history of the fictional town and characters from the television series twin peaksthe book was published in october 2016 several months before the debut of a new season of the series in may 2017 a follow up book twin peaks the final dossier also written by . The secret history of twin peaks enlarges the world of the original series placing the unexplained phenomena that unfolded there into a vastly layered wide ranging history beginning with the journals of lewis and clark and ending with the shocking events that closed the finale the perfect way to get in the mood for the upcoming showtime series. The secret history of twin peaks written by series co creator mark frost offers a factual look at the history of the fictional town that was the setting for the early 1990s television series the book is presented as a dossier compiled by the archivist and then interpreted by an unreliable fbi agent narrator who goes by the initials tp. The secret history of twin peaks the secret history of twin peaks enlarges the world of the original series placing the unexplained phenomena that unfolded there into a vastly layered wide ranging history beginning with the journals of lewis and clark and ending with the shocking events that closed the finale