文學小說 (犯罪)
更新日期:
2012-09-07
Where the Bodies Are Buried
Chris Brookmyre
Abocus
June 2012
416pp
書籍編號:
01-1422
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★柴克斯頓年度老牌詭異犯罪小說獎(Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award) 決選小說!

逾百萬冊銷量的獲獎作家Chris Brookmyre,是英國著名犯罪小說家之一。他去年出版的犯罪小說《Where the Bodies Are Buried》是新犯罪小說系列的第一本,第二本《When the Devil Drives》也於今年七月出版,贏得不少好評迴響。《紐約時報》暢銷小說家暨愛倫坡獎得主John Lutz大力讚言《Where the Bodies Are Buried》是「年度最佳小說」之一。

故事描述:格拉斯哥市是個犯罪之地。這裡根本不用偵探小說,天天上演的都是仇殺與復仇,這是女探員凱瑟琳(Catherine McLeod)學會的第一課。一天,當一名毒販遭人在暗巷謀殺後,她在調查過程中也認知到這起命案將是格拉斯哥市未來將發生更兇殘犯罪案的前兆。故事鏡頭一轉,一位擁有旺盛抱負心的女演員賈斯敏(Jasmine Sharp)暗中替她叔叔傑米的私人偵探所工作。當傑米意外失蹤後,賈斯敏著手調查,甚至懷疑是黑社會老大暨專業刺客葛雷幹的好事。在追查兇手的足跡時,賈斯敏落入一張貪污以及藏有二十多年不可告人的秘密的網裡,這起秘密將能擊垮格拉斯哥市的警力,而她是否有辦法能活著揭發這樁秘辛呢?

 

● 作者簡介

Chris Brookmyre lives in Glasgow with his wife and son. He has won two Sherlock Awards and was winner of both the 2007 Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for writing, and the 2006 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. Since the appearance of his first, Quite Ugly One Morning, over 1 million copies have been sold across all eleven novels, and Brookmyre has established himself as one of Britain’s leading crime novelists. Author’s website: www.brookmyre.co.uk

 

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