NO CURE FOR LOVE
Book ID/图书代码： 03880015B78384
English Summary/英文概要： Before you discovered DCI Banks, Detective Arvo Hughes was on the case in this vintage standalone crime thriller from Peter Robinson.
In 1990s Los Angeles, the beautiful star of a hit TV cop show is being sent strange letters.
At first, Sarah Broughton dismisses the letters as the ramblings of a lonely fan. But when the letters take on a disturbing tone and Sarah discovers a body in the sand outside her Malibu beach house, the experts are brought in.
Working as a detective in the LAPD Threat Management Unit, Arvo Hughes has seen it all before: stalkers, love obsessionals, erotomaniacs - willing to kill themselves and their supposed love objects over their devotion. He knows the language they use and the patterns they follow.
But there is no pattern to follow here. Dealing with a highly unpredictable but extremely violent killer, Arvo feels certain Sarah’s stalker must have met her before. But with the squeaky-clean star doing all she can to keep memories of a shady history locked away, Arvo must delve into her past himself.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书不属于督查班克斯系列，侦探Arvo Hughes是这本复古风小说的独立主角，但作者依然是Peter Robinson。
故事发生在90年代的洛杉矶，热门电视剧的漂亮女明星收到了奇怪的信件。
起初，Sarah Broughton并不重视这些信，以为不过是孤独的粉丝寄来的。但后来信中的语气变得很奇怪，Sarah甚至在她马里布的沙滩别墅外发现了一具尸体，这下专家必须介入了。
当时在洛杉矶警方的威胁控制科任职的侦探Arvo Hughes接了这个案子，起初他以为这和以往的类似案子差不多，不过是跟踪、迷恋、色情狂之类的，这样的人不惜自杀以证明自己对于偶像的热爱。他了解这些人的做法和想法。
但这件案子显然不是这样的。这是一个无法预料但非常凶残的杀手，Arvo很确定这位Sarah的跟踪者以前一定和她认识。但明星的生活无可指摘，她努力回忆却想不起来什么有用的线索，Arvo必须自己去探索她的过去了。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：非常经典的Robinson作品，错综复杂的情节，巧妙灵活的人物性格。（《观察者报》）
Peter Robinson或许是英国侦探小说家中最出类拔萃的一个。（《泰晤士报》）
复杂的情节，让人怦然心动的人物形象，这些因素都让他创造的世界如此受人欢迎，最好的侦探小说之一。（Jeffery Deaver）
Classic Robinson: labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation (Observer)
[Peter Robinson deserves a place] near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers’ league (The Times)
Gut-wrenching plotting, alongside heart-wenching portraits of the characters who populate his world . . . top-notch police procedure (Jeffery Deaver)
If Robinson is to turn out one-off novels as assured as this perhaps we wouldn’t mind too much if Alan Banks was to retire and take up beekeeping in Sussex (Daily Express on BEFORE THE POISON)
About the Author/作者介绍： Peter Robinson在约克夏长大，如今住在里士满或加拿大。他已撰写了22本小说，其中包括畅销书《督查班克斯》系列，以及两本短篇小说集和三本其他主角的小说，其中最近的是排名第一的畅销书《BEFORE THE POISON》。他备受赞誉的侦探小说在英国、美国、加拿大和欧洲都赢得了很多奖项，被翻译成多种文字在全球发行。
Peter的《督查班克斯》系列现在由左岸制片拍成电视剧在ITV一台放映。由影星Stephen Tompkinson扮演督查班克斯，Andrea Lowe饰演探员Annie Cabbot。第一季在2011年秋季播出，2012年秋季播出第二季，2014年2月播出了第三季。
Peter的小说《BEFORE THE POISON》赢得了IMBA评选的2013年度的Dilys奖以及2012年度Arthur Ellis加拿大最佳犯罪小说家奖。这是他第六次获得这一奖项。
Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and now divides his time between Richmond and Canada. Peter has written twenty-two books in the bestselling DCI Banks series as well as two collections of short stories and three standalone novels, the most recent of which is Number One bestseller BEFORE THE POISON. The critically acclaimed crime novels have won numerous awards in Britain, the United States, Canada and Europe, and are published in translation all over the world.
Peter’s DCI Banks is now a major ITV1 drama by Left Bank productions. Stephen Tompkinson (Wild at Heart, Ballykissangel) plays Inspector Banks, and Andrea Lowe (The Bill, Murphy’s Law) plays DI Annie Cabbot. The first series aired in Autumn 2011 with an adaptation of FRIEND OF THE DEVIL, the second in Autumn 2012, and the third in February 2014.
Peter’s standalone novel BEFORE THE POISON won the IMBA’s 2013 Dilys Award as well as the 2012 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada. This was Peter’s sixth Arthur Ellis award.
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