GOODBYE TO THE DEAD: A JONATHAN STRIDE NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 03540015B80692
English Summary/英文概要： The past and present of Lieutenant Jonathan Stride’s life collide in this intense, twist-filled thriller from Brian Freeman, whose novel Spilled Blood won the award for Best Hardcover Novel in the International Thriller Awards.
If there’s one ghost haunting Stride’s lover, Serena Dial, it’s a woman from his past - Stride’s wife, Cindy, who died of cancer eight years ago. When Serena recovers a gun used in a brutal murder on a Duluth street, she has no idea that she has stumbled onto a case that goes back to the last year of Cindy Stride’s life.
Back then, Cindy and Stride were on opposite sides of a murder investigation. Janine Snow - Cindy’s best friend - was the prime suspect in the killing of her husband. Despite Cindy’s protests that her friend was innocent, Stride built an airtight case that put Janine behind bars.
The only loose end? He never found the murder weapon.
Stride refuses to doubt Janine’s guilt — until years later, when Serena discovers a gun next to a woman’s body outside a Duluth bar. It turns out to be the gun that killed Janine Snow’s husband. For Stride, two unrelated cases years apart suddenly have a mysterious connection. As he tries to break open a human trafficking ring that is targeting women in the Duluth port, he must question whether he made a terrible mistake years earlier.
Did Stride put an innocent woman in prison?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Brian Freeman笔下的这部惊悚小说情节紧凑，跌宕曲折，叙述了Jonathan Stride（乔纳森•斯特拉德）中尉过去与现在的人生。作者的另一部小说《滴血》曾荣获国际惊悚小说大奖最佳精装小说奖。如果斯特拉德的情妇 Serena Dial遭遇鬼魂缠身，那么这个鬼魂就是斯特拉德的前妻Cindy。Cindy八年前罹患癌症过世。当Serena追回了一支在一场谋杀案中使用的枪支时，她并不知道自己已经陷入了Cindy的过去。
那时，Cindy和Stride在一次谋杀案的调查中立场相反，Cindy的好友Janine Snow是谋杀其丈夫的头号嫌疑人。尽管Cindy极力反对，认为其好友是无辜的的， Stride还是将Janine关进了密闭的牢笼。
唯一的破绽？Stride从未找到凶器。
Stride从未怀疑过Janine的罪行，直到几年后，Serena在一具女尸旁发现了一把手枪。而这把手枪被证明是谋杀Janine丈夫的凶器。对Stride而言，两起毫无关联的案件突然之间有了某种神秘的联系，他不得不扪心自问：多年前是否犯下了不可弥补的错误？
Stride是否将无辜的女人关进了监狱？（LYR）
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About the Author/作者介绍： Brian Freeman於1984年畢業於卡爾登大學，並以第二名的優異成績完成英文系的學業，獲選進入美國大學優等生之榮譽學會。曾入圍愛倫波獎、匕首獎、安東尼獎、巴瑞獎、麥卡維帝獎等文學獎的新人獎，也被世界各地的讀書俱樂部選為本月國際出版最佳作品。融合了偏執、性與復仇等元素，故事中的角色性格分明，情節曲折離奇，可媲美鄧尼斯．勒翰(《神秘河流》作者)、麥可．康納利(《詩人》《後車箱輓歌》作者)等大師作品。
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