HOUR OF DARKNESS
Book ID/图书代码： 05430016B90189
English Summary/英文概要： Readers familiar with Michéle Rowe’s exhilarating plot twists and authentic South African characters will love her latest spine-chilling thriller.
It’s Earth Hour. People worldwide are switching off their lights to mark the global energy crisis. In an exclusive housing estate outside Cape Town, violent criminals wage terror under cover of darkness. When a woman and her baby are abducted, Detective Persy Jonas is brought onto the case. That very hour, a young female patient of psychologist Marge Labuschagne disappears from the same estate. Despite their combative relationship, Persy and Marge join forces. The investigation leads to a land claim by the descendants of slaves, and to unscrupulous developers with links to gangsters and corrupt politicians. But from the start, Persy’s personal life threatens to jeopardise the case. She’s stuck in a destructive relationship with the dangerously seductive Detective Ren Tucker, and the search for the missing women awakens painful memories of her own abandonment by the mother she can barely remember.
When a body is found, the hunt for a killer begins. Soon Persy is engulfed in a political firestorm so sinister that even her own police force cannot protect her, and she is faced with a terrible choice – her very own hour of darkness.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 熟悉米歇尔•罗薇令人振奋的转折情节和充满南非风情的人物性格的读者都会非常喜欢这部最新的惊悚小说。
现在是地球一小时时间，全球的人们都关掉了灯来应对全球环境危机。在开普敦一栋独立的住宅中，罪行正在黑暗中悄然发生。一位妇女和她的孩子被诱拐了，侦探波西着手办理这桩案子。在这黑暗的一小时中，心理学家玛姬•拉布查吉的一位年轻女病人也在这栋住宅中消失了。虽然他们平时是对欢喜冤家，此时却联合起来调查案件。调查将他们引向了由一群奴隶后代发起的土地索赔案件、以及肆无忌惮的开发商与黑帮和腐败政客的勾结关系中。但是从一开始，波西的私人生活就影响着整件案子的发展。她陷入了与瑞恩•图克侦探危险的关系中，而且在搜寻失踪女人的过程中，也唤起了她年幼时被母亲抛弃的痛苦经历。
尸体被发现后，对杀手的追踪即刻展开。波西很快陷入了一场政治的争斗中，警方的力量都无法保护她，她面临一个艰难的选择——她自己的黑暗时刻。(XAT)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 米歇尔•罗薇（Michele Rowe），电视电影编剧，经验丰富，名声斐然。去年她参与创作的剧集还获得了艾美奖等大奖的提名。她教别人如何去创作剧本，同时她完成了开普敦大学的创意写作课程专业硕士。这是她的长篇小说处女作。
Michele Rowe is an experienced scriptwriter for film and television. She has been nominated for, and won, several awards. These include an International Emmy nomination last year for a series which she co-originated and winning the CWA Debut Dagger in July 2011. She also teaches screenwriting and has just completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town. WHAT HIDDEN LIES is her first novel.
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