KISS OF EVIL
Book ID/图书代码： 01240005B09456
English Summary/英文概要： Detective Michael Ryan died in a posh hotel two years ago, murdered with his own weapon. A stunning fashion model was accused of the crime, then cleared -- leaving a good cop’s name forever tainted by these damning words: corruption, greed, and betrayal.
Since that time homicide detective John Paris has worked long and hard to salvage his good friend Mike Ryan’s reputation, but with no success. Now the beautiful suspect who walked away has perished in a fiery suicide. The circle is closed.
But the rash of brutal slayings that is rocking Paris’s city suggest otherwise. The plague of terror and ritual sacrifice is savage enough to shatter even the most street-hardened cop’s faith in justice and a rational world. Each murder is different, yet equally horrific. The street hustler, the suburban career woman, the dealer in religious artifacts -- the only evidence connecting these victims is a strange symbol carved into their flesh.
And, perhaps, one name: Michael Ryan.
The truth Detective Paris’s investigation uncovers is that these murders are the grim handiwork of one maniac, a merciless, vengeful killer wired into the soul of something ancient and terrible, brilliantly coaxing Paris’s personal demons out of hiding and cunningly leading Paris to the edge of the abyss ... and over.
As Paris is pulled into a place of shadows and sexual deviance, he finds himself right where the murderer wants him: broken and desperate, with the barrel of his gun pointing at his temple and the whole world watching.
But there is one last hope for Detective John Paris, one profound and frightening secret he must ultimately come to discover about himself -- sometimes, in order to catch a monster, one must be willing to summon the monster within. . . .
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 两年前，侦探Michael Ryan在一家高档的宾馆里被人谋杀了，而凶手恰恰就是用Michael自己的枪干的。一位美艳无比的时装模特被指控谋杀罪，没多久她就被无罪释放了，这下可好，一位好警官的名声从此将被这几个字永远玷污了：腐败、贪婪和背叛。
那件事之后，为了挽回自己好友迈克的名誉，刑侦警探John Paris日夜拼命工作，想解开其中的迷团，但就是没什么结果。更蹊跷的是那位逍遥法外的美艳嫌疑犯居然被活活烧死了，好像是自杀的，现在看来该是画上句号的时候了。
但事情没那么简单，Paris生活的这座城市里突然间发生了多起残酷的谋杀案件，这可不是好兆头呀。恐惧和宗教祭祀的残酷性足以粉碎最老练和久经沙场的警官对正义和理性世界的信念。每一桩谋杀案都与众不同，但有一个共同点，就是非常的触目惊心。街头拉皮条的，郊区的职业女性，贩卖宗教艺术品的商人-----唯一可以把这些死者联系在一起的是刻在他们血肉之躯上的奇怪的标记。
也许还有一个人的名字：Michael Ryan。
随着Paris侦探调查一步步深入，真相也终于浮出了水面，这些谋杀案其实就是一位凶残的偏执狂杀手的杰作，想巧妙地把Paris内在隐藏的恶魔引诱出来，并把他一步步引向悬崖边，推下去。
现在Paris已经被拉到了一个充满阴影和性变态的地方，他发现其实凶手就希望他这个样子：崩溃、绝望，自己的枪堂正顶着他的太阳穴，整个世界都在旁观这一切。
但是Paris警探还是有最后一线希望的，他必须最后破解开和他有关的一个可怕的秘密-----其实有时候，想要逮住魔鬼的话，你必须敢于把内在的魔鬼召唤出来。
Awards/获奖情况：Told at breakneck pace, with more than one truly frightening villain, and a protagonist whose tenacity in the face of evil makes him a hero for our times, you turn the pages as if your very life depends on it (Geoffrey Wansell Daily Mail )
A no holds barred thriller ... those with a yen for viscera and violence will appreciate Montanari’s scalpel-like narrative skills (Publishers Weekly )
Razor-sharp plotting with a powerful narrative ... thrills to its very satisfying end. (Chicago Tribune )
About the Author/作者介绍： 理查•蒙塔納裡是一位小說家、劇作家以及評論家。他的作品出現在《芝加哥論壇報》、《底特律自由報》和《克利夫蘭老實人報》等全國或地方報刊及出版物上。他的大部分膾炙人口的小說都成為了國際暢銷書，如《玫瑰經文》《惡魔之吻》《司庫基爾河邊的女屍》和《紫羅蘭時光》等。他住在美國俄亥俄州的克利夫蘭，他只欣賞拳擊藝術。享用義大利美食和觀看獨立電影公司的電影。
Richard Montanari is a novelist, screenwriter, and essayist. His work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and scores of other national and regional publications. He is the OLMA- winning author of the internationally acclaimed thrillers Merciless, The Skin Gods, The Rosary Girls, Kiss of Evil, Deviant Way, and The Violet Hour.
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