THE VIOLET HOUR
Book ID/图书代码： 01240005B09457
English Summary/英文概要： A popular priest lies dead of a heroin overdose in a Cleveland apartment, following an apparent tryst with a high-priced call girl. Nicholas Stella knew the man, and he knows saleable news when he finds it.
But there is something waiting for the struggling freelance journalist on the dead cleric’s e-mail that suggests that this is not just another sordid case of fatal human frailty. A clue, a warning, a threat in the words of a great poet cries out that this was no accident.
And it’s beckoning Nick Stella into the dark, twisted and terrifying mind of a psychopath.
In an affluent Ohio suburb a world away, Amelia Saintsbury’s computer screen carries the same cryptic message. Someone is watching her . . . and waiting. A nightmare stands just outside her door, ready to devour everything and everyone she cares about -- her life, her home, her innocent little girl -- uniting Amelia and an unorthodox city reporter in a desperate hunt for a killer.
A novel of unrelenting suspense and surprise, Richard Montanari’s THE VIOLET HOUR is a masterful work by an exceptional talent; a riveting tale of secrets, serial terror and ingenious revenge that moves at breakneck speed with a chilling and powerful grace.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 克里夫兰市公寓里有一个人因吸食过量海洛因而致死，他是位德高望重的牧师，在次之前他好像还招了一位高价应招女郎回来。Nicholas Stella认识这位牧师，他一发现这事就知道这绝对是条高价新闻。
但是在读牧师电子邮件的时候，这位境遇不佳的自由职业记者发现这可不只是一件人性脆弱面的丑恶案例。一位大诗人的言语中透露出的一条线索、一则忠告和威胁，大声疾呼道，这可不是意外。
它仿佛把Nick Stella召唤到了一位精神变态狂黑暗、扭曲和恐怖的精神世界中。
在俄亥俄州一个富庶的郊县里，Amelia Saintsbury电脑屏幕上也跳出了同样神秘的信息。有人正虎视眈眈的看着她，静静地等候着。梦魇正守侯在她屋旁，随时会吞噬她所在乎的每一件东西，她关心的每一个人----她的生活，房子，还有天真的女儿，就因为这个，Amelia和那位大都市里的自由职业记者俩人走到了一起，为了同样的目的，要把那位凶手找出来。
这是一部充满悬念和意外的作品，绝对是大师级作品；秘密、系列恐怖和巧妙的报复行动，一触即发，令人毛骨悚然，不失优雅的姿态。
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’ Daily Mail
’A relentlessly suspenseful, soul-chilling thriller that hooks you instantly’ Tess Gerritsen
’A no-holds-barred thriller that thrusts the reader into the black soul of the killer ... those with a taste for Thomas Harris will look forward to the sure-to-follow sequel’ Library Journal
’Be prepared to stay up all night’ James Ellroy
’A specialist in serial killer tales ... a wonderfully evocative writer’ Publishers Weekly
’Razor-sharp plotting with a powerful narrative ... thrills to its very satisfying end’ Chicago Tribune
’The novel is, like the nameless killer’s victims, well executed. And like the killer himself, fiendishly twisted. A real page turner’ Booklist
’Savvy and sharp ... as well-written a thriller as The Silence of the Lambs ... A winner’
Nelson DeMille
’With this novel, Montanari’s reputation is set in stone - or written in blood - alongside the likes of Connelly, Slaughter and Ellroy’ Crime Time Magazine
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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