NIGHTLIFE : A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 07900006B01765
English Summary/英文概要： Thomas Perry’s novels of suspense have been celebrated for their “dazzling ingenuity” (The New York Times Book Review) and for writing that is “as sharp as a sushi knife” (Los Angeles Times). By turns horrifying and erotic, Perry’s new thriller takes us on a dangerous cat-and-mouse game that pits two women against each other: a beautiful serial killer and the detective who is determined to stop her.
When the cousin of Los Angeles underworld figure Hugo Poole is found shot to death in his Portland, Oregon, home, police find nothing at the scene of the crime except several long strands of blond hair hinting that a second victim may have been involved. Hotel security tapes from the victim’s last vacation reveal an out-of-focus picture of a young blond woman entering and leaving his room. Could she also be a murder victim?
Portland homicide detective Catherine Hobbes is determined to solve the case and locate the missing blonde, but her feelings, and the investigation, are complicated when Hugo hires private detective Joe Pitt to perform a parallel investigation. As the Joe and Catherine form an uneasy alliance, the murder count rises–and both realize that the pretty young woman in the security tapes is not a victim at all.
As Catherine follows the evidence, she finds herself in a deadly contest with an unpredictable adversary capable of changing her appearance and identity at will. Catherine must use everything she knows, as a homicide detective and as a woman, to stop a murderer who kills on impulse and with ease, and who becomes more efficient and elusive with each crime.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Thomas Perry的悬疑小说以其机智的推理而著名（纽约时报书评）。恐怖和情色交织在一起，Perry的新恐怖小说带给我们的一场猫捉老鼠的游戏，两个女人互相斗智，一个凶杀案的凶手，另一个是一名努力捉到他的侦探。当洛杉矶黑社会人物Hugo Poole的弟弟被枪杀于宾馆里，警察在作案现场什么也没有找到，除了几根金色长发，正是这些头发预示着可能还会有一个人将死去，在宾馆的监控录像显示一个年轻的金发女郎曾经进出过这个房间，难道她是凶手的下一个目标？侦探Catherine Hobbes决定去破解这个案件，寻找这个失踪的金发女郎，但是Hugo雇佣的另一个侦探也介入可这个调查，使案件更加复杂。当Joe和Catherine组成联盟进行调查时，凶手再次出现，他们都意识到录像带里的那个金发女郎根本就不是下一个牺牲者。Catherine继续追查下去，她发现自己遇到了一个能够随时改变自己容貌和身份的危险杀手。Catherine必须尽全力去阻止这个更加危险，手段更加熟练的杀手。
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About the Author/作者介绍： 湯瑪斯.佩里(THOMAS PERRY)著有《吉恩..懷特菲爾德》系列，以及暢銷書《夜生活》、《死亡津貼》和《追捕》
他是“員警獎”最佳小說獎獎項的首位獲得者，另外還以《屠夫的兒子》贏得愛德格獎，《梅茨格的狗》被《紐約時報》評選為年度精選書籍。他現在居住在南加州。 Thomas Perry is the author of many critically acclaimed novels, including the Edgar Award—winning The Butcher’s Boy and its sequel, Sleeping Dogs, the five-volume Jane Whitefield series (Vanishing Act was chosen as one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association), and the national bestsellers Death Benefits and Pursuit. Perry lives in Southern California with his wife and two daughters.
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