THE 50/50 KILLER

Book ID/图书代码： 10010007B11613

English Summary/英文概要： Mark Nelson is a young police officer, newly assigned to the team of John Mackey - a highly-decorated and successful detective, and author of a bestselling true crime book based on his years of experience catching killers. Mackey is a legend in the force and it’s a huge opportunity for Mark, who has dedicated his life to his job, ever since the death of his girlfriend years before.

When a man is found burned to death in his own home, Mackey’s team is thrown into an investigation that grows darker and more complex at every turn. The evidence points to a man known as the Fifty-Fifty Killer. His targets are young couples, who he stalks and subjects to a single night of torture and manipulation, testing and destroying the love between them. Only one of them ever survives until dawn. And his victims include a former member of Mackey’s team.

Soon afterwards, a young man walks into a police station badly tortured and with his memory in tatters. He knows only that his girlfriend is still being held captive in the woods he’s escaped from. But the team know that by fleeing, the man has sealed his girlfriend’s fate. If they can’t piece together his experience by daybreak then she will die in his place ... However, all is not what it seems.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 馬克這個警界的菜鳥，最近被分配到麥基的團隊。麥基不僅是一個成功的偵探，他也是真實犯罪小說的暢銷作家，他的創作來自於多年的逮捕殺手的經驗。 麥基家中發現了一名被燒死的男性，麥基的團隊馬上展開調查，越是調查案情越顯得複雜，所有的證據都指向那個有名的情侶殺手。這個變態殺手專門鎖定年輕的情侶，在晚上偷偷的跟蹤他們，虐待他們，測試、破壞情侶之間的感情，只有能夠撐到天亮的人才能夠存活。在這些罹難者之中居然有一名是麥基團隊的前成員… 隨後，一名身負重傷的年輕男子走到警局，他只記得他從樹林裡逃出來，而他的女友還被困在那個樹林裏面。而麥基的團隊知道情況後，就意識到從他一逃出樹林起，就已經決定了他女友的命運。如果在天亮前無法從這名男子的零碎的記憶中拼湊出個所以然，這個女孩必定會在樹林葬送她的生命。然而….事情卻不如我們所想的…….

Awards/获奖情况：DAILY SPORT ’Thriller new boy Mosby is shaping up to be a king of the craft’ Jon Jordan, CRIMESPREE ’Mosby is an extremely talented writer. ... [he] writes with an unrelenting pace and with such heart that I tore through this book. I can’t wait to see what he does next.’ Marcel Berlins, THE TIMES ’Mosby writes with confidence and originality, and displays an impressive feel for horror.’ Paul Connolly, LONDON LITE ’This is the book that should see him acclaimed as a potential great of the crime genre as it’s an instant classic. ... Mosby’s background is in horror and that’s often clear here - there are some distressing scenes. But he’s also an excellent writer who steers well clear of genre formulae and manages some really deft characterisation - this is no standard potboiler. And there’s a switchback twist at the climax that is brilliantly conceived and consummately executed. Pretty much flawless.’

Rights sold:
UK: Orion; Bulgaria: Uniscorp; France: Sonatine; Germany: Droemer; Greece: Livanis; Holland: bruna; Italy: Nord; Portugal: Publicacoes Europa-America

About the Author/作者介绍： Steve Mosby is a new talent in psychological crime. His startling debut The Third Person gripped and shocked in equal measure. ‘Debut novelist Mosby has packed a complex, sometimes bewildering plot with brilliant ideas. His book is fiercely original, truly intriguing. This is speculative fiction at its reckless best’ Literary Review
Steve Mosby被譽為犯罪小說的奇葩，首部小說The Third Person一推出便被媒體推崇甚高，「文學評論」(Literary Review)曾說：「他的小說不僅獨具原創性，尤其推理的劇情結構更是前所未見。」

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