SHIFTING SKIN

Book ID/图书代码： 05430007B14940

English Summary/英文概要： ’The Butcher of Belle Vue’ has struck again. Like the first two victims, the third has been partially skinned and dumped on waste ground, her muscles, tendons and ligaments exposed to view. Only this time, her face has also been removed. Jon Spicer and his new partner, Rick Saville, are on the investigating team. The case is waiting for its first breakthrough when a woman approaches Jon insisting that she heard ’The Butcher’ claiming his third victim in the next-door room of a run-down hotel in Belle Vue. But all she has to back up her story is a business card that she recovered from the empty room the following morning - it’s from a local escort agency and the name ’Alexia’ has been scrawled on the back. Jon’s investigation takes him into the twilight world of Manchester’s escort agencies and the unscrupulous cosmetic surgery industry, ultimately forcing him to confront the propensity for violence that is inherent within each of us - even within himself.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 正如前两个死者一样，第三个被害者也被剥去了部分皮肤，弃尸于废物场地，她的肌肉组织、结缔组织和韧带都被暴露在外。只有这次，被害者的整个脸部都被人移除了。 Jon Spicer和他的新拍档Rick Saville被派到了同一调查小组。一个女证人使得案件有了第一次进展，Jon坚持认为,她听到了“残杀者”宣称第三个被害者住在Belle Vue当地一个小规模酒店，也就是说当时她就住在谋杀犯的隔壁屋。而她唯一的证据只有一张商业名片，名片背后潦草的写有“Alexia”几个英文字。
Jon因调查进入了曼彻斯特护航机构的边缘世界，和不择手段的整型世界，最后他不得不面对掩藏在人们背后的暴力世界——甚至是他自己。

Awards/获奖情况：COVENTRY EVENING TELEGRAPH
’A highly entertaining read. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it made into a TV series.’
LADSMAG
’Hmmm. Nice....It’s a grim, dark and seedy picture painted here of the North, but it’s probably one you could view anywhere. ****’
PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH
’Shifting Skin has all the ingredients- blood, excitement, speed, mystery and realistis, likeable characters - for another bestseller from a writer who is fast making his mark as a top talent in the genre.’
COVENTRY EVENING TELEGRAPH
’A highly entertaining read. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it made into a TV series.’

About the Author/作者介绍： Chris Simms為自由廣告文案編寫人。他的第一本小說Killing the Beasts，被英國著名的影像雜誌《SHOTS》譽為2005年最佳犯罪小說。而第二本小說Pecking Order則被美國知名推理雜誌《致命的快感》(DEADLY PLEASURES)選為英國最佳犯罪小說。已婚，並育有四名子女的Chris Simms，目前居住於曼徹斯特附近的馬爾波(Marple)。
Chris Simms is married with four children and works as a freelance copywriter. His acclaimed novel, ’Killing the Beasts’ was selected as a Best Crime book for 2005 by SHOTS magazine. His second novel, ’Pecking Order’, was selected as a Best British crime novel by DEADLY PLEASURES magazine. Chris Simms lives in Marple, near Manchester.

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