FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Book ID/图书代码： 03880007B15877
English Summary/英文概要： When Karen Drew is found sitting in her wheelchair staring out to sea with her throat cut one chilly morning, DI Annie Cabbot, on loan to Eastern Area, gets lumbered with the case. Back in Eastvale, that same Sunday morning, 19-year-old Hayley Daniels is found raped and strangled in the Maze, a tangle of narrow alleys behind Eastvale’s market square, after a drunken night on the town with a group of friends, and DCI Alan Banks is called in. Banks finds suspects galore, while Annie seems to hit a brick wall--until she reaches a breakthrough that spins her case in a shocking and surprising new direction, one that also involves Banks. Then another incident occurs in the Maze which seems to link the two cases in a bizarre and mysterious way. As Banks and Annie dig into the past to uncover the deeper connections, they find themselves also dealing with the emotional baggage and personal demons of their own relationship. And it soon becomes clear that there are two killers in their midst, and that at any moment either one might strike again.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在三月里寒冷的一天，凯文•茱被人发现死在她的轮椅里，喉咙被割开----她正要出发去海边。迪•安妮•凯布特，为贷款而到东区，因这个案子而被阻碍。在她回到东谷的同一个周日早上，一条狭窄的巷子里乱成一片，人们发现一个19岁女孩因宿醉而被人强暴后扼死。而DCI•艾伦•班克斯曾经来过电话。
班克斯发现了大量线索，而安妮却似乎毫无头绪。直到安妮找到一个突破，使她的情况向一个震惊而又讶异的方向扭转--------这个方向恰好将班克斯卷入其中。
当安妮和班克斯向过去深入探究，去揭露更深的关系时，他们发现，在他们之间，自己同时也必须处理个人的思想包袱，和内心的魔鬼。而所有的一切在不久后也渐渐明朗起来，在他们中间有两个凶手，而无论哪一个都会随时再做袭击。
Awards/获奖情况：Here are four UK bestseller lists, the SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, the MAIL ON SUNDAY, the DAILY TELEGRAPH, and SUNDAY TIMES showing FRIEND OF THE DEVIL as #2 (three times) and as #1 (SUNDAY TIMES).
八月在英國剛出版，在英國週日電訊報(SUNDAY TELEGRAPH), 週日郵報 (MAIL ON SUNDAY), 每日電訊報 (DAILY TELEGRAPH), 和週日泰晤士報 (SUNDAY TIMES)，三次蟬聯第二名，並在週日泰晤士報已拿下第一名。
版權已售：USA (William Morrow), UK (Hodder & Stoughton), Canada (McCellland & Stewart), Denmark (Forum), Brazil (Record), Germany (Ullstein), Holland (Bruna), and Sweden (Forum)
作者是多產得獎作家，以代表作Inspector Banks犯罪小說系列 (請點選)，拿下許多獎項。
法國推理小說最高榮譽推理文學大獎Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (In a Dry Season)
愛倫坡獎Edgar Award for the short story (Missing in Action)
丹麥犯罪小說學會之最佳小說獎Palle Rosenkrantz Award
加拿大犯罪作家協會的亞瑟‧艾利斯獎(等同美國愛倫坡獎)Arthur Ellis Awards for Best Novel
英國犯罪作家協會之圖書館匕首獎Dagger in the Library by the British Crime Writers’ Association
About the Author/作者介绍： Peter Robinson is the recipient of numerous awards for his Inspector Banks novels, including the prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for the French translation of In a Dry Season, the Edgar Award for the short story “Missing in Action,” Denmark’s Palle Rosenkrantz Award, and several Arthur Ellis Awards for Best Novel. In 2002, he was awarded the Dagger in the Library by the British Crime Writers’ Association. Robinson was born in Yorkshire, England, and immigrated to Canada after graduating from the University of Leeds. He now lives in Toronto.
QUILL & QUIRE, Canada, said this about the book: "In his latest Inspect Banks novel, Peter Robinson offers up his usual troika of brilliant writing, compelling plot, and strong, realistic characters. I don’t know of any writer more adept at writing dialogue and using it to push the story forward. Robinson quickly sets his scenes and lets his characters tell the story. ...This book will please Robinson’s legion of fans and make fans of readers new to his work. Only the book’s length could prevent one from reading it straight through to the end in one go.”
彼特•罗宾森Peter Robinson：在约克郡长大，现今往来于加拿大和里士满。
《恶魔之友》是畅销书《巡查员班克斯系列》的第十七本。充满危机的精彩犯罪小说在英国，美国，加拿大和欧洲曾赢得无数奖项，并被译为多种文字，发行至全世界。
Format:HARDCOVER
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