MASTER OF THE DELTA

Book ID/图书代码： 05950007B16788

English Summary/英文概要： In 1954 Mississippi, Jack Branch returns to his father’s delta estate, Great Oaks, to perform an act of noblesse oblige: teaching at the local high school. Conducting a class on historical evil, Jack is shocked to discover that his unassuming student Eddie is the son of the Co-Ed Killer, a notorious local murderer. Compelled to mentor the boy, Jack encourages Eddie to examine his father’s crime and uses his own good name to open the doors that Eddie’s tainted lineage has closed to him. But when Eddie’s investigation leads him to Great Oaks and to Jack’s own father, Jack finds himself questioning Eddie’s motives—and his own.
As the deadly consequences of Jack’s actions fall inexorably into place, Thomas H. Cook masterfully reveals the darker truths that lurk both in the recesses of small town lives and in the hearts of even well-intentioned men.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1954年，杰克·布阮池回到了他父亲在大橡树的三角洲庄园，履行他作为一个贵族的高尚义务：在当地的高中教学。他教的是历史课。在教课过程中，他惊讶的发现他的学生伊迪是当地一位臭名昭著的杀手的儿子。杰克觉得帮助和教导伊迪是他义不容辞的责任。于是杰克鼓励伊迪去调查他父亲的罪行，并且利用自己的名誉为伊迪打开一扇门。但是当伊迪的调查最后追溯到杰克的父亲和他的庄园，杰克开始质疑伊迪的动机，还有他自己的动机。
杰克的行为最终产生了致命的后果。托马斯·库克用大手笔揭示了潜伏在那个小城市生活的深处和那些怀着好意的人的心中的黑暗面。

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About the Author/作者介绍： Thomas H. Cook is the author of twenty-one novels and two works of nonfiction. He has been nominated for the Edgar Award seven times in five different categories, including Best Novel for Red Leaves, which was also nominated for a Barry and the British Crime Writers’ Association’s Duncan Lawrie Dagger. His novel The Chatham School Affair won the Edgar for Best Novel. He lives in New York City and Cape Cod.
托马斯·库克写过21部小说和2部非小说类作品。他的作品曾在五个不同的类别里被七次提名埃德加奖。其中《红叶子的最佳小说》还获得过其他提名。他的《查塔姆学校事件》获得了埃德加最佳小说奖。他现今居住在纽约市。

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