THE DEATH PICTURES

Book ID/图书代码： 07861208B21635

English Summary/英文概要： A dying artist creates a series of ten paintings - The Death Pictures - which contain a mysterious riddle, leading the way to a unique and highly valuable prize. Thousands attempt to solve it. But before the answer can be revealed, the painter is murdered. A serial rapist is working through a series of attacks. He isn’t shy to make clear his hatred of women, and taunting of the police. He leaves his calling card, a witch’s hat at the houses he breaks into, each numbered from a pack of six.The detectives face baffling questions. Why kill the artist when he would die naturally in just a few weeks time? What to make of the attempted break in at his house just before his death? Could it be connected with the rapes, all of which have been carried out in the area around his home? The media interest in the cases is intense, and Detective Chief Inspector Adam Breen again turns to his friend, TV Crime reporter Dan Groves to help him handle it.

Dan does - at the price of some great scoops, and an involvement in the case that eventually leads him to effectively talk to the rapist, using the stories he broadcasts to lure him into a trap, and finally, discover the extraordinary solution to the riddle.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一位大限已到的畫家在垂死前，畫了10幅連環圖被稱之為The Death Pictures，在這10幅畫中其實隱藏著一個神祕的謎題，只要解開其中奧秘即能擁有價值連城的獎賞。
數以千計的人嘗試著破解密碼，但在答案揭曉前，畫家卻遭人殺害。令警察頭疼的是，明明將死的畫家，為何被謀殺? 在媒體的大肆渲染下，案情陷入膠著……

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About the Author/作者介绍： Simon Hall is the BBC’s Crime Correspondent for the South West of England and the author of The TV Detective novels, in which a TV reporter and a detective work together to solve a series of extraordinary crimes.
For more information please vist Simon Hall’s website www.thetvdetective.com

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