EVIL VALLEY

Book ID/图书代码： 07861208B25840

English Summary/英文概要： TV reporter Dan Groves and Detective Adam Breen are reunited to try to save a young girl who’s been abducted by a psychopath, a once brilliant man tormented by war and the death of his best friend and utterly bent on taking his revenge on society. A masked attacker breaks into women’s homes, threatens them with a gun, but never speaks and steals nothing of value, only a document bearing their name. He leaves behind a note addressed to Dan, boasting of plans for a great crime, one which will shock the country. A police marksman kills two men in separate but frighteningly similar shootings. Detectives are suspicious, but is it murder? Their only clue is a cryptic password they find hidden at the man’s home and a possible motive festering in his past.Another woman is attacked, another document taken, another note left. It claims each contains a code revealing the great crime. And it’s growing closer, hour by passing hour. Dan is put under police guard as it becomes clear the man is stalking him. Adam and Dan face baffling questions. Why does the attacker steal only documents bearing the women’s names? How to solve the riddles contained in the notes? Code breaking experts are called in to help. But before they can, a young girl is abducted. An intensive manhunt is launched. The battle to solve the clues in the letters grows more frantic. The pressure is intense. But as each riddle is cracked, the man is always one step ahead of the police - until the increasingly desperate search converges on Dartmoor.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 电视记者丹•格勒福（Dan Groves）和侦探阿达姆•布林（Adam Breen）再次合作竭尽全力解救一位被精神病患者诱拐的青年女孩。这个精神病患者曾经是一位叱咤风云的人物，受尽战争和好友之死的折磨，最终选择报复社会的极端道路。罪犯带着面具闯入了女人的家，用枪威胁他们，然而他一句话没说，也没偷取任何价值连城的东西，只拿走了一份印有他名字的文件。他给丹留了张字条，吹嘘他伟大作案计划将令全国瞠目。一名警界神枪手开了惊人相似的两枪分别杀害了两个男人。侦探开始怀疑，但那是谋杀么？他们唯一的线索就是男人家发现的隐藏的口令以及缠绕他过去的可能动机。又有一个女人遇袭，同时另一份文件被盗，也留下了一张字条。纸条宣称蕴含了解开大案的密码。时间愈来愈近。丹受到了警察的保护，因为迹象表明这个男人在跟踪他。阿达姆和丹百思不得其解。为什么袭击者只偷刻有女人名字的文件？如何解开字条里的谜题？解码专家前来助阵。但是在他们解开之前，一女孩被拐走了。紧张的人肉搜索正在进行着。解开线索压力愈大。但是，当每个谜题被攻破，男人总是先于警察一步，直到最后将搜查锁定在达特姆尔。(XJJ)

Awards/获奖情况：Once again Simon Hall weaves characters, plot and backdrops into a compelling story which keeps drawing you towards its end, and even then makes you want to go back and solve the clues yourself. --Eurocrime. --Eurocrime.
A compelling thriller... very difficult to put down --New Books Mag
one to savour... absolutely first class --Books Monthly

About the Author/作者介绍： Simon Hall is the BBC Crime Correspondent for the Devon and Cornwall area. Evil Coombe is his third novel and follows the highly successful The Death Pictures. His first novel, A Popular Murder, was strongly commended and received widespread media coverage. Simon is 38 years old and lives with his wife in Plymouth.

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