THE BOOK OF MATTHEW: A MACABRE NOVEL OF SUSPENSE

Book ID/图书代码： 06000008B26118

English Summary/英文概要： THE BOOK OF MATTHEW pits a collection of quirky heroes against a villain whose psychic depth and coal-black humor will draw a cult following. This first novel introduces a fresh voice in the detective/serial killer fiction category.

A series of frightening murders plagues San Francisco. To solve the crimes, Homicide Inspector Clemson Yao enlists the help of Angie Strachan, a Realtor who once tried—and failed—to become the city’s first female homicide inspector. The two face off against a ghoulish, black-humored serial killer who whimsically refers to his grotesque murders as "messies." Gripped by macabre obsession for a decade, he’s evolved into a grandmaster of slow, anguished death, roaming the globe to catalog the most despicable methods of execution and keeping his research in dozens of leather-bound notebooks. Clem and Angie slowly unravel the murderer’s clues, but their quarry is always one step ahead of them and even an FBI profiler can’t help them pin down the twisted mind behind the crimes. It’s a desperate race against time, for the killer has an agenda. His next victims are already picked out—and it seems no one can stop him.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一連串令人戰慄的凶殺為禍舊金山。為了解決這些犯罪，偵查員Clemson Yao徵求Angie Strachan的幫助。Angie她是一個房屋仲介，過去曾嘗試成為這個城市的第一位女性殺人犯罪偵查員，但卻沒有成功。
這兩人所對峙的是人稱有如食屍鬼的連續殺人狂，由於他荒誕地稱被殘忍殺害的受害者為「黃毛丫頭(messies)」。因為他精於緩慢而殘忍的虐殺並對骷髏著魔，遂被全球謠傳且歸類為罪大惡極的罪犯。
Clemson和Angie慢慢地解開兇手的線索，但總有更多未解的資訊等待發掘，就連FBI的檔案也無法幫助他們鎖定解開犯罪者背後扭曲的心智。這是個和時間競賽的一注孤擲，因為殺人犯是有預謀行程的。他的下一個受害者已經選定，而似乎沒有人能阻止他！(CL)

Awards/获奖情况：Rights sold: German (Droemer)銷售突破五萬冊

Top 10 Books of 2008
Great Debuts of 2008

From Winning lead characters and smooth prose more than offset the standard thriller plot, a cat-and-mouse duel between a San Francisco police inspector and a sadistic serial killer, in White’s promising debut. Insp. Clemson Yao of the SFPD pursues a killer responsible for such gruesome murders as that of a 32-year-old Chevron gas station manager, whose body is found torn in half at the waist by a system of counter weights in the Salinas Valley. One cop observes that the MO resembles the way some criminals were executed in 18th-century India. Yao is aided in his quest by Angie Strackan, an ex-cop turned realtor, who stumbles on another instance of the killer’s handiwork. The inspector comes to believe that the main suspect, who’s identified fairly early on, is increasing the pace of his butchery because he’s terminally ill. Yao and company have enough quirks and humanity to make the prospect of a series a welcome one.---Publishers Weekly

"Winning lead characters and smooth prose . . . duel between a San Francisco police inspector and a sadistic serial killer. Enough quirks and humanity to make the prospect of a series welcome."---Publishers Weekly

"An adrenaline-filled thriller, with fascinating characters, sharp dialogue and a roller coaster plot. Thomas White has nailed it with this book." ---Shelf Awareness

About the Author/作者介绍： Thomas White has worked in fields as diverse as intelligence — with stints in North Africa and the Middle East — and antiterrorist technology. He lives in San Francisco.
Thomas White在寫作領域的表現是他智慧的另一面展現，他是南非與中東作為一個反恐怖主義科學之成員。居住於舊金山。

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