WRITTEN IN BONE
Book ID/图书代码： 12844008B26157
English Summary/英文概要： I took the skull from its evidence bag and gently set it on the stainless steel table. ’Tell me who you are...’ As a favour to a colleague, Dr David Hunter is on the remote Hebridean island of Runa to inspect a grisly discovery. He’s familiar with death in all its guises but is shocked by what he finds: a body, incinerated but for the feet and a single hand. It appears to be a textbook case of spontaneous human combustion. The local police are certain it’s an accidental death, but Hunter is not convinced. Examining the scorched remains, he finds evidence that this was no accident; this was murder. And as the isolated community considers the enormity of Hunter’s findings, a catastrophic storm hits the island. The power goes down, communication with the outside world ceases...and the killing begins in earnest.
From the Back Cover
‘I took the skull from its evidence bag and gently set it on the stainless steel table. ‘Tell me who you are...’
On the remote Hebridean island of Runa, a grisly discovery awaits the arrival of forensic anthropologist Dr David Hunter.
A body – almost totally incinerated but for the feet and a single hand – has been found. The local police are quick to record an accidental death but Hunter’s instincts say otherwise: he’s convinced it’s murder. In fact it appears Runa is far from the peaceful community it first appears – and a burned corpse is only one of its dark secrets.
Then an Atlantic storm descends, severing all power and contact with the mainland. And as the storm rages, the killing begins in earnest...
Powerful, unpredictable and shocking, Written in Bone is the nerve-shredding new crime thriller from the No. 1 international bestselling storyteller
Chinese Summary/中文概要： “我把頭骨從證物袋拿出來，輕輕放在不銹鋼桌上，‘告訴我你是誰……’”
出於對協助同事的好意，David Hunter到往偏僻的賀布群島去調查一個可怕的命案。雖然David表面上裝作自己早已對死亡毫無懼意，但心裡卻被眼下的情形嚇得要命：一具被燒得只剩下腳和一隻手的屍體。這一切看起來就如同是教科書上所說的人體自燃現象，而當地的警局也認定這是一起意外死亡事件，但David卻不這麼認為。
在仔細檢查了現場殘留物後，他發現，這不是意外，而是謀殺！
在當地的部落認為David的調查是一種破壞當地傳統的惡行時，一場暴風雨襲擊了這個小島，同時也切斷了小島與外界的聯繫，而殺戮卻在此刻慢慢上演......(赵衡)
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French World - Editions Calmann-Levy SA
German - Rowohlt Verlag GmbH
Italian - Casa Editrice Bompiani spa
Dutch - Uitg. Luitingh-Sijthoff BV
Polish - Wydawnictwo Amber Sp. z o.o.
Swedish - Bokforlaget Forum AB
Norwegian - Gyldendal Norsk Forlag
Portuguese/Portugal only - Editorial Presen
Danish - Aschehoug Dansk Forlag (Lindhardt & Ringhof)
Russian - AST
Finnish - Karisto Publishers
About the Author/作者介绍： Simon Beckett worked as a property repairer, taught English in Spain and played percussion with several bands before becoming a novelist and freelance journalist. He writes for most national newspapers and colour supplements, including The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent on Sunday and Observer.
http://www.simonbeckett.com/English/home.php
Simon Beckett在成為作家和記者前，曾是修理工人，到西班牙教授英文，現在他為英國許多報刊雜誌撰稿，包括《時代The Times》《每日電訊報Daily Telegraph》《獨立報The Independent》和《The Observer》，而後成為享譽國際的暢銷驚悚作家。作者網站: www.simonbeckett.com
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