THE CRIMSON ROOMS

Book ID/图书代码： 06580008B27692

English Summary/英文概要： From the author of Richard and Judy bestseller, THE ROSE OF SEBASTOPOL. In the 1920s a young female lawyer struggles to forget the death of her brother. Then a woman turns up with his illegitimate child...

Evelyn is a young woman who has defied convention to become one of the country’s pioneer female lawyers. Living at home with her mother, aunt, and grandmother, Evelyn is still haunted by the death of her younger brother James in the First World War. Therefore when the doorbell rings late one night and a woman appears, claiming to have mothered James’s child, her world is turned upside down. Evelyn distrusts Meredith at first, but also finds that this new arrival challenges her work-obsessed lifestyle.

So far her legal career has not set the world alight. But then two cases arise that make Evelyn realise perhaps she can make a difference. The first concerns woman called Leah Marchant whose children have been taken away from her simply because she is poor. The second, Stephen Wheeler - a former acquaintance of Daniel Breen, her boss - has been charged with murdering his own wife. It is clear to Breen and Evelyn that Wheeler is innocent but he won’t talk. After being humiliated in court, Evelyn is approached by a dashing lawyer called Nicholas Thorne. She is needled by his privileged background and old-fashioned attitudes, but despite being engaged, he cannot seem to resist sparring with this feisty young female. In the meantime, Meredith makes an earth-shattering accusation about James. With the Wheeler case coming to a head, and her heart in limbo, Evelyn takes matters into her own hands.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 「理察與茱蒂」讀書俱樂部推薦好書作者2009年新作

「理察與茱蒂」讀書俱樂部推薦好書《秘戀》作者Katharine McMahon即將於 2009年6月推出新作《緋紅的房間》。
1920年代，不屈服於傳統的愛芙琳在小鎮當起律師，與母親、阿姨、祖母等住在一起，卻一直忘不了在一次大戰中死亡的弟弟詹姆斯。所以當有天晚上，門鈴響起，聲稱懷有詹姆斯小孩的梅理黛出現，無疑是對愛芙琳工作狂的生活投下震撼彈～
另一方面，愛芙琳正處理兩樁棘手的案件。一個只因為貧窮，小孩被強制帶走的母親；一個確定無辜卻不願說明的涉嫌謀殺妻子嫌疑犯。還要對付擁有特權、古板的男律師尼可拉斯。富有正義感的愛芙琳，將如何處理公與私的難題～(VC)

Awards/获奖情况：英國最具影響力的「理察與茱蒂」讀書俱樂部推薦好書作者
英國Waterstone書店與《周日泰晤士報》（Sunday Times）暢銷作者

About the Author/作者介绍： Katharine McMahon is the author of four novels. She has taught in secondary schools, performed in local theatre and worked as a Royal Literary Fund fellow teaching writing skills at the Universities of Hertfordshire and Warwick. She lives in Hertfordshire.
Katharine McMahon生於倫敦，為皇家文藝基金會Royal Literary Fund在英國赫福郡Hertfordshire和瓦立克郡Warwick兩所大學教授寫作技巧。
Katharine McMahon被定位為歷史小說家。她喜歡以個性獨立的女性為主角，讓角色按個性發展，而不刻意安排故事結構，結局往往令讀者出乎意料。《秘戀》獲選英國最具影響力的「理察與茱蒂」讀書俱樂部（The Richard & Judy Book Club）推薦選書。
作者作品曾發行如西班牙文、捷克語、荷蘭文、德文、希臘文、希伯來文等多種語言版本: BB Art (Czech), Sijthoff (Dutch), Droemer (German), Oceanida (Greek), Opus (Hebrew), Svajoniu (Lithuanian), Insignis (Polish), Casadas Letras (Portugal), Cappelen Damm (Norwegian), Polirom (Romanian), Sezam (Serbian), Salamandra (Spanish).

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