HARD GIRLS

Book ID/图书代码： 06140509B32152

English Summary/英文概要： HARD LIVES. HARD LESSONS. IT’S MURDER ON THE STREETS. Danielle Crosby had a body to die for. A body she sold to the highest bidder. But she ended up paying for it with her life. When a prostitute’s body is found lifeless, mutilated and brutally raped, DCI Annie Carr has never seen anything like it and never wants to again. Kate Burrows, retired DCI now consultant, has plenty of experience when it comes to murder -- after all she caught the Grantley Ripper and broke the biggest paedophile ring in the South East. She is determined to help put the killer behind bars. But whoever it is won’t be easily caught. And when another girl’s body is found, even more horrifically disfigured than the last, it’s clear the killer is just warming up...In a ruthless world where everyone’s out for themselves, Annie and Kate must dig deep if they hope to catch a callous serial killer who knows no limits and makes no mistakes. For some, prostitution is seriously big business. But how many people will pay the ultimate price? Utterly compelling, HARD GIRLS is a gripping and disturbing thriller that will have you hooked until the very last page.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在英國的南方城鎮，一名少女因為出賣自己的肉體與靈魂而不幸喪命後，驗屍官Annie Carr捲入一齣可怖的悲劇之中。
這樁看似純屬個人不幸的案件越來越不單純，受害少女的朋友們紛紛閃避問訊，流言傳遍街頭巷尾，孩子們的家庭對警方築起不信任的高牆。不久，又有另一名少女的屍體在大街上被發現，種種跡象顯示一群年輕女孩的背後有著不為人知的祕密、被一股邪惡的力量隱隱操縱，如果Annie Carr無法及時挖掘出女孩們極力隱瞞的真相，更大的悲劇將悄聲上演……(CL)

Awards/获奖情况：英國犯罪小說天后 / 紐約時報暢銷作家
版權已售11國 / 英國銷售突破50萬冊

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French (Fayard); Czech (Domino); Japanese (Hayakawa); Romanian (Rao); Slovak (Ikar); Serbian (Evro Giunti); Portuguese (Civilizaçao); Hungarian (Alexandra); Russian (Eksmo); Spanish (Anaya); Indonesian (Gramedia)

Reviews
’Cole is brilliant at portraying the good among the bad, and vice versa, so until the very end we never quite know who to trust. This is the very stuff that makes her so compelling’---Daily Mirror

Packed full of suspense and twists, HARD GIRLS keeps you questioning whodunnit right to the end... Impossible to put down.---London Lite, 29th October, 2009

’Just when you think you’ve got the measure of Martina Cole, currently the nation’s most popular adult fiction writer, she ups the tempo, changes tack and thumps your lights out once again...compelling’---MIRROR

Martina Cole is not so much a publishing phenomenon (although she is certainly that) as a something of a force of nature. Though the sales of her tough East End-set novels are the envy of many a writer, and despite her punishing work regime (from the regularity of her publication schedule, it doesn’t appear that she ever takes a holiday), the standard of her writing is always consistent: direct and no-nonsense. She writes about men and women who are prepared to bend the rules in the most uncompromising fashion, and it’s clear that this technique strikes a chord in many a reader; we may lead law-abiding lives, but we can’t deny that those who step outside the strictures of society hold a grim fascination. She has an unerring ear for dialogue and everyday speech, and it is this (as much of her in-your-face storytelling) that gives her books such an impact. Since her debut novel Dangerous Lady in 1992, there has been a steady stream of equally forceful books, of which the latest is Hard Girls The murdered body of a prostitute is discovered, grotesquely mutilated and sexually assaulted. The condition of the body is a shock even to DCI Annie Carr -- a woman who has no illusions about life. Kate Burrows once held down the same job as Annie, but is now retired and acting as consultant. Kate is a woman who has plenty of experience when it comes to capturing murderers (the Grantley Ripper was one of those she tracked down), and took on a paedophile ring in the southeast. Kate takes on the task of helping to catch a sadistic killer, and working with Annie Carr, the two women realise that they will have to move into different territory -- territory that will be a challenge even to these two experienced police women.
Fans of Martina Cole (and they are legion) know exactly what to expect from her, and she delivers here as unswervingly as ever. And if you’re the kind of reader who is made uncomfortable by being forced to sympathise (or at least understand) protagonists who are on the wrong side of the law, Hard Girls is a book for you, with its two powerfully realised female copper heroines. Don’t be surprised if (as in the recent TV adaptation of The Take) filmmakers come calling at Ms. Cole’s door over this one: this is a book which is simply crying out to be filmed.---Barry Forshaw, Amazon.co.uk Review

About the Author/作者介绍： 英國最佳犯罪驚悚小說作家Martina Cole，擅長描述倫敦的地下社會，敘事風格寫實，暴力而緊湊。她的前作均登上《Times》排行榜的榜首，在全球的銷量已突破百萬册。先前出版的小說也有傲人的成就：《Maura’s game》2002年平裝書的銷售冠軍，《Faceless》則是《Sunday Times》的銷售冠軍。《Dangerous Lady》與《The Jump》雙雙改編成了熱門電視連續劇，其他作品也在拍成連續劇當中。

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