A SMALL DEATH IN THE GREAT GLEN
Book ID/图书代码： 12774009B32436
English Summary/英文概要： Both probing character study and a driving novel of suspense, here is a novel that will linger in your mind like mist over the Scottish glens . . .
In the Highlands of 1950s Scotland, a boy is found dead in a canal lock. Two young girls tell such a fanciful story of his disappearance that no one believes them. The local newspaper staff - including Joanne Ross, the part-time typist embroiled in an abusive marriage, and her boss, a seasoned journalist determined to revamp the paper - set out to uncover and investigate the crime. Suspicion falls on several townspeople, all of whom profess their innocence. Alongside these characters are the people of the town and neighboring glens; a refugee Polish sailor; an Italian family whose cafÉ boasts the first known cappuccino machine in the north of Scotland; and a corrupt town clerk subverting the planning laws to line his own pocket.
Together, these very different Scots harbor deep and troubling secrets underneath their polished and respectable veneers - revelations that may prevent the crime from being solved and may keep the town firmly in the clutches of its shadowy past.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 這是一本彙集了探索故事人物和駕馭懸疑小說的作品，它讓您置身於迷霧繚繞的蘇格蘭幽谷…
在20世紀50年代的蘇格蘭高地，一個男孩被發現死在運河閘口。沒有人會去相信兩個年輕女孩對大人們所說的關於男孩失蹤的荒誕故事。報社的工作人員- 包括喬安娜•羅斯，正卷入離婚風波的兼職打字員，她的老闆，一位經驗豐富的記者決心改革這家報業—準備著手調查這起犯罪案件。疑點聚焦在當地幾個鎮民身上，所有這些嫌疑人都聲稱自己無罪。小說中的這些故事人物皆是鎮民和住在峽谷旁的居民；一個波蘭難民水手；一個吹噓自己是北部的蘇格蘭擁有最著名的卡布奇諾製作機器的意大利人；和一個違紀亂法貪污腐化的當地鎮政府文書。(Sandy)
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About the Author/作者介绍： AD斯科特於蘇格蘭高地出生長大，曾就讀於蘇格蘭因弗內斯皇家學院，之後在愛丁堡、倫敦和阿姆斯朗的劇院工作一段時間後加入了蘇格蘭皇家音樂和戲劇學院。80年代中期，她移民到澳大利亞，投身於報刊雜誌撰寫工作。90年代中期，他們舉家遷至越南，她的丈夫曾是越南最炙手可熱的英語報紙編輯。德波拉撰寫短篇小說，這是她的第一部長篇故事，這位說故事的高手，其作品總是能令人引人入勝。A D Scott was born and brought up in the Scottish Highlands. Educated at Inverness Royal Academy, attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Speech and Drama followed by a period working in theatre in Edinburgh, London and Amsterdam. She emigrated to Australia in the mid 80s, worked in newspapers and magazines. In the mid 90s her family moved to Vietnam, where her husband was the editor of the country’s leading English language newspaper. Deborah writes short stories, this is her first novel. She is the most enchanting storyteller
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