DEATH ON THE BLACK ISLE
Book ID/图书代码： 12774009B33745
English Summary/英文概要： A spectacular fire on a fishing boat delights the editor of the Highland Gazette. He has a front-page photograph for the re-launch of a newspaper that has never before printed pictures, far less covered news stories.
The fire on the boat, as well as two deaths on the same farm at the same time, rip apart the loyalties of a small rural community that has not changed in centuries.
Dissent from the old guard, reluctant to change a newspaper that has also stayed the same for a century, challenges McAllister the editor. But he is adamant; the Gazette must move with the times. This is, after all, the 1950s and even a town in the Scottish Highlands is feeling the winds of change.
Joanne Ross, newly promoted reporter on the Gazette, also finds herself torn between friends, family and the job she loves. How much of her suspicions about the fire and the fatal accident can she reveal to the editor without losing her oldest friend? And who draws the fine line between the right to report and the rights of those concerned? Joanne is about to find out.
LandLines paints a vivid picture of a pivotal time in the 20th century as seen through the stories, big and small, of both town and country communities. The mysteries running through the novel, the small episodes that are the lifeblood of a local paper and a vivid cast of characters enthrals to the very end. The spectacular landscape and the capricious weather all add to the sense of time and place.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 兩位女性，兩起謀殺案件……
一部關於家庭背叛，社會分化的懸疑驚悚故事，
世界上沒有什麼地方比蘇格蘭的黑島更為寧靜的地方 — 來此地旅行的人永遠和當地人格格不入，當地的漁民與農場主毫無共通之處，村莊與世隔絕。不過當一天內同時出現兩位死者時，卷入其中的同一個家族來自同一個地方 — 黑色小島看上去與他名字一樣無法再沉靜下去了。
喬安娜•羅斯，《高山報》的打字員，正在猶豫是否接手這一系列謀殺報導 — 畢竟，圍繞這兩起案件的都是她最親密的朋友，喬安娜知道這個故事會讓她鹹魚翻身，尤其是對於一位50年代中期的單身母親，什麼都沒有 — 好的糧票是很難尋覓到的。
但是來自《高山報》工作人員的調查所顯示的秘密，將會永遠改變這個寧靜，悠遠的蘇格蘭高原平地。古老的封建秩序被打破了，忠誠遭受着前所未有的考驗，曾經的友誼分崩離析，而眼前寧靜美麗的地方將永遠不再平靜。(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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