THE LIAR’S LULLABY
Book ID/图书代码： 03540010B34399
English Summary/英文概要： When you have to take on the White House there’s only one woman to call – Jo Beckett.
When a rock singer is killed onstage during a concert, Jo Beckett is called in to perform a psychological autopsy. But Tasia McFarland’s death causes Jo all kinds of problems, because Tasia is the ex-wife of the President of the United States.
The White House pressures Jo to declare Tasia’s death an accident rather than a homicide. The media and conspiracy nuts rant that Tasia was knocked off to silence her, for unknown reasons. Fringe extremists seethe about taking direct action to "save America" from the president and his administration.
Jo learns that an obsessed fan was apparently stalking Tasia. The stalker may have killed her and escaped in the panic at the concert.
As the media and conspiracy frenzy grows, the White House leans harder on Jo to close the case. When she won’t, Gabe Quintana finds his military orders suddenly changed, and he’s called up to active duty in Afghanistan… in 72 hours.
Jo discovers the identity of the stalker. It’s someone who’s obsessed with Tasia’s new boyfriend, a famous country singer. Jo calls the police but she’s too late. The stalker stabs the singer to death.
The police kill the stalker. The case seems to have come to a spectacular conclusion. But Jo doesn’t think the stalker in fact murdered Tasia; the facts don’t add up. She fears that Tasia was killed for other reasons. And she’s nervous, because the President is coming to San Francisco to attend Tasia’s memorial service…
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 搖滾歌手在音樂會上遇刺，Jo作為法醫心理學家需要對屍體進行解剖化驗。但是Tasia的死亡卻給Jo帶來了一連串棘手的難題，因為Tasia是美國總統的前妻。
而白宮方面強迫Jo宣佈Tasia的死亡是一場意外遭遇，而非被殺害。Jo獲悉似乎有一個歌迷在音樂會上試圖靠近Tasia，而這位潛行者或許正是殺害Tasia的兇手，並借音樂會失控之際逃離現場。
媒體和謠言瘋傳，白宮也在不停得施加壓力，讓Jo儘快完結此案。Jo已經查出潛行者的身份，她瘋狂迷戀於Tasia的新任男友，一位知名的鄉村歌手。Jo在第一時間聯繫警方，但一切已經為時過晚，潛行者已經將這名男子殺害。
而警方也將這位潛行者捕獲並槍斃。案子似乎戛然而止。但Jo並不認為這位潛行者是殺害Tasia的元兇，這一切似乎並不在清理之中，而Tasia的死必定另有原因。
但Jo現在卻很緊張，因為總統現在正在趕往三藩市的途中，來參加Tasia的追悼會…（Claire）
Awards/获奖情况：‘Breathless suspense, slick plotting and a cast of compelling characters make this a solid addition to Edgar-winner Gardiner’s dossier of superlative thrillers with appeal both for pure suspense fans and those who favour well-delineated characters.’---BOOKLIST
About the Author/作者介绍： Meg Gardiner is originally from Southern California, where she practiced law and taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of five Evan Delaney novels as well as the first Jo Beckett thriller, The Dirty Secrets Club, described by Jeffery Deaver as "A winner all the way." She lives with her family near London.
Meg Gardiner剛剛以《China Lake》(Hodder & Stoughton 2002)獲得2009年愛倫坡獎(2009 Edgar Allan Poe Awards)Best Paperback Original。愛倫坡獎是推理界具指標意義的獎項。
畢業于史丹福大學法學院。曾在洛杉磯當執業律師，與加州大學教寫作。她的Evan Delaney司法記者系列十分成功。該系列第一集就是剛獲得2009年艾倫坡獎的《China Lake》。
許多推理大師都十分讚賞她的作品，如史蒂芬．金、傑佛瑞．狄佛與泰絲．格里森。目前她與丈夫、小孩住在倫敦附近。
目前發展Jo Beckett系列，該系列第一集《THE DIRTY SECRETS CLUB》，一出版就十分引人注目，不僅版權已售全球8國（包括日本在內），還被Amazon選為2008年十大推理驚悚小說之一。第二集《記憶蒐集者》將於2009年6月出版。勢將成為矚目焦點！！（作者簡繁體版權皆熱烈洽詢中）
【關於作者】網站：http://www`meggardiner`com/
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