MERMAID
Book ID/图书代码： 06000010B35315
English Summary/英文概要： Cleo Jasper, a beautiful woman in her early twenties drops out of sight while attending an exclusive school for the learning disabled. Shortly before her disappearance, she had wandered into the law offices of Tom Aragon, the engaging young hero of "Ask for Me Tomorrow" and "The Murder of Miranda". Cleo’s older brother Hilton, hires Aragon to find the vulnerable girl and bring her back home. Hilton’s dedication to his little sister is tinged with guilt - and perhaps something more - for he has already alienated his wife and son by his devotion to Cleo. In a trailer park, far from the kind of environment Cleo has been used to, Aragon finds the body of her closest friend, a counsellor at the school. The corpse is surrounded by suicide messages, one of them addressed to Cleo. But he doesn’t find Cleo, who remains as elusive and as slippery as a mermaid. Agatha Christie was a great admirer of Margaret Millar’s work because ’she is always different’. She always is. "Mermaid" is a striking example of her storytelling skill and her never-failing ability to surprise.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Cleo Jasper，一位二十出头的就读于贵族学校，有着学习障碍的美丽女子。前不久失踪了，她溜进了曾一度破解“寻找明天”和“米兰达凶案”的年轻英雄Tom Aragon律师事务所。Cleo的长兄Hilton，雇Aragon去找到这个脆弱的女孩，并把她带回家。Hilton对这个小妹可谓是尽心呵护，甚至于超乎于兄妹之情的关乎，他对Cleo的关心已经让他和妻儿之间的关系渐行渐远。在一个拖车公园，一处Cleo曾呆过的地方，Aragon发现女孩和她密友，学校辅导员的尸体，尸检报告显示为自杀，其中一具便是Cleo。但他没有发现Cleo，这个失踪的女孩像美人鱼般神秘地消失无踪了。阿加莎•克里斯蒂曾是玛格丽特•米勒小说的忠实粉丝，因为她的故事“总是显得那么与众不同。”这部“美人鱼”便是验证这位上世纪三次荣获爱伦•坡奖的推理小说女作家叙述的张力，以及让读者感到无处不在的意外惊喜能力。(Sandy)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 玛格丽特•米勒 (Margaret Millar，1915—1994)
出生于加拿大安大略省，婚后移居美国，成为美国公民。高中时期开始写作，一九四一年出版第一部长篇小说，后因罹患眼疾而采用口述录音的方法创作。凭借《眼中的猎物》、《怪物的疆域》、《邪魔》三获爱伦•坡奖。曾任美国推理作家协会主席，一九八三年被该协会授予大师奖。一九八七年，《眼中的猎物》入选美国推理作家协会评选的“一百部最佳侦探小说”。
玛格丽特•米勒的作品具有极高的文学价值，文笔简洁而富有表现力，长于使用比喻，常常通过营造不安和恐怖气氛推动人物冲突和情节发展。她关注社会阶级差异、性自由问题和处于道德困境中的社会边缘人物，善于刻画孤独偏执的人性。在她的笔下，精神病人的幻想世界令人既毛骨悚然又心醉神迷。
她的丈夫肯尼思•米勒（笔名罗斯•麦克唐纳）也是一位杰出的作家。两人上高中时相识相恋。婚后，肯尼思在妻子的影响下开始创作侦探小说，成为硬汉派最重要的作家之一。同妻子一样，他也擅长运用心理暗示和比喻，同样三获爱伦•坡奖，并先于妻子获得大师奖。
Margaret Millar was born in Ontario, Canada and was educated at Kitchener Waterloo Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto, majoring in classics. In 1938 she married Kenneth Millar (who wrote under the name Ross Macdonald). She published her first novel, The Invisible Worm, in 1941 and she worked as a screenwriter for Warner Brothers. She was active in the conservation movement in California in the 1960s and was named a Woman of the Year by the Los Angeles Times in 1965, and in 1982 she became a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America.
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