VEIL OF NIGHT: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 01240010B38267
English Summary/英文概要： Jaclyn Wilde is a wedding planner who loves her job—usually. But helping Carrie Edwards with her Big Day has been an unrelenting nightmare. Carrie is a bridezilla of mythic nastiness, a diva whose tantrums are just about as crazy as her demands. But the unpleasant task at hand turns seriously criminal when Carrie is brutally murdered and everyone involved with the ceremony is accusing one another of doing the deed.
The problem is, most everyone—from the cake maker and the florist to the wedding-gown retailer and the bridesmaids’ dressmaker—had his or her own reason for wanting the bride dead, including Jaclyn. And while those who felt Carrie’s wrath are now smiling at her demise, Jaclyn refuses to celebrate tragedy, especially since she finds herself in the shadow of suspicion.
Assigned to the case, Detective Eric Wilder finds that there’s too much evidence pointing toward too many suspects. Compounding his problems is Jaclyn, with whom he shared one deeply passionate night before Carrie’s death. Being a prime suspect means that Jaclyn is hands-off just when Eric would rather be hands-on. As the heat intensifies between Eric and Jaclyn, a cold-blooded murderer moves dangerously close. And this time the target is not a bride but one particularly irresistible wedding planner, unaware of a killer’s vow.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 贾克林•王尔德通常是一位敬业的婚礼策划者。但帮助卡丽•爱德华兹的大喜之日却是一场灾难性的噩梦。卡丽是一个神秘而又难缠的新娘，这是位已经为了达到自己完美要求而失去理智，脾气暴躁的小姐。但当卡丽被残忍地谋杀，而婚礼现场的每一个人都深陷其中之时，这个令人不悦的任务转顿时演变成一场可怕的罪案。
但问题是，几乎每一个人都有涉案嫌疑，从蛋糕师和花商到婚礼礼服零售商以及伴娘装的裁缝，每个人都希望这个准新娘去死，这其中也包括贾克林。虽然这些被卡丽折腾得够呛的婚礼服务人员都在暗自庆幸，但贾克林却无法释怀，尤其是当她发现自己沦为了首要怀疑对象时。
被指派破案的警探埃里克•王尔德发现现场有很多证据都指向太多的嫌疑人。这些疑问共同的聚集在贾克林身上，在卡丽死前，曾与埃里克有过一段一夜情。当埃里克亲力亲为地在破案时，作为主要嫌疑犯的贾克林倒是可以置身事外了。随着埃里克和贾克林之间的关系逐渐升温时，一个危险的冷血杀手正在悄悄逼近。而这次他的目标不再是新娘而是对此毫无防备的迷人的婚礼策划者。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：Initial print run: 200,000 copies
VEIL OF NIGHT is currently licensed in the following territories: UK/British Commonwealth (Piatkus); German (Verlagsruppe Random House); Japanese (Futami Shobo). Her other publishers are: Chinese/Complex (Treetype); Czech (Generights/Alpress); Croatian (Naklada Uliks); Dutch (BBNC); Finnish (Werner Soderstrom); French (Editions J’ai Lu); Greek (most recently Harlenic Hellas); Hebrew (Or’Am); Indonesian (PT Gramedia); Latvian (Kontinents); Norwegian (Schibsted); Polish (Wydawnictwo Amber & G&J (backlist)); Portuguese/Brazil (Editora Bertrand); Portuguese/Portugal (Grupo Saida da Emergencia); Romanian (Editora Orizonturi); Russian (AST); Serbian (Portalibiris); Swedish (Albert Bonniers); Spanish (Santillana); Thai (Kaewkarn); Turkish (Marti Yayinlari). Some of these publishers have not published Linda Howard’s more recent novels but we’d love to draw them back in!
About the Author/作者介绍： 琳达·霍华德作为新生代美国作家，曾以《女王的所有男人们》(All Queen’s Men)、《现在你看她》(Now You See Her)等书先后七次荣登《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜。她的文字流利直白，笔触细腻敏锐，情节设臵匠心独运，塑造人物鲜明生动，尤其擅长刻划女性形象，展现女性丰富而感性的内心世界。Linda Howard is the award-winning author of many New York Times bestsellers, including Up Close and Dangerous,, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Cover of Night, Killing Time, To Die For, Kiss Me While I Sleep, Cry No Moreand Dying to Please She lives in Alabama with her husband and two golden retrievers.
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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)
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