THE SILENCED: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 01240010B39416
English Summary/英文概要： Cleaner Jonathan Quinn is ready for a break, but when his new client offers him a deal that’s too good to pass up, he finds himself booked on the next flight to London with his apprentice, Nate,and his business partner and girlfriend, Orlando. Their task is simple--remove a 25-year-old skeleton from a building scheduled for demolition, but this simple request quickly turns complicated.
Someone else is after these bones, and a third party is hoping to keep them hidden forever. Both will put pressure on the one place Quinn is most vulnerable--his family. The secrets he’s kept for hisentire career and the life he left behind come crashing back in the most dire of circumstances. If Quinn and his team are going to keep him and his family safe, they’ll have to unbury the past to keep his silenced. Page-turning and pulse-pounding, THE SILENCED is classic Brett Battles: a smooth, sleek, smart piece of suspense.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 清洁工乔纳森•奎恩（Jonathan Quinn）本打算休息，结果经不起新客户的巨额诱惑，于是携女友、工作伙伴、学徒立马飞往伦敦接受新任务。任务看似简单，只需转移某25年历史大楼的骨架，但是事态逐渐变得很复杂。
房屋骨架内发现尸体，第三方不惜施压要求永久保密，绝不能泄露半个字。为了家人的安危，奎恩忍受煎熬，只字怯提，必须保持缄默。(兼职翻译-XJJ)
Awards/获奖情况：入圍2012年巴瑞獎(Barry Award)最佳平裝本原創小說（BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL）《背叛阴影》（Shadow of Betrayal）：“节奏明快，睿智，风趣，情节扣人心弦，令人心跳加速，爱不释手。”
每周出版人评《受骗方》（Publishers Weekly on The Deceived）：“情节扣人心弦，色彩丰富，曲折离奇，备受追捧。”
图书馆杂志评《受骗方》（Library Journal (Starred Review) on The Deceived）：“强烈推荐。”
谢尔登•西格尔（Sheldon Siegel），纽约时报畅销书《清洁工》（The Cleaner）作者：“此书情节缜密，节奏完美，无可挑剔。”
《保持缄默》版权已售：Preface Publishing
布里特之前作品已售：英联邦（Preface Publishing）；《清洁工》：保加利亚(Bard Publishing House)；荷兰(Mynx Publishers); 爱沙尼亚 (Eram Books); 法国 (City Editions); 德国 (Verlagsgruppe Random House); 日本 (Takeda Random House); 波兰(Bertelsmann Media); 俄国 (Eksmo); 斯洛文尼亚 (Anu Elara); 《受骗方》（The Deceived）: 保加利亚 (Bard Publishing); 德国 (Verlagsgruppe Random House);日本(Takeda Random House); 俄国 (Eksmo); 斯洛文尼亚 (Anu Elara); 《背叛阴影》（Shadow of Betrayal）: 斯洛文尼亚 (Anu Elara).
About the Author/作者介绍： Brett Battles is the author of the acclaimed novels in the Jonathan Quinn series: The Cleaner, which was nominated for a Barry Award for Best Thriller and a Shamus Award for Best First Novel, The Deceived, which won the Barry Award for Best Thriller, and Shadow of Betrayal. His next book, to be published by Dell, is a standalone novel entitled No Return.
布里特•巴特勒斯（Brett Battles），乔纳森•奎恩（Jonathan Quinn）系列小说作家，荣获巴里最佳惊悚小说等奖。他即将推出的新作《有去无回》（No Return）将由戴尔出版社发行。
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