SECRETS TO THE GRAVE

Book ID/图书代码： 06830011B46134

English Summary/英文概要： #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag returns with her second thriller in the Deeper than the Dead microseries, exploring the early days of forensic investigation, the characteristics of innocence-and the nature of evil.

Marissa Fordham had a past full of secrets, a present full of lies. Everyone knew of her, but no one knew her.

When Marissa is found brutally murdered, with her young daughter, Haley, resting her head on her mother’s bloody breast, she sends the idyllic California town of Oak Knoll into a tailspin. Already on edge with the upcoming trial of the See- No-Evil killer, residents are shocked by reports of the crime scene, which might not have been discovered for days had it not been for a chilling 911 call: a small child’s voice saying, "My daddy hurt my mommy."

Sheriff’s detective Tony Mendez faces a puzzle with nothing but pieces that won’t fit. To assist with his witness, Haley, he calls teacher-turned-child advocate Anne Leone. Anne’s life is hectic enough-she’s a newlywed and a part- time student in child psychology, and she’s the star witness in the See-No-Evil trial. But one look at Haley, alone and terrified, and Anne’s heart is stolen.

As Tony and Anne begin to peel back the layers of Marissa Fordham’s life, they find a clue fragment here, another there. And just when it seems Marissa has taken her secrets to the grave, they uncover a fact that puts Anne and Haley directly in the sights of a killer: Marissa Fordham never existed.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《纽约时报》第一畅销书作者Tami Hoag继她的前部《死寂》之后，再度回归的力作，在这部新作中，探索了早先的法学鉴证，人性中的单纯和邪恶。

玛丽莎•福特汉姆身上充满了秘密和谎言。虽然人人都认识她，但没人知道她的真正过去。
当玛丽莎被发现遭到残忍的杀害，而她的小女儿，海莉，头靠在母亲鲜血的胸前，这一场景令加利福尼亚州诗情画意的小镇奥克诺尔顿时陷入了慌乱之中。面对即将到来的审判，当地居民们被媒体通天累牍的报道和凶案描述震惊了。这起案件可能在前几日的一个惊恐而脆弱的911呼叫电话而起：当时对报警电话中有个小孩的声音在述说，“我的父亲在伤害我的母亲。”
警探托尼•门德斯面对一个难以破解的谜题。他要协助证人，也就是凶案幸存者吗，那位母亲遗留下的小女孩海莉，他只得求助于安妮•利昂。一位正忙于新婚的兼职儿童心理学学生，并且她是这起审讯案件的主要证人。但只有你看一眼可怜的海莉，安妮的心就快要被这受伤的小孩给溶化了。
当托尼和安妮要开始一探玛丽莎•福特汉姆的生活时，他们似乎找到了一些线索，而这些看上去玛丽莎似乎要永远带进坟墓的秘密，直接使安妮和海莉看到了凶案的真相：那就是这位死者玛丽莎•福特汉姆从未存在过。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：The follow-up to Deeper Than the Dead (2009) begins in November 1986. The See-No-Evil killer’s trial is nearing when a woman’s mutilated body is found. Detective Tony Mendez and FBI profiler Vince Leone, along with Vince’s wife, Anne (who in the first book was nearly done in by the accused See-No-Evil killer), race to find the perpetrator before he kills someone else. The book is set a couple of decades later than Colleen McCullough’s Carmine Delmonico novels, but it shares the same premise. It’s a crime novel set in a time before computerized databases, instantaneous data sharing, and high-tech forensics. The story is well designed, although one of the big plot twists is very similar to twists in recent thrillers by Lisa Gardner and Linwood Barclay, and the characters are believable and (mostly) likable. Hoag does an excellent job of exploring how a shocking crime can affect a small community. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Hoag’s Night Sins cracked the New York Times bestseller list in 1995, and her next nine books followed suit. We make this one an odds-on favorite to extend the streak to 11 in a row. ---David Pitt,　From Booklist

’In 1986 there is no DNA analysis, no mobile phone to call when someone goes missing and no internet to trace elusive birth certificates. All of this helps to keep the solution to Hoag’s gruesome tale of suburban carnage gripping to the end. ... Hoag’s solution is as clever as it is complex.’ ---Peter Millar THE TIMES

About the Author/作者介绍： Tami Hoag is the #1 international bestselling author of thirty books. Renowned for combining thrilling plots with character-driven suspense, Hoag first hit the New York Times bestseller list with Night Sins, and each of her books since has been a bestseller. She lives in Southern California and Florida.
泰咪·霍格，紐約時報暢銷榜首作者，曾創作過18部作品，包括Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, Dark Horse, Kill the Messenger, Prior Bad Acts, 和 The Alibi Man。她出生並成長於雙子城。

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