RAGE AGAINST THE DYING
Book ID/图书代码： 12844011B49714
English Summary/英文概要： You have never met an (ex) FBI agent like Brigid Quinn“Keeping secrets, telling lies, they require the same skill. Both become a habit, almost an addiction, that’s hard to break even with the people closest to you, out of the business. For example, they say never trust a woman who tells you her age; if she can’t keep that secret, she can’t keep yours. I’m fifty-nine.”
Brigid Quinn’s experiences in hunting sexual predators for the FBI have left her with memories she wishes she didn’t have and lethal skills she hopes never to need again. Having been pushed into early retirement by events she thinks she’s put firmly behind her, Brigid keeps telling herself she is settling down nicely in Tucson with a wonderful new husband, Carlo, and their dogs.
But the past intervenes when a man named Floyd Lynch confesses to the worst unsolved case of Brigid’s career—the disappearance and presumed murder of her young protégée, Jessica. Floyd knows things about that terrible night that were never made public, and offers to lead the cops to Jessica’s body in return for a plea bargain.
It should finally be the end of a dark chapter in Brigid’s life. Except…the new FBI agent on the case, Laura Coleman, thinks the confession is fake, and Brigid finds she cannot walk away from violence and retribution after all, no matter what the cost.
With a fiercely original and compelling voice, Becky Masterman’s Rage Against the Dying marks the heart-stopping debut of a brilliant new thriller writer.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 你从没有见过像布里吉.德奎因这样的前联邦调查局特工。“保守秘密就和说谎一样，需要同样的技巧。他们就像我的喜好一般，甚至我已经对此成瘾，哪怕最亲密的人也不能探知这些。例如，永远别相信那些对你告知年龄的女人。如果她们不能守住这个秘密，那也守不住你的年龄。好吧，我59岁了。”
布里吉.德奎因在一次追捕性侵犯犯人的过程中留下了痛苦的回忆，她掌握了一项致命的技能，却希望一辈子别再用上它。因为一些事情，布里吉被迫提前退休。她自欺欺人地想着自己和新丈夫卡罗和他们的狗在图森能过上快乐的生活。
但往事却打破了这一切。在布里吉处理的案件中，有一宗最恶性的悬案，她年轻的学徒，杰西卡的谋杀案。如今失踪良久的嫌疑犯弗洛伊德前来自首。弗洛伊德交代了那些未曾公之于众的犯罪细节，在那个可怕的晚上到底发生了什么，他主动带领警方去杰西卡的藏尸点以求能被轻判。
布里吉人生中灰暗的一章似乎在要此处翻篇了。但是接手这个案子的新FBI探员，劳拉.科尔曼却对弗洛伊德的自首表示怀疑。而布里吉，无论付出任何代价，也只能在暴力和复仇的深渊里越陷越深。
贝基.马斯特曼作为一个惊悚小说新秀，为我们带来一部跌宕起伏，引人入胜的处女作《对垂死者的愤怒》。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：入圍國際驚悚作家協會（The International Thriller Writers）「驚悚小說獎」（Thriller Award）最佳首作小說“这部惊悚小说令人心跳加速，爱不释手。马斯特曼很高明地运用了写作手法，在最意想不到的地方抛出了最重要的证据，令读者意想不到。”——珍妮特.马斯里，《纽约时代周刊》
“阅读这本书的过程很愉快，这绝对是是一部引人入胜的作品。”——吉莉安.弗林，纽约时代周刊畅销书籍《离去的女孩》的作者
“对人物塑造拿捏到位，情节使人爱不释手，马斯特曼果然名不虚传。”——《图书馆周刊》
“继FBI特工及杀手克拉丽丝之后，马斯特曼这部惊悚小说中的布里吉.德奎因是又一令人印象深刻的女特工。”——《出版者周刊》
About the Author/作者介绍： 贝基.马斯特曼是一家专为鉴证和法律人员出版教科书的出版社的组稿编辑。她成长于佛罗里达州劳德代尔堡，在弗罗里达大西洋大学获创意写作硕士学位。贝基与丈夫现居于亚利桑那州图森市。这是她的第一本惊悚小说。BECKY MASTERMAN is the acquisitions editor for a press specializing in medical textbooks for forensic examiners and law enforcement. She grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and received her MA in creative writing from Florida Atlantic University. Becky lives in Tucson, Arizona, with her husband. This is her first thriller.
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