GOODNIGHT, IRENE: AN IRENE KELLY NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 10820011B49723

English Summary/英文概要： For thirty-five years the identity of the dismembered woman found under the Las Piernas pier has remained a mystery. What secret did she take to her grave? Southern California reporter Irene Kelly has uncovered a maze of forensic records and confidential files that suggest a motive far more sinister than anyone imagined. The discovery has brought her close to Detective Frank Harriman, and closer still to exposing a killer who will resort to anything to keep his secrets buried -- and Irene silenced forever.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 三十五年前在Las Piernas小鎮碼頭下，被肢解的女人的身份仍然是一個迷。她把什麼樣的秘密帶入了墳墓？南加州的記者艾琳•凱莉揭示了謎樣的法庭記錄和其中一些機密檔案，暗示了超乎任何人想像的一個陰險動機。這一系列的發現使她得以接近偵探弗蘭克•哈裡曼，還逼近暴露了兇手會採取何行動以求保護他所隱藏的秘密—— 艾琳將無法再繼續跟蹤報導下去。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：Set in the fictional Southern California town of Las Piernas, this generally exciting debut mystery--the first of a projected series--brims with brutality, but is slowed at times by home and hospital bedside scenes. Former reporter Irene Kelly, now working in public relations, is shocked when her friend O’Connor is killed by a bomb hidden in a package. The only clue Irene can unearth is O’Connor’s obsession with a long-unsolved crime involving an unidentified female body discovered in Las Piernas years before. Rehired by the Las Piernas Express , Irene teams up with ex-lover and homicide cop Frank Harriman to crack the case, but details of what O’Connor had learned about the killing are long in coming. Burke punctuates her too leisurely exposition with graphic, effective scenes of murder and attempted murder, although she depicts the menacing assassins more as machines than as human beings and provides a plausible explanation for all the violence only at her story’s very end. Still, she writes with remarkable sensitivity about the physical and spiritual reactions of people terrorized by cold-blooded killers, and her gift for characterization somewhat compensates for her still-rudimentary pacing skills. ---From Publishers Weekly

The bombing death of best friend and journalist O’Connor shocks Irene Kelly, herself an investigative reporter, into pursuing his last story--the as-yet-unsolved mutilation murder of a young woman back in 1955. Kelly collaborates with former flame Detective Harriman in her desire to identify the woman, but not without experiencing murder attempts, car chases, and a return of affection. Level-headed and unflappable, heroine Irene stands poised for a promising new series, despite the guessable villain and a lapse or two in dialog.---From Library Journal

About the Author/作者介绍： National bestseller Jan Burke is the author of a dozen novels and a collection of short stories. Among the awards her work has garnered are Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar® for Best Novel, Malice Domestic’s Agatha Award, Mystery Readers International’s Macavity, and the RT Book Club’s Best Contemporary Mystery. She is the founder of the Crime Lab Project (www.crimelabproject.com) and is a member of the board of the California Forensic Science Institute. She lives in Southern California with her husband and two dogs. Learn more about her at www.janburke.com.

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