THE GIRL ON THE STAIRS
Book ID/图书代码： 06400012B53364
English Summary/英文概要： Some buildings are alive with memories. THE GIRL ON THE STAIRS is a haunting, atmospheric novel from international best seller Louise Welsh.Major new acquisition from the acclaimed author of the CUTTING ROOM.
Jane Logan is six months pregnant and has moved to Berlin to live with her long-term lover, rich banker, Petra. The women’s chic new apartment is in a trendy part of the city but Jane finds herself increasingly uneasy there. She conceives a dread of the derelict backhouse across the courtyard and begins to suspect something sinister is happening in the flat next door, where gynaecologist Alban Mann lives with his teenage daughter Anna. Petra believes her lover’s pregnancy is affecting her judgement, but Jane is increasingly convinced that all is not well. Her decision to turn detective has devastating results when her own past collides with the past of the building and its inhabitants.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 縈繞經典驚悚片《威尼斯癡魂》(Don’t Look Now)的恐怖懸疑
《黃壁紙》(The Yellow Wallpaper)的顫慄與瘋狂全然孤獨時 腦中的想像開始無邊際奔馳
恐懼 猜忌 油然而生
你選擇相信的 是否就是真相？
本書Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avQucB_iFeY
來自鄰人的聲音在牆間游移
如同槍響般爆發，咆哮、尖叫、啜泣，在深夜迴盪
Jane已有六個月身孕，最近才剛搬到柏林的高級住宅與伴侶Petra同住。在這個語言不通、格格不入、全然陌生的新環境，Petra又忙於工作不在身邊，Jane得獨自面對懷孕帶來的身體不適以及新生活的一切，心中的寂寞與不安日益遽增…。
全然的孤獨，又沒有別的事情分散注意力，Jane漸漸將注意力投注在隔壁鄰居的一舉一動上…。隔壁住著一對父女，他們夜半的聲響還有女兒臉上的瘀青，讓Jane懷疑發生了家暴事件。Jane焦急表達卻只換來質疑，於是她自己當起偵探，展開調查。
有人說，那位爸爸掐死自己妻子埋在後院
有人說，那位妻子不安於家庭生活，拋夫棄女跑到別的地方展開新生活
有人說，那位妻子到處勾引男人，她其實被某人被嫉妒沖昏頭的大老婆活活掐死，咽喉的餘溫和觸感至今仍留在她手上
Jane也留意到那位常常穿著紅斗篷和紅鞋的女兒行跡可疑
誰說的才是真相？你選擇相信的，是否就是真相？
Awards/获奖情况：“Louise Welsh’s taut new novel at times feels like a potent cross between The Yellow Wallpaper and Rear Window . . . Welsh expertly conveys the escalation of Jane’s suspicions to something approaching obsession” - Observer “An impressive psychological chiller” - Sunday Telegraph
“Sharply rendered . . . The reader’s anxiety is heightened by a myriad of small tensions . . . Welsh keeps the reader turning to pursue the multiple stories threading through the pages . . . The writing of crime fiction is, after all, a sort of conjuring trick played on the reader, a welcome deception. Welsh has developed flashing fingers with cards, rabbits and hats” - Independent
“Builds up atmosphere admirably” - Sunday Times
“The Girl on the Stairs feels like a ghost story. Taking place in a haunted city, the book’s knowing evocation of Don’t Look Now, Du Maurier’s Venice-set story, is sharpened by the fact that this mother is not grieving the loss of a child but anticipating a birth. Yet what Welsh knows, and brings to a bloody conclusion, is that no supernatural manifestation of our darkest hours is any match for what real human beings can do to each other” - Guardian
“The Girl on the Stairs is crisply written and tightly constructed, gaining much of its considerable impact by its economy. Welsh is a novelist who straddles the shadowy borderline between crime and literary fiction. Here, she subverts and updates the convention of the romantic thriller while retaining the genre’s central premise...the result is powerful, impressive and as black as sin” - The Spectator
“An outstanding work of psychological suspense that will thrill Welsh’s existing fans and earn her many more” - Daily Record
“Welsh skilfully exposes Jane’s growing obsession in a tale that becomes more compelling with every shocking twist” - Psychologies
“A highly effective mystery, told by the kind of unreliable narrator able to rival the very best at keeping you guessing” - The Scotsman
“A masterclass in sustained tension and hold-your-breath suspense” - The Bookseller
About the Author/作者介绍： Louise Welsh於英國格拉斯哥大學(University of Glasgo)取得歷史學位，在成為全職作家之前經營二手書店多年。她著有四本小說，贏得犯罪寫作協會John Creasey紀念匕首獎(The John Creasey Memorial Dagger)、蘇格蘭十字年度最佳小說獎(the Saltire First Book Award)、格蘭菲迪蘇格蘭精神獎(Glenfiddich/Scotland on Sunday Spirit of Scotland Writing Award)以及City of Glasgow Lord Provost’s Award等獎項，並於2007年時名列Waterstone’s「25位作家明日之星」之中。After a history degree from the University of Glasgow, Louise Welsh opened a second hand bookshop, which she ran for several years before becoming a full-time author. She has written four novels and has been the recipient of several awards including The John Creasey Memorial Dagger, the Saltire First Book Award, the lenfiddich/Scotland on Sunday Spirit of Scotland Writing Award and City of Glasgow Lord Provost’s Award for Literature. In 2007 she was named one of the twenty-five authors of the future by Waterstone’s. She is currently writer in residence for The University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art.
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