THE VICTORIA VANISHES
Book ID/图书代码： 12844012B55929
English Summary/英文概要： London pubs are meant to be safe places where anyone can sit quietly with a drink, but not anymore...One night, Arthur Bryant sees a drunken middle-aged lady coming out of a pub in a London backstreet. The next morning, she is found dead at the exact spot where their paths crossed. There’s a bizarre twist; the street itself appears to have changed, for Bryant is convinced that he saw the public house as it looked over a century before. The elderly detective has already lost the funeral urn of an old friend. Could it be that he’s losing his mind as well?It becomes clear that a number of other women have lost their lives in London pubs. A silent, secret killer is at work, striking in full view...and yet nobody has a clue how or why, or where he’ll attack next. The likeliest suspect seems to be a mental patient with a reason for killing. But knowing who the killer is and catching him are two very different propositions. As they send their new team out on the hunt for a madman, the octogenarian detectives of the Peculiar Crimes Unit prepare themselves for the pub crawl of a lifetime, and come face to face with their own mortality...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 众所周知，伦敦的酒吧以其安全清雅的环境而著名，只要你愿意，你可以静静在那里享受一段无人打扰的独酌时光。然而这份宁静却开始被打破了。。。。。。一天深夜，亚瑟•布莱恩特看见一名中年妇女醉醺醺地从一条街道上的一家酒吧里走出，然而就在第二天早晨，就在完全一致的地点，人们发现了女人的尸体。事情正朝着更为诡异的方向发展；布莱恩特确信案发现场周围的建筑物都发生了外观面貌上的改变，而他之前看见的建筑物则是和一百多年前一模一样的！年老的探长发现一位旧友的骨灰盒神秘失踪，是他自己神志不清了吗？随着一系列伦敦酒吧女子凶杀案的陆续发生，一切也开始逐渐显现：一位既神秘又隐秘的杀手正在暗中操纵着这一切，一场全面杀戮正在拉开帷幕。然而最可怕的是对于这一系列的谋杀事件，谁也没有任何线索，更不用提下一次的谋杀会发生在哪个地点。目前最有可能的嫌疑人是一名有谋杀动机的精神病患者，然而他究竟是谁？而又该如何抓获他则又另当别论。当警局派出一支全新的搜查队全力追踪这名疯子时，一群已入耄耋之年的前警局特别案件组成员则决定以他们自己为诱饵，和杀手进行一次直面交锋。。。。。。(DC)
Awards/获奖情况：本书于2008年被英国奇幻小说协会提名为2008年度最佳图书奖 “一丝假装正经的冷幽默融合以一部分英国历史，是的本书别致的侦探小说悬念丛生，一直精彩到最后一刻。”- 《书目报》
“书中人物形象极为生动，是时代与社会的成功缩影，道貌岸然又栩栩如生。如果本书的确如其终章所暗示，是本系列的最后一部小说，那么作者显然为该系列划下了极为精彩的休止符。如果你欣赏福勒融合了惊悚、黑色幽默以及超现实主义的悬疑凶案，那么你一定不希望这是你最后一次见到布莱恩特和梅。”----《出版商周刊》
“显而易见，从本书的第一页起，福勒一贯以来极为大胆的幽默作风从未削弱一丝一毫，相反地，随着故事情节的不断深入发展，一切的幽默都显得那么不可或缺。”- Bookgasm
Shortlisted by the British Fantasy Society for best book of 2008
’Dry wit and a heady dose of British history make this crisp whodunit good to the last drop.’- Booklist
’Characters who could easily have been caricatures in lesser hands assume enough depth to make them both plausible and engaging. If this is indeed the last in the series as the conclusion suggests, then the versatile author has ended on a high note. Those who appreciate Fowler’s special blend of the macabre, dark humor and impossible crime puzzles will wish they haven’t seen the last of Bryant and May.’- Publishers Weekly
’As is evident from the opening page, Fowler’s cheeky sense of humor hasn’t diluted a single iota, and it only gets better as the novel goes on’ - Bookgasm
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