THE STRING DIARIES

Book ID/图书代码： 06140512B57504

English Summary/英文概要： An imaginative, tight, edge-of-you-seat supernatural thriller which follows an historical mystery through to its nail-biting contemporary conclusion. This stunning debut promises to appeal to a broad range of readers and be a major force on the front line of the new wave of supernatural thrillers.

Present Day:

Cadair Idris, Snowdonia. Hannah Wilde flees to Llyn Gwyr, a remote mountain farmhouse, her husband bleeding to death on the passenger seat beside her. In the back of the car sits their seven year old daughter. Hannah’s father is missing. Her mother is already dead.

Mysterious strangers are converging on the mountain. And Hannah must decide who to trust – and who to sacrifice – if she’s to defeat the predator who has stalked five generations of her family.

1979:

Balliol College, Oxford. Charles Meredith, a brilliant, obsessive professor, clashes with a beautiful French woman in Balliol’s library. When the woman disappears, and her identity is exposed as a sham, Charles is dragged into a terrifying pursuit.

1873:

Gödöllö, Hungary. Lukas Balázs prepares for his végzet night, the celebration that symbolises his entry into adulthood. But the festivities are about to go horribly wrong, and only Lukas knows why.

A centuries-old secret is about to unravel … Jakab is coming.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 起源于一個歷史玄迷，結局一直延續到現代。
作者豐富的想像力讓你緊張、興奮、坐立不定。
Stephen Jones的驚悚處女作已經吸引了大批讀者，
版權已售：美國、德國、義大利
必將成為超現實驚悚小說新浪潮浪尖的新星。
當下，威爾士北部Snowdonia公園：
漢娜正驅車向Llyn Gwyr郊區山上的農屋瘋狂逃去。副駕駛座上坐著滿身血污的丈夫，正慢慢流血殆盡，奄奄一息。後座是他們7歲的女兒，驚恐地看著前方，不知發生了什麽。漢娜已經不是第一次受這樣的驚嚇。幾年前，她父親失蹤了，後來母親也去世。

然而在Llyn Gwyr的山頂，已經聚集了很多神秘的陌生人。漢娜要在他們當中選擇，爲了驅除籠罩她家數代人的噩夢，找出幕後殺手，她要做出決定，應該相信誰，又要犧牲誰……

1979，牛津，貝列爾學院：
查理斯•馬里帝茲，貝烈爾學院的年輕有為，風度翩翩的教授，在學校的圖書館邂逅一位美麗的法國女郎。但不久後，這個女人失蹤了，她的身份也被發現是假的。Charles 自此陷入了無盡的恐怖深淵。

1873，匈牙利-葛德樂:
Lukas Balázs 正在準備他的成人禮，但這將成為一場噩夢，原因只有Lukas自己知道。雅各要來了。一個世紀前的秘密將要揭開……(Celia)