EAST OF INNOCENCE
Book ID/图书代码： 00970013B62538
English Summary/英文概要： Daniel Connell is a disgraced ex-City lawyer with a troubled past and an explosive temper that has nearly got him disbarred. With his City career in tatters, he retreats to a one-man shop in the dead-end home town he’d once been happy to leave behind forever, reduced to taking on small claims and hopeless cases.When an old childhood friend comes asking for his help with a case of police brutality, Daniel wants nothing to do with it. He has spent too much of his life trying to escape his past and the last thing he wants is to get sucked into a life of petty crime, like the one his father has lived. Inevitably, he soon finds himself on the wrong end of police attention and dragged into the shady business of a local gangster. But as the threats escalate in violence and scope, Daniel discovers there’s far more at stake than he could ever have anticipated, including the mystery of what happened to his mother, who disappeared months after he was born.
Daniel must keep ahead of his pursuers long enough to uncover the bloody secrets of the past and the fate of another young woman too innocent to protect herself in the midst of a dangerous game.
A brilliantly crafted, fast-paced and hard-edged thriller, EAST OF INNOCENCE marks the start of a new series featuring a wonderfully complex lead character.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 丹尼尔•康乃尔是一位声名狼藉的前城市律师，他有一个麻烦的过去和暴躁的脾气,这几乎让他取消律师资格。与他的城市职业,他缩在曾留下永恒快乐终端家乡的一个人的商店,为了减少无望的情况下承担小额索偿。
当一个童年朋友要求他帮忙解决一起警察暴行的案件,丹尼尔希望与它无关。他花了他太多的时间试图逃脱他的过去，他想要的最后一件事就是陷入一种“生活的轻微犯罪”,就像他的父亲生活的那样。不可避免地,他很快发现自己被警方关注并且被拖进歹徒业务中。 但随着威胁暴力和范围的升级,丹尼尔发现比他预期的更加多,包括他母亲在他出生后几个月消失的神秘事件。
丹尼尔必须保持长时间来揭开过去血腥的秘密，另一个年轻女人因为太天真而不能保护自己处于一个危险游戏的命运。
一个出色的精心制作,快节奏和锋芒毕露的惊悚片,《东部的纯真》标志着一个全新的复杂主角的系列的开始。
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Awards/获奖情况：电视转播权刚给英国，我们出售英国音频权利三通拍卖。牛顿和康普顿将发在意大利布。这是一个非常引人入胜的,推进的和吸引人的犯罪惊悚片,一个复杂的、令人沮丧的和可爱的主人公似乎只是引起麻烦,最好的方式就是立马去做!TV rights have just been optioned in UK and we have sold UK audio rights in a 3-way auction. Newton and Compton will publish it in Italy. It is a hugely page-turning, propulsive and addictively engaging crime thriller, with a complicated, frustrating and likeable protagonist who just seems to attract trouble, the way that the best of the sensitive tough-guys do!
‘There are drugs, extortion and prostitution aplenty, but there is another dimension - the crooked police seem to know more about the disappearance of his mother months after he was born than he ever did. This is a potent mixture of an authentic, brutal crime story, told with a neat line in dialogue and an appealing hero. It is no surprise that the television rights have already been sold. Neil Morrissey as Connell perhaps?’ Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-2536036/THRILLERS.html
‘This is a carefully plotted, darkly humorous thriller, realistic in its violence and with strong memorable characters. Soon to be adapted into a TV series, it is fast paced and edgy without losing any of its credibility.’ We Love This Book http://www.welovethisbook.com/reviews/east-innocence
‘A slick, fast moving and thoroughly readable novel’ Crime Fiction Lover http://www.crimefictionlover.com/2013/12/east-of-innocence/
‘By the final page you’ll feel as if you’ve been through a roller coaster of emotions... ‘East of Innocence’ is the first in a new series of crime novels and now that we have got to know Daniel Connell and his past has been unearthed it will be interesting to see where he goes from here. I will definitely be reading book number two’ Crime Squad http://www.crimesquad.com/reviews.asp
‘By turns gruesome, touching, violent, funny, East of Innocence is never less than engaging and always unpredictable. It’s a wonderfully written example of gritty British crime drama that we’re as likely as not to see on our TV screens in the near future, peopled with strong and engaging characters, most notably the story’s central character who is more than capable of carrying a series of books, if Thorne can find a way to keep each entry fresh and interesting. His debut is definitely a winner.’ Shots http://www.shotsmag.co.uk/book_reviews_view.aspx?book_review_id=895
About the Author/作者介绍： 大卫•索恩是一个笔名。他过去15年里一直是一位作家,最初在广告,然后在电视和广播喜剧。他为许多英国最著名的喜剧演员写材料,包括吉米•卡尔,艾伦•卡尔,大卫•米切尔和鲍勃•莫蒂默,促成英国电影学院奖赢得阿姆斯特朗和米勒秀。这是他的第一部小说。DAVID THORNE is a pseudonym. He has worked as a writer for the last 15 years, originally in advertising, then in television and radio comedy. He has written material for many of the UK’s best known comedians, including Jimmy Carr, Alan Carr, David Mitchell and Bob Mortimer, and contributed to the BAFTA-award winning Armstrong and Miller Show. This is his first novel.
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