THE VANISHING
Book ID/图书代码： 06840013B62964
English Summary/英文概要： Recently widowed and rendered penniless by her Ponzi-scheming husband,
Julia Bishop is eager to start anew. So when a stranger appears on her
doorstep with a job offer, she finds herself accepting the mysterious yet
unique position: caretaker to his mother, Amaris Sinclair, the famous and
rather eccentric horror novelist whom Julia has always admired...and who the
world believes is dead.
When she arrives at the Sinclairs’ enormous estate on Lake Superior, Julia
begins to suspect that there may be sinister undercurrents to her "too-good-
to-be-true" position. As Julia delves into the reasons of why Amaris chose to
abandon her successful writing career and withdraw from the public eye, her
search leads to unsettling connections to her own family tree, making her
wonder why she really was invited to Havenwood in the first place, and what
monstrous secrets are still held prisoner within its walls.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一场失去控制的会议、一座荒野中的古宅、一家收藏着似乎会自己颤抖的怪异的作品和绘画的古老图书馆，和一个试图平安渡过这一切的女人——这就是《消失者》的故事。
丈夫去世后，朱丽亚•毕晓普变得一无所有。她的丈夫是一个假冒的投资银行家。他用一个庞氏骗局骗走了数百人一生的积蓄，受害者中包括了朱丽亚的家人和挚友。如今，朱丽亚不仅彻底破产，而且每天都受到认为她参与骗局策划的人的死亡威胁。所以，当阿德里安•辛克莱请她到海温森去照顾他的母亲时，她不必多想就接受了。毕竟这意味着她可以有机会消失在人们的视线之外，开始新的生活。
辛克莱的母亲是被称为“女埃德加•艾伦•坡” 的著名作家阿玛丽丝•辛克莱。问题在于，人们都认为她已经死了，而当朱丽亚到来的时候，她看上去完全不需要别人的照顾。那为什么辛克莱女士要装死？为什么她的儿子要让朱丽亚到海温森去？
在神秘而令人愉快的杜鲁•麦卡洛——海温森建造者的后裔的帮助下，朱丽亚开始了解这座宅子的秘密，以及她与这座宅子的历史之间的奇异联系……(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：Midwest Connections Pick
Featured in USA Today
Featured in The Pioneer Press
Featured in the Star Tribune
Featured on TheBigThrill.org
“ A brisk thriller tinged with Gothic elements, Webb’s latest builds excitement...Careening through séances and ghostly encounters leaves the reader breathless.” --Kirkus
“Webb once again mines the secrets of an old mansion for an effective contemporary supernatural thriller...Julia’s tortuous, haunting journey of self-discovery will keep readers turning the pages.” --Publishers Weekly
“Spooky supernatural tale...Downright frightening...Webb expertly builds suspense and offers a thought-provoking tease in the final pages.”--Booklist
“The latest gripping, supernatural novel from award-winning author Wendy Webb...featuring a reclusive horror novelist and a woman who has taken on a bit more than she bargained for when she becomes her caretaker.
Another escapist bit of commercial fiction with a mysterious edge that remains popular with readers.” --Midwest Independent Booksellers Association, Midwest Connections Pick for February 2014
“[The] opening line of Wendy Webb’s contemporary Gothic thriller, The
Vanishing, pays homage to DuMaurier’s classic. But Webb infuses her
narrator, Julia Bishop, with modern sensibilities, and manipulates the
genre’s melodrama skillfully.” --Star Tribune
“Adding an unexpected twist, Webb unfurls dark secrets, doomed love, and a
mystery that keeps the reader guessing until the very end...Webb’s sense
of place and time is superb...Her sequences depicting Julia’s neurotic
encounters and Seraphina’s embattled séance are atmospheric and
thoroughly chilling...Webb does a great job of creating this ambiance,
writing an atmospheric tale that is quintessentially Gothic in which the
reader can only guess at her heroine’s emotional state of mind as reality
crumbles and shatters around her.” --Curled Up With A Good Book Blog
“The haunting twists and turns of Webb’s The Vanishing left me as
breathless as the beautiful setting of ’Havenwood’ itself. Reminiscent of the
classics, Haunting of Hill House and Rebecca, this novel grabbed me on the
first page and didn’t let go. A compelling, frightening, deeply satisfying
tale that is as rich in setting as it is in storytelling.” --Suzanne Palmieri,
author of The Witch of Little Italy
“A deliciously complex blend of psychological suspense and ghost story,
The Vanishing is pitch-perfect on every note, from its mansion setting in
the pine-scented northern wilderness, to the spine-tingling secrets and
specters lurking around every corner.” --Erin Hart, bestselling author of
Haunted Ground
About the Author/作者介绍： Wendy Webb的第二部小说《Mercy Alban的命运》（亥伯里恩出版社，2013.2）仅用5周时间就上榜了中心地区独立书商协会畅销书排行榜，此外也上榜密歇根书店畅销书排行榜。《Mercy Alban的命运》入选了美国独立书商协会选书、iTunes最佳专题精选书籍、五大湖好书榜选书（a Great Lake, Great Reads pick）。而她的第一部小说《翠鸟传说》（亨利霍尔特出版公司，2010）获得了明尼苏达图书奖，上榜了密歇根书店畅销书排行榜和芝加哥独立书店畅销书排行榜。此外，《翠鸟传说》还被选为密歇根著名书籍榜决赛书籍、《特拉弗斯城杂志》夏季最佳读物、美国独立书商协会选书、五大湖好书榜选书（a Great, Lakes, Great Reads pick），行销六个国家。Wendy Webb’s second novel, The Fate of Mercy Alban (Hyperion, February 2013), hit the Heartland Indie bestseller list (where it spent five weeks) and the Michigan bookstores bestseller list. It was an Indie Next Pick, a Best Book featured pick on iTunes, and a Great Lake, Great Reads pick. Her first novel, The Tale of Halcyon Crane (Henry Holt, 2010), won the Minnesota Book Award and also hit two bestseller lists: the Michigan bookstores bestseller list and the Chicagoland independent bookstores bestseller list. It was a finalist for Michigan Notable Books and was named a top summer read by Traverse Magazine, an Indie Next Pick, and a Great, Lakes, Great Reads pick. It also sold in six countries.
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