THE 9TH GIRL
Book ID/图书代码： 06830013B63069
English Summary/英文概要： #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag brings back her fan-favorite Minneapolis investigators Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska in the haunting new thriller The 9th Girl.
"Kovac had seen more dead bodies than he could count: Men, women, children; victims of shootings, stabbings, strangulations, beatings; fresh corpses and bodies that had been left for days in the trunks of cars in the dead of summer. But he had never seen anything quite like this . . . "
On a frigid New Year’s Eve in Minneapolis a young woman’s brutalized body falls from the trunk of a car into the path of oncoming traffic. Questions as to whether she was alive or dead when she hit the icy pavement result in her macabre nickname, Zombie Doe. Unidentified and unidentifiable, she is the ninth nameless female victim of the year, and homicide detectives Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska are charged with the task of not only finding out who Zombie Doe is, but who in her life hated her enough to destroy her. Was it personal, or could it just have been a crime of opportunity? Their greatest fear is that not only is she their ninth Jane Doe of the year, but that she may be the ninth victim of a vicious transient serial killer they have come to call Doc Holiday.
Crisscrossing America’s heartland, Doc Holiday chooses his victims at random, snatching them in one city and leaving them in another, always on a holiday. If Zombie Doe is one of his, he has brought his gruesome game to a new and more terrifying level. But as Kovac and Liska begin to uncover the truth, they will find that the monsters in their ninth girl’s life may have lived closer to home. And even as another young woman disappears, they have to ask the question: which is the greater evil--the devil you know or the devil you don’t?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《纽约时报》第一畅销书作者Tami Hoag重磅回归的系列明尼阿波利斯市探员山姆•科瓦奇和尼基•利卡斯的最新惊悚力作《第9个女孩》。
“科瓦奇在死寂夏日车厢里见够了无数受害人的尸首：有男人，妇女，孩子; 枪击受害者的，被刺的，被绞杀的，被殴打致死的。但从未看到过像这样的尸首. . . . "
在明尼阿波里斯市一个寒冷的新年前夕，一个少妇惨不忍睹的尸首被扔至在一条迎面而来公路的汽车的后备箱内。问题是这位女性受害者在冰冷的路面遭遇绰号为，蛇神母鹿的可怕杀手时，是否还幸存。由于尸首无法辨认，她被列为是当年第九个无名女性受害者，而杀案组探员山姆•科瓦奇和他的搭档尼基•利斯卡的任务不仅要找出谁是蛇神母鹿，还要去发现是谁要对这位第九位女性受害者下此毒手。这起案件是否个人原因，或仅仅是一个犯罪动机？他们最大的担心不是这是迄今为止，第九具五名女尸，这具受害女尸不经让他们回想起，几年前被称为博士假期的一位瞬间作案的残忍连环杀手。
地处于美国的中心区域，连环杀手博士假期随机选择他的受害者，随意在一座城市伺机下手，随即离开再从中挑选另一个，总是在国定假日作案。如果这个蛇神母鹿也是他其中的一个绰号，那么他所引发的这一系列可怕游戏又上升至一个新的高度。但随着科瓦奇和利斯卡开始揭开真相时，他们将会发现这个连环恶魔杀手其实案件中的第九女孩的生活很近。甚至当另一个少妇消失时，他们不得不面临这样一个问题：哪一个才是真正的恶魔—是你所知的还是你心中所隐藏的那个？(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：“Hoag’s prose is martial-arts quick and precise, her humor is high-voltage, and her insights into the misery of high school, the toxicity of divorce, and the extreme psychosis of a serial killer are knowing and thought-provoking…one of her very best.” - Booklist
"The 9th Girl...is cannily plotted and peppered with some of the sharpest dialogue in the business." - Entertainment Weekly
"Outstanding! Tami Hoag continues to set the standard for excellence in her genre." - Suspense Magazine
"Gripping"- Publishers Weekly
“A mesmerizing psychological drama on loss, guilt, frustration and implacable, unexplainable evil.” - Kirkus
“Hoag keeps tight control over her plot in this book, raising the tension with every page that turns. She knows her characters, both good and bad, and intensifies the conflict in the most absorbing way. Not every writer of suspense can manage it so successfully, but Hoag does it from beginning to end.” —Huffington Post
“Newcomers will have no trouble getting into this suspense novel rich in pre-DNA detecting methods.” — Publishers Weekly
“…the story zooms along to a satisfyingly creepy conclusion.” — USA Today
“Once again, bestselling Hoag plots craftily and creates characters readers root for.”—Kirkus Reviews (Starred)
"The chilling premise and exciting twists make Hoag’s thriller in every sense of the word. Guaranteed to be in high demand" - Booklist
“Stunning…Here [Hoag] stands above the competition, creating complex characters who evolve more than those in most thrillers. The breathtaking plot twists are perfectly paced in this compulsive page-turner.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“One of the most intense suspense writers around.” —Chicago Tribune
About the Author/作者介绍： 塔米．霍格 Tami Hoag不但是《纽约时报》畅销作家，更以连续十三本作品荣登英国泰晤士报畅销榜。其作品全球已有超过二十国以上语言的译作。一九九七年，她的首部惊悚小说《惊魂夜情》被改编为迷你影集，十多年来持续在电视频道播出。
深受读者与评论家喜爱的霍格，不愿作品被定型分类，小说题材横跨喜剧至悬疑。善于刻画丰富的角色与犀利的对白，成为霍格写作的最大特色；在她的惊悚小说中，除了节奏紧凑的剧情与精确的警务程序，前述的特色更被发挥得淋漓尽致。
Tami Hoag is the #1 international bestselling author of more than thirty books. Renowned for combining thrilling plots with character-driven suspense, Hoag first hit the New York Times bestseller list with Night Sins, and each of her books since has been a bestseller. She lives in Florida.
Format:电子手稿
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Italian/Newton Compton,Turkish/Koridor
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