KITTY PECK AND THE MUSIC HALL MURDERS
Book ID/图书代码： 04560013B63156
English Summary/英文概要： Limehouse, 1880: Dancing girls are going missing from ’Paradise’ - the criminal manor with ruthless efficiency by the ferocious Lady Ginger. Seventeen-year-old music hall seamstress Kitty Peck finds herself reluctantly drawn into a web of blackmail, depravity and murder when The Lady devises a singular scheme to discover the truth. But as Kitty’s scandalous and terrifying act becomes the talk of London, she finds herself facing someone even more deadly and horrifying than The Lady.
Bold, impetuous and blessed with more brains than she cares to admit, it soon becomes apparent that it’s up to the unlikely team of Kitty and her stagehand friend, Lucca, to unravel the truth and ensure that more girls do not meet with a similar fate. But are Kitty’s courage and common sense and Lucca’s book learning a match for the monster in the shadows? Their investigations take them from the gin-fuelled halls and doss houses of the East End to the champagne-fuelled galleries of the West End.
Take nothing at face value: Kitty is about to step out on a path of discovery that changes everything . . .
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1880年的莱姆豪斯（英格兰伦敦东部区名，旧时为华人聚居区，以贫穷肮脏而著名）：舞女们从“天堂”失踪了——这是心狠手辣的Ginger女士所掌管的一座罪犯庄园。当17岁的音乐厅女裁缝凯蒂派克(KITTY PECK)知道这名女士密谋了一个不同寻常的计划时，她发现自己不情愿地卷入一场勒索、堕落和谋杀的阴谋中。然而当凯蒂遭人诽谤为成为伦敦街谈巷议的话题时，她发现自己面对着比Ginger女士更极端，更可怕的人。
凯蒂骨子里有股大胆、冲动的性格，加上她善于思考别人想不到的问题。她决定和同事兼好友卢卡(Lucca)组成调查小组，一起揭开事实的真相，同时也能确保更多的女孩不会遭遇之前相似的命运。但是凯蒂的勇气、常识以及卢卡的丰富知识是否就能抓住藏在阴暗处的恶魔呢？
他们的调查从东区充满杜松子酒香气的大厅和小旅馆开始一直到西区储藏香槟酒的画廊。
凯蒂将要踏上一条真相之路，真相将改变一切。(Susie)
Awards/获奖情况：A deliciously atmospheric and exciting Victorian mystery and a major debut from Faber.
About the Author/作者介绍： Kate Griffin是听着伦敦的钟声长大的，让她成为了一个地道的伦敦人。她之前做过古董经销商的助理，当地报纸的记者，现在在“古建筑保护协会”工作。《凯蒂派克与音乐厅的杀人犯》是她的第一本推理小说，她荣获Faber犯罪系列小说写作竞赛的大奖。making her a true-born cockney. She has worked as an assistant to an antiques dealer, a journalist for local newspapers and now works for The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders, Kate’s first book, won the Stylist / Faber crime writing competition. Kate’s maternal family lived in Victorian Limehouse and her grandmother told her many stories of life around the docks. Kate lives in St Albans.
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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：Spain (Ediciones Siruela)
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