THE KILLING LESSONS
Book ID/图书代码： 03540013B65183
English Summary/英文概要： A serial killer is on the loose, and three years into his career the authorities are no nearer to catching him. The remains of his victims turn up all over the US, linked only by the bizarre objects he leaves buried in their mutilated bodies. But are the objects clues—or the killer’s joke at the police’s expense?
San Francisco Homicide Detective Valerie Hart has been working the case too long. Haunted by demons of her own, drifting into a serious drink problem and close to complete burn-out, she’s on the edge of losing her job and her sanity - until the reappearance of an old lover provides a crucial breakthrough, and Valerie is pitched into a race to save the life of what will be the killer’s next victim: a ten-year-old girl, trapped in a remote cabin in the snow-bound Coloradan wilderness...
In this extraordinary, pulse-pounding debut, Saul Black takes us deep into the mind of a psychopath, and into the troubled hearts and souls of the ordinary men and women tasked with stopping him.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一个连环杀手逍遥法外，在他三年的职业杀手生涯中没有任何警局抓到过他。受害者的遗骸出现在美国，他们被肢解的尸体上只挂了奇怪的东西。这是线索还是杀手对警察的经费开的一个玩笑？
旧金山凶杀案的侦探瓦莱丽•哈特在这个案子上耗费的时间太长了。被她内心的恶魔带动着酗酒，甚至接近滥用烈酒和毒品，她处在失去工作和理智的边缘——直到旧情人的再现提供了一个关键的突破口，瓦莱丽开始和杀手进行一场比赛，她要在杀手对下一个受害人下手之前拯救她：一个10岁的女孩，被困在科罗拉多荒野处被大雪覆盖的偏僻小屋。
在这本非同寻常，十分有冲击力的小说中，索尔•布莱克带领我们进入一个精神病患者的心灵深处，一个心和灵魂被困扰的普通男人的世界，以及一个负责阻止他的女人。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“Completely mesmerizing! Black delivers a powerhouse of a thriller: two terrifying villains versus one damaged cop with numerous lives in the balance. Not to be missed.”—Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author of Fear Nothing
“THE KILLING LESSONS is the best thriller I’ve read in years. It’s so realistic at times that I had to stop and catch my breath. The relationship between these two killers, and the woman who is trying to capture them, is intense and tangible. This is the first book that I’ve finished, then turned immediately back to page one so I could experience it all over again. It’s mind-blowing, terrifying, visceral, disturbing, and gorgeously written and I’ve been telling everyone I know that they have to pick up this book!”—Chevy Stevens,New York Times bestselling author of That Night
The nail-biting thriller has just received its fourth starred pre-publication review in the States. Booklist has joined Kirkus, PW and Library Journal in declaring it a ‘must-read’. Rights sold in Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Spain and Turkey. (Kate)
‘The Killing Lessons is the freshest, scariest and most intelligent serial killer novel I’ve read in years. Brilliant stuff’
‘Absolutely loved Saul Black’s Killing Lessons. A fantastic reimagining of the serial killer novel; taut, tense, beautifully written and gripping’
’Unbelievably good...this one has it all’ Lee Child
’Writers may change their names, but they never lose their style. Saul Black (aka Glen Duncan) has taken on the darkest corner of the crime genre and produced a thriller that breathes new life into serial killer fiction. The Killing Lessons made my knuckles go white as I gripped the pages.’
Michael Robotham (author of Life or Death)
“THE KILLING LESSONS is a dark, twisted, and deeply compelling read. Saul Black perfectly inhabits each of his characters, even the most deranged among them, and weaves a breathless thriller that is as beautiful as it is terrifying”. Lisa Unger New York Times bestselling author
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Rights have been sold to Like (Finland), Presses de la Cité (France), Droemer (Germany), Harlenic Hellas (Greece), Mondadori (Italy), VillageBooks (Japan), Cappelens Damm (Noray), Intrinseca (Brazil), Laguna (Serbia), Urano (Spain), Koridor Yayinlari (Turkey).
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