THROUGH THE EVIL DAYS: A CLARE FERGUSSON / RUSS VAN ALSTYNE MYSTERY
Book ID/图书代码： 06830014B67579
English Summary/英文概要： In Through the Evil Days, New York Times bestselling author Julia Spencer-Fleming raises the stakes for Russ and Clare, putting their new marriage, their unborn child, a missing teen, and their very own lives on the line.
On a frigid January night, Chief of Police Russ Van Alstyne and Reverend Clare Fergusson are called to the scene of a raging fire. The extent of the tragedy isn’t known until the next day, when the charred remains of a man and woman are recovered—along with evidence showing they were shot execution style.
The last thing Russ needs are two potential homicides. He’s struggling with the prospect of impending fatherhood, and his new wife is not at all happy with his proposal for their long-delayed honeymoon: a week ice-fishing at a remote Adirondack lake.
St. Alban’s Church is still in turmoil over the Reverend Clare Fergusson’s news that she’s five and a half months pregnant—but only two and a half months married. Worried her post-deployment drinking and drug use may have damaged the baby, she awaits the outcome of the bishop’s investigation into her "unpriestly" behavior: a scolding, censure, or permanent suspension.
Officer Hadley Knox is having a miserable January as well. Her on-again, off-again lover, Kevin Flynn, has seven days to weigh an offer from the Syracuse Police Department that might take him half a state away. And her ex-husband’s in town—threatening to take custody of their kids unless Hadley pays him off with money she doesn’t have.
When Hadley discovers that the dead couple fostered an eight-year-old girl who was a recent liver donee, the search for the killer takes on a new and terrible urgency. With no access to immunosuppressant drugs, transplant rejection will kill the girl in a matter of days.
As a deadly ice storm downs power lines and immobilizes roads, Russ and Clare search desperately for the truth about the missing child, but the hunters will become the hunted when they are trapped in the cabin beside the frozen lake and stalked through the snowbound woods by a killer.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 纽约时代畅销书作家茱莉亚.斯宾塞在新书《穿过荆棘》中描述了新婚夫妇拉斯和克莱尔，还有他们未出世的孩子卷入了一场谋杀案中，案件中失踪女孩的去向，无人知晓......
一月一个寒冷的夜晚，警长拉斯和妻子克莱尔被叫至一场大火的现场。他们第二天才得知这场火灾的严重性，现场发现了两具烧焦的尸体，他们的死因不是火灾，而是被人枪杀。
面对这起谋杀案，拉斯进退两难，他马上就要当爸爸了，她的新婚妻子也对蜜月的一再延期非常不快，他们已经计划好要在偏远的阿迪朗达克湖冰钓一星期了。
克莱尔的日子也不好过，圣奥尔本斯教会还在为她的事情纠缠。她已经怀孕5个半月了，而步入婚姻殿堂的日子不过2个半月。酗酒和滥用药物的行为还有可能伤害腹中的孩子。她恐慌地等待着教会的调查，随后责备，骂名，终止怀孕都有可能降临到她和孩子身上。
警官哈德利也在度过灾难性的的一月。若即若离的恋人卡文正在考虑雪城警察局的一个职位。如果答应，他将到半个国家开外的地方工作。而哈德利的前夫则以孩子的抚养权威胁她偿还债务，可哈德利根本没有能力还债。
哈德利发现遇难的夫妇收养了一个8岁的小女孩刚接受肝脏移植手术，找到她就成了刻不容缓的事情。没有免疫抑制剂，移植排斥反应几天内就会使女孩丧命。
在暴风雪夜里，拉斯和克莱尔绝望地寻找着失踪的女孩，被困在湖边小屋中，他们没有察觉自己已身处险境之中。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：“在同系列的小说中，《穿过荆棘》是绝对的佼佼者，情节发展平稳，人物设置复杂，故事背景让读者如身临其境。克莱尔和拉斯是对不寻常的夫妇，对他们是如此相配。斯宾塞巧妙地抓住了婚姻中爱情和沮丧的矛盾。读者会爱上这精心设置的场景。”——《书目》
“《穿过荆棘》既是一部优秀的心理悬疑小说又是本能让读者心跳加速的历险故事。这就再次向我们确立了朱丽叶.斯宾塞最杰出悬疑小说作家的地位。”——乔瑟夫.芬德，纽约时报畅销书《偏执狂》与《埋藏的秘密》作者
“惊心动魄，令人战栗，悬念迭起。”——瓦尔麦克德米德
“《穿过荆棘》为已完结的系列完美地收了尾。茱莉亚.斯宾塞是悬疑小说界的瑰宝。”——约翰•康诺利
“斯宾塞将扣人心弦的情节一节节地展开。纵火案，谋杀案，绑架案，再融合毒品，家庭暴力等元素都在一个偏远的小镇中展开。”——玛丽莲.斯塔肖，《纽约时报书评》
“《穿过荆棘》的意境很深层，很丰富，引人入胜，但深入后却发现真相冰冷如地狱。这是一部杰作。”——梅格•加德纳，《影子追踪者》作者
“紧凑、时尚、完美。在《穿过荆棘》中，茱莉亚展现了一个杰出悬疑小说家应呈现给读者的一切。”——S.J.博尔顿
“《穿过荆棘》是一直以来喜爱着茱莉亚.斯宾塞以及她新的追随者们最好的礼物。现在只留下一个问题还未解答了，那就是，我们何时才能见到下一部作品。”——纽约时报畅销书作者，劳伦.威利格
About the Author/作者介绍： 畅销书作者茱莉亚.斯宾塞是阿加莎，安东尼，麦卡维蒂等诸多文学奖项获得者，并入围了埃德加和浪漫时代奖提名。她出生在普拉茨堡空军基地，由于是正规军士兵的孩子，她的童年一直在各地辗转度过。茱莉亚在伊萨卡学院学习表演和历史，并从缅因大学法律系获得了法学博士学位。她和丈夫，三个孩子以及两条狗住在缅因州波特兰以外一个具有190年历史的农场里。详情请见其个人主页：www.juliaspencerfleming.com
Bestselling author JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING is the winner of the Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, Dilys, Barry, Nero Wolfe, and Gumshoe Awards, and an Edgar and Romantic Times RC Award finalist. She was born at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, spending most of her childhood on the move as an army brat. She studied acting and history at Ithaca College, and received her J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law. She lives in a 190-year-old farmhouse outside of Portland, Maine, with three children, two dogs, and one husband. Visit her on the Web at www.juliaspencerfleming.com
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