CASE HISTORIES: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 12844004B09379

English Summary/英文概要： The scene is set in Cambridge, with three case histories from the past: A young child who mysteriously disappeared from a tent in her back garden; An unidentified man in a yellow jumper who marched into an office and slashed a young girl through the throat; and a young woman found by the police sitting in her kitchen next to the body of her husband, an axe buried in his head. Jackson Brodie, a private investigator and former police detective, is quietly contemplating life as a divorced father when he is flung into the midst of these resurrected old crimes. Julia and Amelia Land, long having given up hope of uncovering the truth of what happened to their baby sister, Olivia, suddenly discover her lost toy mouse in the study of their recently-deceased father. Enlisting Jackson’s help they embroil him in the complexities of their own jealousies, obsessions and lust. A woman named Shirley needs Jackson to help find her lost niece. Amidst the incessant demands of the Land sisters, Jackson meets solicitor Theo Wyre whose daughter, Laura, was murdered in his office and, now that the police case has been closed, is desperate for Jackson to help him lay Laura’s ghost to rest. As he starts his investigations Jackson has the sinister feeling that someone is following him. As he begins to unearth secrets that have remained hidden for many years, he is assailed by his former wife’s plan to take his young daughter away to live in New Zealand, and his stalker becomes increasingly malevolent and dangerous. In digging into the past Jackson seems to have unwittingly threatened his own future.This wonderfully crafted, intricately plotted novel is heartbreaking, uplifting, full of suspense and often very funny, and shows Kate Atkinson returning to the literary scene at the height of her powers.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 傑克森布羅迪系列
4本書各自獨立的故事，串聯起的懸案謎題

他只知道研究别人的悲惨、失误和不幸。他习惯偷窥下流场面，一个向里面偷看的旁观者，而且不管别人做什么，都下不了他。但是尽管他看到了那么多，也做了那么多，但是Jackson的内心仍然有这样一个信念--------一个渺小、千疮百孔、遍体鳞伤的信仰：他要做的就是帮人们变好，而不是惩罚他们做错事。
在这样一个热的不寻常的夏天里，剑桥酷热当空，对曾经担任过前任督察后专行做私家侦探的Jackson Brodie来说，整个世界就只是一张会计报表------左边流失掉的就在右边补回来。他的生活里整天是一大堆嘈着闹着要他给他们解释和回答的人。一位爱吃醋的老公对他的妻子老是疑神疑鬼，一对老处女姐妹有了惊人的发现。一位律师调查一件陈旧的谋杀案。一位护士失去了她的亲侄子；还有一个寡妇和他豢养的那群猫。
Jackson从来没在剑桥找到温馨的感觉，而且还经历了一场失败的婚姻，这就足够说明这一点了。他虽只有45岁，但是总是觉得自己老的不得了。他现在正处在一个危险的年龄段，而这样年纪的男人会突然意识到他们最后、而且一定是会死去的，对此他们又无能为力。Jackson则因为自己的生活笼罩在了死亡、阴谋和不幸中，也成了焦点人物。
情节编织巧妙，充满紧张、悬念和伤感处，《案件卷宗》是小说叙述的一大精彩创举，它向我们传述了生活中的离奇、荒唐可笑、滑稽、欢闹等等方面。这是一部集深谋远虑和睿智于一身的作品。(Chris)

Awards/获奖情况：她的作品是恐怖小說大師-史蒂芬.金、懸疑大師-哈蘭.柯本，都必讀的小說！
史蒂芬.金更讚譽這是他十年來讀過最曲折迷離的故事

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* This title has been short-listed for Whitbread best novel prize again (which the author won with Behind the Scenes). 11/22/2004 Anne * 2005 Orange Prize longlist 3/21/05 Alice

About the Author/作者介绍： Kate Atkinson was born in York and now lives in Edinburgh. She has won several prizes for her short stories. Her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread First Novel Award and was then chosen as the overall 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year. Her critically acclaimed second and third novels, Human Croquet and Emotionally Weird are also published by Black Swan as is her collection of short stories, Not the End of the World.
凱蒂．愛金森 (Kate Atkinson)，在美國紐約出生，目前居住在英國愛丁堡。1974年取得英國文學碩士學位後，出版的第一本小說《Behind the Scenes at the Museum》即榮獲惠布瑞特首作小說獎(Whitbread First Novel Award)。而她的短篇故事更是獲獎無數，包含: Bridport Short Story Prize、Ian St James Award、E. M. Forster Award，也入圍多項大獎包含: 英國書籍獎年度作家、Lire Book of the Year (France)、Saltire Book of the Year Award等等。她的眾多作品中，以傑克森布羅迪為主角的一系列故事最受到廣大迴響。2011年，此一系列的首部曲《Case Histories》即將改拍電視劇，分6集上映。

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