TO HELEN BACK: A RIVER ROAD MYSTERY
Book ID/图书代码： 06830014B76223
English Summary/英文概要： In this fun and sassy new mystery, USA Today bestselling author Susan McBride introduces us to Helen Evans, a modern-day Miss Marple who must expose a murderer in a town full of suspects!
When Milton Grone turns up dead in tiny River Bend, Illinois, nearly all the would-be suspects have the perfect alibi: attending Thursday night’s town meeting. And as Milton was hardly beloved, plenty of folks had a reason to do him in ...
Grone’s next-door neighbor was furious about a fence that encroached on her property, among other wicked deeds. A pair of zealous tree huggers wanted Grone’s hide for selling a parcel of pristine land to a water park. Grone’s current and ex-wife both wanted a cut of the profits, which Grone seemed unwilling to share. Even the town preacher knew Grone’s soul was beyond saving.
Though most of River Bend would rather reward the killer than hang him, Sheriff Biddle’s not about to let this one go … and neither is Helen Evans. With a penchant for puzzles and an ear for innuendo, Helen quickly fingers the culprit before Biddle puts the wrong suspect in jail.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在这部充满了欢闹的悬疑系列小说，《美国今日》畅销作家苏珊•麦克布莱德向读者们介绍了一位现代版的马普尔小姐，如何在美国小镇上智破嫌疑凶犯！
当弥尔顿•格罗内的尸体出现爱伊利诺伊州的小河湾时，几乎所有有动机的犯罪嫌疑人都有完美的不在场证明：这些人都在列席了周四晚的小镇镇民大会。因为弥尔顿在镇上不是那么人见人爱，也因此有许多人有理由想让他就此消失...
格罗内的隔壁邻居因此他所筑的篱笆侵占了她的地盘，还有格罗内的其他一些恶性，而发生过激烈争吵。一对热心植树造林的环保夫妇想要格罗内名下所暗箱操作的净土去造水上公园。而格罗内现在的前妻也想要从中捞到好处，但格罗内似乎不愿意和她分享。就连小镇牧师都知道格罗内无可救药。
虽然小河湾镇民们大都数都愿意对他的死拍手称快，但警长比德尔和海伦•埃文斯不会这么去想。
喜好破解谜团和擅长听风的海伦很快便在警长比尔德错将嫌犯投入监狱之前锁定了真正的罪魁祸首。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：“To Helen Back, the first in Susan McBride’s new River Road mystery series, is packed with small-town charm. The clever senior sleuth is a cross between Miss Marple and your favorite grandma, and the intriguing plot will keep readers turning the pages until the surprising conclusion.” (Denise Swanson, New York Times Best Selling Author of the Scumble River Mysteries)“I’ll read anything by Susan McBride.” (Charlaine Harris)
About the Author/作者介绍： 苏珊•麦克布莱德是《蓝血》和其他四部获奖系列小说《辍学少女》的作者。该系列的第六部《至死方休》将于2015年9月29日发行。苏珊的另一部系列小说《河路》悬疑系列，和苏珊的第一部青少年惊悚系列小说，已於2014年发行。
除了悬疑系列小说，苏珊还发表了三部颇受好评的女性小说，《The Truth About Love & Lightning》, 《Little Black Dress》, 《The Cougar Club》，这三部作品均已在法国，土耳其，克罗地亚和保加利亚出版。
除此之外，苏珊还发表过一部非小说：《遇见粉红豹》。其获奖系列小说《辍学少女》主要描述了初入休斯顿社交圈的少女们的故事。
2012年1月，苏珊荣获Ladue新闻颁发的圣路易斯的“年度最有活力新人”提名。
Susan McBride is the USA Today Bestselling author of Blue Blood and four other award-winning Debutante Dropout Mysteries from HarperCollins/Avon, including The Good Girl’s Guide To Murder, The Lone Star Lonely Hearts Club, Night Of The Living Deb, and Too Pretty To Die. A sixth title, Say Yes to the Death, will be out in September 2015. Susan has another series with Avon, the River Road Mysteries, starting with To Helen Back, Mad as Helen, and Not a Chance in Helen.
Susan’s first young adult thriller, Very Bad Things, was published in hardcover by Delacorte Press in October of 2014.
In addition to her mysteries, Susan has penned three well-received women’s fiction titles. The Truth About Love & Lightning (02/13) was selected by Target stores for their Emerging Authors program, was a Midwest Connections Pick, and was dubbed "a poignant page-turner" by Publishers Weekly. Little Black Dress spent five weeks on the St. Louis bestsellers list and was a Target Recommended Read. The Cougar Club was selected by Target Stores as a Bookmarked Breakout Title and named a Midwest Connections Pick by the Midwest Booksellers Association. Foreign editions of Susan’s books have been published in France, Turkey, Croatia, and Bulgaria (and coming soon, Lithuania!).
Susan has one nonfiction title available: In the Pink: How I Met the Perfect (Younger) Man, Survived Breast Cancer, and Found True Happiness After 40, which tells her tale of becoming an "accidental Cougar" and marrying a younger man, her cancer diagnosis at age 42, and finding herself pregnant at 47.
She has authored several YA non-mystery novels for Delacorte about debutantes in Houston: The Debs (2008) and Love, Lies, And Texas Dips (2009). Gloves Off, the third book, will be released in late 2015.
In January of 2012, Susan was named one of St. Louis’s "Most Dynamic People of the Year" by the Ladue News. In April of 2012, she was given the "Survivor of the Year" Award by the St. Louis affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. As Susan likes to say, "Life is never boring." Visit Susan’s web site at http://SusanMcBride.com for more scoop.
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