內容簡介
《西雅圖調查員p .博蒙特打開了一個黑暗和致命陰謀,深深觸及州政府的大廳,在最新的《紐約時報》暢銷書作家j . a . Jance
乍看之下,視頻似乎顯示一個幼稚的遊戲:一個十幾歲的女孩深色捲髮相機的微笑,一個藍色的圍巾系在脖子上。突如其來的殺人的做事,並且女孩最終死亡。
這是同樣糟糕的電影可以得到扼殺,更糟糕的是,夾有被發現在一個電話,屬於孫子華盛頓州州長。但是,這個男孩,他有一個麻煩的背景,發誓說他從未見過受害者之前。
幸運的是,總督是能夠把一個老朋友,j . p .博蒙特,尋求幫助。西雅圖私家偵探發生了許多恐怖行為在過去的幾年中,但這是在西部前列。更讓人吃驚的是,犯罪的多重兇手可能是未成年人。
隨著梅爾Soames,他的生命中的伴侶以及在工作時,博蒙特很快決定了什麼最初似乎是一個幼稚的惡作劇出差錯已經更深的含義。梅爾和博必須跟隨這條路徑的盡頭的腐敗,在更多無辜的年輕生命是迷路了。
原文
Seattle investigator J. P. Beaumont uncovers a dark and deadly conspiracy that reaches deep into the halls of state government, in this latest thriller from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance
At first glance, the video appears to be showing a childish game: a teenage girl with dark wavy hair smiles for the camera, a blue scarf tied around her neck. All of a sudden things turnmurderous, and the girl ends up dead.
It’s as bad as a snuff film can get, and what’s worse, the clip has been discovered on a phone that belongs to thegrandsonof Washington State’s governor. However, the boy, who has a troubled background, swears that he’s never seen the victim before.
Fortunately, the governor is able to turn to an old friend, J. P. Beaumont, for help. The Seattle private investigator has witnessed many horrific acts over the years, but this one ranks near the top. Even more shocking is that the crime’s multiple perpetrators could be minors.
Along with Mel Soames, his partner in life as well as on the job, Beaumont soon determines that what initially appears to be a childish prank gone wrong has much deeper implications. But Mel and Beau must follow this path of corruption to its very end, before more innocent young lives are lost.
作者簡介
答:Jance >現在考慮令人印象深刻的職業-包括兩個大型流行的神秘系列和地位——紐約時報》上的暢銷書,很難相信她最初強烈勸阻文學喜好。一個chauvinistic創意寫作教授建議她去尋找一個更“文雅”的工作,如護士或教師。此外,酒鬼丈夫(模仿一個失敗的福克納)向她保證,在家庭中有房間只有一個作家,他很自負。決心使她注定要失敗的婚姻的工作,Jance把她的寫作在冷板凳上。”但是當她的丈夫睡了,她在內臟的詩歌最終會被收集在火里。
Jance下選擇使用她的艱難時刻更可能的方式。鼓勵嘗試寫小說編輯的嘗試失敗後true-crime書,她創造了j . p .博蒙特,殺人偵探品位酒。博蒙特的喝酒的問題顯然是與Jance令人生畏的經驗,她的第一個丈夫;但是,隨著她解釋說:“博蒙特足夠聰明才能清醒過來,一旦問題被帶到他的注意。我的丈夫,另一方面,死於慢性酒精中毒享年42歲。“所以,從不幸增長最受歡迎的角色之一在現代神秘小說。博蒙特1985年問世的,直到被證明有罪,經過多年的她的寫作生涯推遲,Jance在她的道路。
作為一種光到黑暗在於著,她的第二個系列Jance創建於1991年。靈感來自於作者的幸福當作一個媽媽,一群勇敢的小鎮警長喬安娜·布雷迪被介紹在沙漠熱量和達成與讀者直接和弦。在2005年,Jance增添了第三個故事序列和邊她邪惡的曲目,具有阿里雷諾前電視節目reporter-turned-professional部落格。
因此,冒險繼續!如Jance事業的非凡的在任何情況下,但考慮到她克服障礙成為暢銷書,批判性地讚譽的小說家,她的故事是令人信服的。她解釋說:“一個奇妙的事情是,當一個作家的一切————哪怕是最壞的事情是可用的。”
原文
Considering J. A. Jance's now impressive career -- which includes two massively popular mystery series and status as a New York Times bestseller -- it may be difficult to believe that she was initially strongly discouraged from literary pursuits. A chauvinistic creative writing professor advised her to seek out a more "ladylike" job, such as nurse or schoolteacher. Moreover, her alcoholic husband (a failed Faulkner wannabe) assured her there was room in the family for only one writer, and he was it. Determined to make her doomed marriage work, Jance put her writing on the back burner. But while her husband slept, she penned the visceral poems that would eventually be collected in After the Fire.
Jance next chose to use her hard times in a more unlikely manner. Encouraged by an editor to try writing fiction after a failed attempt at a true-crime book, she created J. P. Beaumont, a homicide detective with a taste for booze. Beaumont's drinking problem was clearly linked to Jance's dreadful experiences with her first husband; but, as she explains it: "Beaumont was smart enough to sober up, once the problem was brought to his attention. My husband, on the other hand, died of chronicalcoholismat age 42." So, from misfortune grew one of the most popular characters in modern mystery fiction. Beaumont debuted in 1985's Until Proven Guilty -- and, after years of postponing her writing career, Jance was on her way.
As a sort of light flipside to the dark Beaumont, Jance created her second series in 1991. Inspired by the writer's happier role as a mom,pluckysmall-town sheriff Joanna Brady was introduced in Desert Heat and struck an immediate chord with readers. In 2005, Jance added a third story sequence to her repertoire with Edge of Evil, featuring Ali Reynolds, a former TV reporter-turned-professional blogger.
And so, the adventures continue! A career such as Jance's would be extraordinary under any circumstances, but considering the obstacles sheovercameto become a bestselling, critically acclaimed novelist, her tale is all the morecompelling. As she explains it: "One of the wonderful things about being a writer is that everything -- even the bad stuff -- is usable."
