內容簡介
真藍Mason "Mace" Perry was afirebrandcop on the D.C. police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She lost everything-herbadge, her career, her freedom-and spent two years in prison. Now she's back on the outside and focused onOne Mission: to be a cop once more. Her only shot to be a true blue again is to solve a major case on her own, and prove she has the right to wear the uniform. But even with her police chief sister on her side, she has to work in the shadows: A vindictive U.S. attorney is looking for any reason to send Mace back behind bars. Then Roy Kingman enters her life.
Roy is a young lawyer who aided the poor until he took a high-paying job at a law firm in Washington. Mace and Roy meet after he discovers the dead body of a female partner at the firm. As they investigate the death, they start uncovering surprising secrets from both the private and public world of the nation's capital.
Soon, what began as a fairly routinehomicidetakes a terrifying and unexpected turn-into something complex, diabolical, and possibly lethal.
中文簡介
梅森“鐧”佩里是一個充滿熱情的警察在特區警察誣陷,直到她被綁架,是一種罪過。她失去了everything-her徽章,她的職業生涯,她花了兩年的監禁的庇佑之下。現在她的背在外面,並集中在一個任務:當個警察一次。她唯一的槍又成為一個真正的藍色是解決她自己在大部分情況下,證明她有權穿制服。即使她的警察局長妹妹她身邊,她必須工作在陰影里:一個報復心強的美國檢察官正在尋找任何理由送鐧後面的酒吧。然後羅伊Kingman進入她的生活。
羅伊是一個年輕的律師,直到他把幫助窮人一份高薪的工作在一個律師在華盛頓。梅斯和羅伊後見他發現的屍體在一個女性伴侶的公司。為調查死亡,他們開始揭露驚人的秘密私人和公眾的世界國家的首都。
不久,這雖是一個相當程式需要一個可怕的兇殺案的和意想不到的turn-into一些複雜,毒辣,並可能致命。
作者簡介
David Baldacci lives with his family in Virginia. He and his wife have founded the Wish You Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America.
戴維·鮑爾達奇，1960年出生於美國維吉尼亞，從中學開始就養成了寫作的習慣，習慣於專注觀察周遭事物以獲取靈感。從維吉尼亞聯邦大學獲得政治學學士學位後，他又從維吉尼亞大學獲得了法學學位。作為一名辯護律師和商務律師，鮑爾達奇先生在華盛頓法律界工作了9年，豐富的司法經驗為他從事推理、犯罪小說寫作奠定了深厚的基礎。1996年，鮑爾達奇出版了他的第一部長篇小說《絕對權力》，該書隨即成為了全美暢銷書，並獲得多項文學大獎。此後，戴維·鮑爾達奇幾乎以每年一本新書的速度，迅速成為美國暢銷小說界的新星。他的書被翻譯成37種語言，發行多達80多個國家，全球銷售量超過四千萬冊。
媒體評論
"Fast-paced and entertaining."
--Kirkus
"[Baldacci] delivers his usual intricate plotting and sets the stage nicely for highly competent Beth and impulsive,streetwiseMace to take on more bad guys."
--Publishers Weekly
"Baldacci has proven his ability to write well-paced thrillers that combine crime and politics in locations ranging from mean streets to opulent mansions."
--Booklist
“快節奏和有趣。”
——這個
“[Baldacci]提供了他一貫的錯綜複雜的策劃,並設定好,為階段非常能幹的貝絲和衝動,streetwise鐧去承擔更多的壞傢伙。”
——出版商每周
“Baldacci已經證明他的寫作能力well-paced驚悚犯罪和政治上的結合位置,從街道上豪華的公寓裡。”
——書目
