內容簡介
過時偵探A nude female corpse has been found floating in a large reservoir just south of Bristol. In order to solve the mystery of the "Lady in the Lake," Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond must locate two missing letters attributed to Jane Austen and defy his superiors on the force to save a woman unjustlyaccusedof murder. This is the first of the Peter Diamond series; it won the 1992 Anthony Boucher Award for Best Mystery Novel.
中文簡介
裸體女性的屍體被發現漂浮在一個大型水庫南面布里斯托。為了解開這個謎題的“女士在湖中,“偵探管理者彼得鑽石必須定位兩個失蹤的信件歸功於簡。奧斯汀與違抗上司的力,無法挽救女患者不公正的指控犯有謀殺罪。這是第一次的彼得金剛石系列,它獲得了1992年的安東尼·最好的偵探小說獎。
作者簡介
Peter Lovesey is the author of 26 highly praised mystery novels and has been awarded the CWA Gold, Silver, and Diamond Daggers (for Lifetime Achievement) as well as many US honors. He lives in West Sussex, England.
彼得Lovesey是作者的推理小說,26高度讚揚被授予CWA金,銀,鑽石匕首(終生成就獎)以及美國的許多榮譽。他住在西蘇塞克斯,英格蘭。
媒體評論
"irascible, corpulent, cynical Chief Superintendent Peter Diamond of the Avon and Somerset murder squad attributes Britain's decline as a world power to the abolition of capital punishment in 1964. Spurning computer gadgetry, he sticks to common sense, index cards and gumshoeing: ``Knocking on doors. That's how we get results.'' The almost clueless case of the naked woman's body found floating in Chew Valley Lake poses a supreme challenge for the detective, who is anxious to clear his name of recent charges of brutality. The belated identification of the victim as actress Geraldine Snoo, written out of a BBC soap opera two years before, leads to one surprise after another, including the claim of the victim's professor husband that she had tried to kill him, and culminating in the suspenseful trial of divorced mother Dana Didrikson whom Geraldine had accused of trying to steal her husband. Diamond refutes genetic fingerprinting evidence against Dana and, in a stunning last scene, reveals the killer's identity. Lovesy, winner of a Silver Dagger Award for waxwork and a Golden Dagger for The False Inspector Dew, uses Bath as his setting, treating us to a great chase through the Roman baths for which the town is named. This witty novel gets the new Perfect Crime imprint (formerly Crime Club) off to a flying start."
--Publishers Weekly
“暴躁,憤世嫉俗,肥胖的主要管理者彼得的鑽石和英國薩默塞特郡雅芳的謀殺英國球隊屬性世界強國中的地位逐漸衰弱,死刑的廢除,在1964年。電腦機械的拒絕,他堅持常識,索引卡片和gumshoeing:‘挨家挨戶地敲門。那就是我們如何得到結果。“幾乎無能的情況下全裸的女人的身體發現漂浮在咀嚼山谷湖構成了一個最大的挑戰是誰的偵探,急於洗清他的名聲,最近的指控的殘暴行為。雖然是遲來的識別受害者作為演員傑拉爾丁Snoo,寫出來的前兩年BBC肥皂劇,導致一個接一個驚喜,包括受害者的教授主張的老公說他想殺他,最後在懸疑的審理離婚母親黛娜Didrikson就是傑拉爾丁控告企圖偷她的丈夫。鑽石駁斥證據起訴戴娜遺傳指紋分析,並且在一個驚人的最後一個鏡頭,揭示了兇手的身份。Lovesy,獲獎者的銀匕首獎座蠟像罷了,一個金色的匕首為虛假檢查員露水,使用沐浴成為他的設定,治療一位偉大的追逐我們通過羅馬浴池,這個小鎮的名字。這個詼諧的新最好的犯罪小說得到印記(原犯罪俱樂部)了一個飛行開始。”
——出版商每周
