P is for Peril

图书标准信息

• 作者 Sue Grafton 著
• 出版社 penguin
• 出版时间 2001-06
• ISBN 9780399147197
• 定价 240.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 352页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Dr.DowanPurcellhadbeenmissingfornineweekswhenKinseygotacallaskinghertotakeonthecase.Aspecialistingeriatricmedicine,PurcellwasaprominentmemberoftheSantaTeresamedicalcommunity,andthepolicehaddoneathoroughjob.Purcellhadnoknownenemiesandseemedcontentedwithhislife.Atthetimeofhisdisappearance,hewasrunninganursingcarefacilitywhereboththestaffandthepatientslovedhim.Headoredhissecondwife,Crystal,anddotedontheirtwo-year-oldson.

Itwasn'tCrystalwhocalledKinsey.ItwasPurcell'sex-wife,Fiona.EverythingabouttheirmeetingmadeKinseyuneasy.Fiona'smannerwashigh-handedandherexpectationsunrealistic.Kinsey'sinstinctstoldhertorefusethejob,yetsheendedupsaying,"I'lldowhatIcan,butImakenopromises."

Itwasadecisionshe'dlivetoregret.

PursuingthemysteriousdisappearanceofPurcell,Kinseycrashesintoawallofspeculation.Itseemseveryonehasatheory.Thecopsthinkhewentonabenderandistooashamedtocomehome.FionaissureheranofftogetawayfromCrystal,andCrystalisjustassurehe'sdead.Thestaffatthenursinghomeisconvincedhe'sbeenkidnapped,andoneofhisdaughters,havingconsultedapsychic,iscertainthathe'strappedinadarkplace,thoughshedoesn'tknowwhere.Kinseyisawashinexplanationsandsorelylackinginfacts.Thenpurechanceleadsherinanotherdirection,andshesoonfindsherselfinadangerousshadowland,whereduplicityanddouble-dealingaretherealityand,withthetruthglintingelusivelyoutofreach,shemuststakeherlifeonathinthreadofintuition.