The Monster in the Box（ 英文原版32开平装 ）.

图书标准信息

• 作者 Ruth Rendell 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 2010-08
• ISBN 9780099548225
• 定价 91.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 352页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

'Hehadnevertoldanyone.Thestrangerelationship,ifitcouldbecalledthat,hadgoneonforyears,decades,andhehadneverbreathedawordaboutit.Hehadkeptsilentbecauseheknewnoonewouldbelievehim.Noneofitcouldbeproved,notthestalking,notthestaresortheconspiratorialsmiles,notthekillings,notanyofthesignsTargohadmadebecauseheknewWexfordknewandcoulddonothingaboutit.'WexfordhadalmostmadeuphismindthathewouldneveragainseteyesonEricTargo'sshort,muscularfigure.Andyettherehewas,backinKingsmarkham,stillwiththatcocky,struttingwalk.Yearsearlier,whenWexfordwasayoungpoliceofficer,awomancalledElsieCarrollhadbeenfoundstrangledinherbedroom.Althoughmanystillhadtheirsuspicionsthatherhusbandwasguilty,noonewasconvicted.Anotherwomanwasstrangledshortlyafterwards,andeverypersonalandprofessionalinstincttoldWexfordthatthekillerwasstillatlarge.AnditwasEricTargo.ApsychopathwhowouldkillagainaAstheChiefInspectorinvestigatesanewcase,RuthRendelllooksbacktothebeginningofWexford'scareer,eventohiscourtshipofthewomanwhowouldbecomehiswife.Thepastisahauntedplace,withcluesandpassionsthatleaveanindelibleimprintonthehereandnow.