4th of July 精装

图书标准信息

• 作者 Ted Bell 著
• 出版社 Atria Books
• 出版时间 2008-04
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780316710602
• 定价 249.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 392页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Afterlosingoneofitsown,LindsayBoxerandtheWomen’sMurderClubmakeacourageousreturnfortheirfourthandmostchillingcaseever--onethatcouldeasilybetheirlast.Ayounggirliskilledincrossfireafteraroutinearrestgoesterriblywrong,andLt.LindsayBoxerhastodefendherselfagainstachargeofpolicebrutality.Inalandmarktrialthattransfixesthenation,Lindsayfightstosavehercareerandhersanity.Whileawaitingtrial,LindsayescapestothebeautifultownofHalfMoonBay,butthepeacefulcommunitythereisreelingfromastringofunspeakablemurders.WorkingwithherfriendsintheWomen’sMurderClub,Lindsayfindsalinkbetweenthesekillingsandacasesheworkedonyearsbefore--anunsolvedmurderthathashauntedhereversince.Assummercomesintofullswing,Lindsaybattlesforherlifeontwofronts:beforeajudgeandjuryashertrialcomestoaclimax,andfacingunknownadversarieswhowilldoanythingtokeepherfromthetruthaboutthekillings--includingkillingagain.Itallcomestoaheadbeforethebigannual4thofJulycelebrationonthewaterfrontatHalfMoonBay.Pattersonfine-tunesthetensionlikeneverbeforeinthisheart-racingnewnovelinthebestsellingdetectiveseriestodebutinyears.

【作者简介】

JamesB.Patterson(bornMarch22,1947)isanaward-winningAmericanauthor.FormerlyanadvertisingexecutiveforJ.W.Thompsonintheearly1990s,Pattersoncameupwiththeslogan"ToysRUsKid".ShortlyafterhissuccesswithAlongCameASpiderheretiredfromthefirmanddevotedhistimetowriting.Thenovelsfeaturinghischaracter,AlexCross,ablackforensicpsychologistformerlyoftheWashington,D.C.PoliceDepartmentandFederalBureauofInvestigation,nowworkingasaprivatepsychologistandgovernmentconsultant,arethemostpopularbooksamongPattersonreaders.JamesPattersonhasbeencriticizedbyStephenKing,whocalledPatterson'sbooks"dopeythrillers".[citationneeded]Pattersonshruggedoffthecomments,statingthathewantstobethe"thrillingestthrillerwriterofalltime".[citationneeded]JamesPattersonhasalsobeenputasoneofForbesmagazine'stop100celebrities.