Fear in the Sunlight

图书标准信息

• 作者 Nicola Upson 著
• 出版社 Faber and Faber Crime
• 出版时间 2012-09
• ISBN 9780571246373
• 定价 80.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 432页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Summer,1936.Thewriter,JosephineTey,joinsherfriendsintheholidayvillageofPortmeiriontocelebrateherfortiethbirthday.AlfredHitchcockandhiswife,AlmaReville,aretheretosignadealtofilmJosephine'snovel,AShillingforCandles,andHitchcockhasoneortwotricksuphissleevetokeeptheholidaypartyentertained-andexposetheirdeepestfears.
ButthingsgetoutofhandwhenoneofHollywood'sleadingactressesisbrutallyslashedtodeathinacemeterynearthevillage.Thefollowingday,asfearandsuspiciontakeoverinasettingwherenothing-andnoone-isquitewhatitseems,ChiefInspectorArchiePenrosebecomesincreasinglyunsatisfiedwiththewaytheinvestigationisultimatelyresolved.Severalyearslater,anotherhorrificmurder,againlinkedtoaHitchcockmovie,drivesPenrosebacktothesceneoftheoriginalcrimetouncovertheshockingtruth.

【作者简介】

NicolaUpsonwasborninSuffolkandreadEnglishatDowningCollege,Cambridge.Shehasworkedintheatreandasafreelancejournalist,andistheauthoroftwonon-fictionworksandtherecipientofanEscalatorAwardfromtheArtsCouncilEngland.Herdebutnovel,AnExpertinMurder,wasthefirstinaseriesofcrimenovelswhosemaincharacterisJosephineTey-oneoftheleadingauthorsofBritain'sGoldenAgeofcrimewriting.SheliveswithherpartnerinCambridgeandspendsmuchofhertimeinCornwall,whichwasthesettingforhersecondnovel,AngelwithTwoFaces.TwoforSorrowisthethirdbookintheJosephineTeyseries,followedbyFearintheSunlight.