内容简介
AmaninaVirginiaprisonawaitsexecutionforthreehorrificmurdershemusthavecommittedbutswearshedidn't...AnaginginvestigatorinNewYorkCityhasseentoomuchandlosttoomuch--andisreadytoleavethedarknessbehind...Butanightmareiscominghome--becauseabrilliant,savage,patientmonsterhasunfinishedbusinessinthebigcity...andahungerthatcanbesatisfiedonlybyfearandtheslow,agonizingdeathofMatthewScudderandthewomanheloves.
作者简介
LawrenceBlockistheauthorofthepopularseries'featuringBernieRhodenbarr,MatthewScudder,andChipHarrison.Over2millioncopiesofLawrenceBlock'sbooksareinprint.HehaspublishedarticlesandshortfictioninAmericanHeritage,Redbook,Playboy,GQ,andTheNewYorkTimes,andhaspublishedseveralcollectionsofshortfictioninbookform,mostrecentlyCollectedMysteryStories.BlockisaGrandMasterofMysteryWritersofAmerica.HehaswontheEdgarandShamusawardsfourtimes,theJapaneseMalteseFalconawardtwice,aswellastheNeroWolfeaward.InFrance,hewasproclaimedaGrandMaitreduRomanNoirandhasbeenawardedtheSociete813trophytwice.BlockwaspresentedwiththekeytothecityofMuncie,Indiana,andisapastpresidentofthePrivateEyeWritersofAmericaandtheMysteryWritersofAmerica.