A Darker Domain: A Novel

作者 Val McDermid著
出版社 Harper Collins
出版时间 2010年6月第1版
ISBN 9780061688997
定价 128.00

内容简介

PastandpresentintertwineinthisbrilliantexplorationofloyaltyandgreedfrombestsellingmistressofsuspenseValMcDermid.Fife,Scotland,1984.MickPrenticeabandonshisfamilyattheheightofapoliticallychargednationalminers'striketojointhestrikebreakersdownsouth.Despisedanddisownedbyfriendsandrelatives,heisnotreportedmissinguntiltwenty-threeyearslater.Fife,Scotland,1985.KidnappedheiressCatrionaMaclennanGrantiskilledandherbabysonvanisheswhentheransompayoffgoeshorriblywrong.In2008,atouristinTuscanystumblesupondramaticnewevidencethatreopenstheinvestigation.AlreadyimmersedinthePrenticeaffair,DetectiveKarenPirie,newlyappointedheadoftheColdCaseReviewTeam,wantstomakehermarkwiththissecondunsolved1980smystery.Buttwodecades'worthofsecretsareleadingPirieintoadarkdomainofviolenceandbetrayal—aplacedarkerthananyshehaspreviouslyentered.

作者简介

VALMcDERMIDistheinternationallybestsellingauthorofmorethantwentycrimenovels.ShehaswontheCWAGoldDaggerAwardforBestCrimeNoveloftheYearandtheLosAngelesTimesBookPrize;hernovelshavebeenselectedasNewYorkTimesNotableBooksandhavebeenEdgarAwardfinalists.Shewasthe2010recipientoftheCWACartierDiamondDaggerforOutstandingAchievementintheFieldofCrimeWriting.Morethan10millioncopiesofherbookshavebeensoldaroundtheworld.ShelivesinthenorthofEngland.Visitherwebsiteatwww.valmcdermid.com.

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