内容简介
Atlonglast,LadySybilhasluredherhusband,SamVimes,onawell-deservedholidayawayfromthecrimeandgrimeofAnkh-Morpork.ButforthecommanderoftheCityWatch,avacationinthecountryisanythingbutrelaxing.Theballs,theteas,themuck—nottomentionallthatfreshairandbirdsong—aremorethanabittaxingonacynicalcity-bornand-bredcopper.Yetapolicemanwillfindacrimeanywhereifhedecidestolookhardenough,andit'snotlongbeforeabodyisdiscovered,andSam—outofhisjurisdiction,outofhiselement,andoutofbaconsandwiches(thankstohiswell-meaningwife)—mustrelyonhisinstincts,guile,andstreetsmartstoseejusticedone.Ashesetsoffonthechase,though,hemustremembertowatchwherehesteps....Thisisthecountryside,afterall,andthestreetsmostdefinitelyarenotpavedwithgold.
作者简介
TerryPratchettisoneofthemostpopularlivingauthorsintheworld.Hisfirstshortstory,“TheHadesBusiness,”waspublishedwhenhewasthirteen(inhisschoolmagazine),andcommerciallywhenhewasfifteen;hisfirstfull-lengthbook,TheCarpetPeople,waspublishedwhenhewastwenty-three.Heworkedasajournalistandapressofficer,andcontinuedtowriteandpublishnovels,untilitgottothepointthatthesuccessofhisbooksmeantthatitwascostinghimmoneytogotowork.Pratchett’sacclaimednovelsarebestsellersintheU.S.andtheUnitedKingdom,andhavesoldmorethanseventy-fivemillioncopiesworldwide.InJanuary2009hewasmadeaknightbyQueenElizabethIIinrecognitionofhis“servicestoliterature.”HelivesinEngland,wherehewritesallthe