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Inallhisyearsontheforce,DetectiveChiefInspectorPendragonhadneverseenacorpselikethisone.Aftertheinitialhorror,herecognisedthereferencetothesurrealistpainter,Magritte.Butthatmadethecrimeevenmoresickening-accomplished,asithadbeen,withasickeningferocitywhichplaceditinanotherleaguefromcommonorgardenhomicide.IntheWhitechapelareaofLondoninthe1880s,aperson,whoremainsunidentifiedtothisday,committedaseriesofsadisticmurdersoflocalprostitutes,whichinvolvedelaboratemutilationofthevictims'bodies.Althoughthecontemporarycrimesarenotdirectedexclusivelyatfemaletargets,thereisgrotesquesimilarityinthemindsetofthetwoperpetrators-divided,astheyare,bymorethanacentury.ButPendragonisdeterminedthathispathologicallybrilliantkillerwillnotescapedetection."TheArtofMurder"revealsMichaelWhite'smasteryofacrimegenrethatheismakinguniquelyhisown.
作者简介
MichaelWhitehasbeenaprofessionalmusician,asciencelecturer,newspapercolumnist,scienceeditorforGQmagazineandaseriesconsultantfortheDiscoveryChannel'sTheScienceoftheImpossible.Firstpublishedin1991,heisnowtheauthorof27books,includingthebestsellingEquinoxandTheMediciSecret.HewasawardedtheBookmanPrizeintheUSforbestpopularsciencebookof1998forhisbiographyofIsaacNewton,TheLastSorcererandisanHonoraryResearchFellowatCurtinUniversity.HelivesinPerth,Australiawithhiswifeandfourchildren.FormoreinformationvisitMichaelWhite'swebsiteatwww.michaelwhite.com.au