The Mephisto Club
- 作者
- 出版社 Random House
- 出版时间 2007年8月
- ISBN 9780345477002
- 定价 59.80
内容简介
Evilexists.Evilwalksthestreets.Andevilhasspawnedadiabolicalnewdiscipleinthiswhite-knucklethrillerfromNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorTessGerritsen."PECCAVI"TheLatinwordisscrawledinbloodatthesceneofayoungwoman'sbrutalmurder:IHAVESINNED.It'sachillingChristmasgreetingforBostonmedicalexaminerMauraIslesandDetectiveJaneRizzoli,whoswiftlylinkthevictimtocontroversialcelebritypsychiatristJoyceO'Donnell-Jane'sprofessionalnemesisandmemberofasinistercabalcalledtheMephistoClub.OntopofBeaconHill,theclub'sacolytesdevotethemselvestotheanalysisofevil:Canitbeexplainedbyscience?Doesithaveaphysicalpresence?Dodemonswalktheearth?Drawingonawealthofdarkhistoricaldataandmysteriousreligioussymbolism,theMephistoscholarsaimtoproveastartlingtheory:thatSatanhimselfexistsamongus.Withthegrislyappearanceofacorpseontheirdoorstep,it'sclearthatsomeone-orsomething-isindeedprowlingthecity.Themembersoftheclubbegintofeartheverysubjectoftheirstudy.Couldthismaniacalkillerbeoneoftheirown-orhavetheyinadvertentlysummonedanevilentityfromthedarkness?Delvingdeepintothemostbafflingandunusualcaseoftheircareers,MauraandJaneembarkonaterrifyingjourneytotheveryheartofevil,wheretheyencounteramalevolentfoemoredangerousthananytheyhaveeverfaced...onewhoseworkisonlyjustbeginning."FromtheHardcoveredition."
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