時值十九世紀末，位於倫敦黑石南區的艾柏特宅邸與距離一哩之遙的維多利亞別莊，住著有親屬關係的兩戶人家。他們就和當時的一般家族一樣：關係和樂，往來密切。然而，這個大家族在短短幾個月內竟死了三個人。 十七歲的保羅無法接受父親驟然辭世，更不相信他的死因是單純的食物中毒，繼外祖母也因同樣原因而暴斃之後，保羅決心追查事件的真相，卻不意揭露出一椿椿駭人的醜聞，還把私心愛慕的女子伊莎貝兒送上了殺人嫌犯的位置。 再過幾禮拜，下毒殺人罪刑確定的伊莎貝兒就要被處決了…… 年輕聰明又不服輸的保羅面對重重打擊，卻束手無策，在此千鈞一髮之際，他要如何突破困境，找出真兇，將楚楚可憐的伊莎貝兒救出絕境呢？

作者：禾田 2005-04-02 13:46:10 邮差总敲两次门 在命运之神冥冥的操控下，人性的把握是一个有多大限度的挣扎。当命运之神出奇地宽容，人的本性又是如何地将之躏踏。网无所不网，也许你并不想去了解，其实了解了对你并没有多大的好处、其实了不了解对你的生活并没有太大的影响。如果你还有兴趣想听一听的话，我来跟你讲一讲这样的一本小说，作者是美国的小说硬派大师：詹姆斯·凯恩（1892-1977），小说《邮差总敲两次门》是他的成名作，作家也因此被称为黑色浪漫小说的艺术巨匠。 《邮差总敲两次门》(The postman always rings twice) 讲述了一个年轻流浪汉弗兰克为得到美丽的老板娘科拉，而老板娘科拉又想摆脱她的墨西哥丈夫，于是两人共同谋划了一起交通事故杀死老板。老板被杀死了，两人也因此被捕。在庭审阶段，所有的爱与承诺都变得软弱无力，深涵心理的检察官与律师牢牢地控制着审判的局面，而局面又最终被以金钱利益为中心的保险公司所牢牢控制，于是，两人奇迹般地死里逃生，开始了向往的自由生活。但是，真正的二人世界并未使预想中的爱情更加地伟大，一次律师的敲诈被他们共同击退，一次婚外情却让他们彻底地绝裂。在现实种种的压力下，爱显得脆弱。最后时刻，女方由于怀孕而给了爱情最后一次机会，两人一起来到海里游泳，这既是一次复合的机会，也提供了“深海溺水”这样一个死亡的借口，以让伪善背后的邪恶从容地出现。最终，是大海与孩子的感召，两人重新走回一起。心绪随情节起伏，紧绷的弦终于为爱舒了一口气，可这时，命运再次弄人，在送夫人往医院生产途中，发生了意外车祸，女人死了。命运的邮差敲响了第二次门，男人因此被无辜地认定为故意杀人罪而判以极刑。这里爱与人性的刻画也让人感到震撼。爱情的突然与热烈；在生存危机中爱情的孤告无力，爱恨交加，由爱转恨。 读到这里，天网恢恢的感觉反而不是对于公正的法律而言，深切感到命数的轮回与现实的儿戏。小说的魅力在于此，虚构的情节，让邪恶溜走，将美丽抹杀。想他死的时候他不死，想他活的时候却又将其送离了人间。人间的真相本非我等所能参透，从不同的角度探求得出不同的观感。有些是点与面的不同，有些只能留待时间去慢慢地考证。在相对时空的应证下，人世间存留多少真正的繁华与永恒。邮差总敲两次门，我们可以去追求片面的欢乐，却更要叩问自我与人性的真实，如周国平语：“未经参省的人生不是真正的人生”。 回到本话题，小说写到这里，除了描述主人公命运的悲哀，更加痛斥的，是在资本现实社会下，所谓法律执行者们的奴性。他们所关心的，是他们的名利地位，即使真相对他们来说是一清二楚，即使法律对他们而言也是了如指掌，但那是工具而已，法律的公平与公正，是有代价的。 天网恢恢，不单指法律，更多的是指心灵的阴影，这，才是最终取人于无形。没有那次车祸，同样会有第二次的敲门。

有的人悲傷時會發火，有的人是默默出神，有的人寫奇怪的信，艾芙鈴．梅麗可則是到處打匿名電話；她的外表看來無異常人，卻比任何人都更具危險性。 她對人性的弱點知之甚詳，對不同的人，她採用不同的手段，針對個人特有的恐懼予以致命一擊，讓你毫無還手的餘地；她所憎恨的人就算能逃過一死，也必定會在心靈上留下永難磨滅的傷痕。 只是你所看見的她並不是她，她所看見的她也不是她…… 完全驚悚的陌生體驗，即將向你侵襲，請凝神靜候。

马丁·艾米斯就是新生的福楼拜，再世的乔伊斯。 ——索尔·贝娄 一个真实的故事，一个有关谋杀的故事，一个含有爱的故事，甚至是一个四处充斥且进溅着幽默、性和时不时让人目眩神迷的言语的惊悚故事，艾米斯对当下无比尖锐的关注让人无时无刻不处于亢奋中。 ——《独立日报》 残酷无情，悲情激荡，让读者犹如被催眠一般一气读就……艾米斯是这个时代令人癫狂的大师级作家，需要你做的，唯有静心阅读。 ——《出版人周刊》 ================================================= 《马丁·艾米斯作品：伦敦场地》将故事时间设定在1999年，但讽刺的矛头仍然是八十年代的英国。 叙述了一个三十四岁的妓女（妮可拉·西克斯）行将被杀死的过程，“一个男女之间老掉牙的故事”。问题在于：谁将杀死她？是下流无耻的骗子基思·泰伦特——一个地道的伦敦酒徒，还是富有、高大、情感极具依赖性的盖伊·克林奇？但这个问题直到最后都没有确切的答案。“伦敦场地”既是伦敦市区内的一处场所，也是后现代西方世界的荒凉象征。千禧之年，“大难”将至，女主人公妮可拉·西克斯精心策划，试图引诱两位男主人公——酒吧无赖基思和光鲜体面的盖伊——将自己奸杀。为了达到这一不可思议的目的，她毫无顾忌地对前者使用金钱加肉弹的手段，对后者则费尽心思地灌输俗不可耐的骑士精神；同样不可思议的是，她竟然可以用美色引诱叙述者萨姆森·扬，让这个行将被绝症多得生命的二流作家改变故事情节，使他自己成为了这场谋杀游戏的超级同谋。这部小说巧妙地表现了充满死亡焦虑的“末世情结”。自杀、谋杀、被杀或奸杀，这些虚拟的暴力意象构成了小说总体的死亡氛围。这里的死不仅是肉体之死，而且也是精神之死，信仰之死，灵魂之死，是世界的末日，是存在的终结，是大难临头前人类的自戕。

本书是迄今为止国内外首次出版的一部全面反映《红楼梦》庚辰本原貌（包括其脂批）的校订本。 本书所据底本，是现存十一种《红楼梦》古抄本中最完整、最真切地体现了曹雪芹生前最后定本原貌的一种，由徐星署先生1932年在北京隆福寺发现收藏，由其后人无偿捐赠给燕京大学图书馆，今藏北京大学图书馆。此本与胡适先生1927年发现收藏的甲戌本（残本）堪称双璧，属国宝级珍贵抄本。今据人民文学出版社1975、1993年出版的两种影印本校点排印，并收录了原底本及影印本上的相关资料。 本书与过去所出通行印本最大的不同之处，是严格按照曹雪芹生前底本的原貌校订排印的。不仅可以从中窥见作者最后定本的真实原文，还可以直接品味到作者的“红颜知己”脂砚斋在庚辰原本上留下的2100余条珍贵批语（其中大部分和此前本社出版的甲戌校本上的批语不同）。具有很高的艺术欣赏价值、学术研究价值和版本珍藏价值。 本书的校订，在《红楼梦》文本（包括脂批）的正本清源上有重大突破，值得引起各界人士关注。

《婚礼的成员》被认为是麦卡勒斯最成熟的作品，上世纪50年代由她本人改编为戏剧在百老汇连续上演501场，获得巨大成功。主人公是个小姑娘，她的梦想，就是参加哥哥的婚礼，然后和他们一起去度蜜月，远走高飞。但是在小姑娘的世界里，“在那个绿色的、疯狂的夏季”，每一个孤独的人都被深锁在各自的内心空间，无法进行任何有意义的交流。

In her most masterful novel of medical suspense, New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen creates a villain of unforgettable evil--and the one woman who can catch him before he kills again. He slips into their homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, unaware of the horrors they soon will endure. The precision of the killer's methods suggests he is a deranged man of medicine, propelling the Boston newspapers and the frightened public to name him "The Surgeon." The cops' only clue rests with another surgeon, the victim of a nearly identical crime. Two years ago, Dr. Catherine Cordell fought back and killed her attacker before he could complete his assault. Now she hides her fears of intimacy behind a cool and elegant exterior and a well-earned reputation as a top trauma surgeon. Cordell's careful facade is about to crack as this new killer recreates, with chilling accuracy, the details of Cordell's own ordeal. With every new murder he seems to be taunting her, cutting ever closer, from her hospital to her home. Her only comfort comes from Thomas Moore, the detective assigned to the case. But even Moore cannot protect Cordell from a brilliant hunter who somehow understands--and savors--the secret fears of every woman he kills. Filled with the authentic detail that is the trademark of this doctor turned author . . . and peopled with rich and complex characters--from the ER to the squad room to the city morgue--here is a thriller of unprecedented depth and suspense. Exposing the shocking link between those who kill and cure, punish and protect, The Surgeon is Tess Gerritsen's most exciting accomplishment yet.

一切的緣起都是伊斯坦堡。在那兒，推理小說家拉緹莫從哈奇上校口中聽到狄米崔．馬克鮑洛斯的名字；在那兒，拉緹莫見到狄米崔的屍體：遭人刺死並丟棄大海中如人渣般飄流後，被一名漁夫從博斯普魯斯海峽打撈起來。 謎樣的狄米崔，渺小可悲的屍體，勾起了拉緹莫的好奇心，展開一連串揭祕之旅。日內瓦、巴黎，謀殺、暗殺、販毒及雙面間諜案，拉緹莫一步一步走進狄米崔的世界，死亡也一步一步向他逼近……

Book Description Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. "It is time," he said, for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything." Amazon.com As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. It's been yet another infuriating and boring summer with the despicable Dursleys, this time with minimal contact from our hero's non-Muggle friends from school. Harry is feeling especially edgy at the lack of news from the magic world, wondering when the freshly revived evil Lord Voldemort will strike. Returning to Hogwarts will be a relief... or will it? The fifth book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series follows the darkest year yet for our young wizard, who finds himself knocked down a peg or three after the events of last year. Somehow, over the summer, gossip (usually traced back to the magic world's newspaper, the Daily Prophet) has turned Harry's tragic and heroic encounter with Voldemort at the Triwizard Tournament into an excuse to ridicule and discount the teen. Even Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of the school, has come under scrutiny by the Ministry of Magic, which refuses to officially acknowledge the terrifying truth that Voldemort is back. Enter a particularly loathsome new character: the toadlike and simpering ("hem, hem") Dolores Umbridge, senior undersecretary to the Minister of Magic, who takes over the vacant position of Defense Against Dark Arts teacher--and in no time manages to become the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts, as well. Life isn't getting any easier for Harry Potter. With an overwhelming course load as the fifth years prepare for their Ordinary Wizarding Levels examinations (O.W.Ls), devastating changes in the Gryffindor Quidditch team lineup, vivid dreams about long hallways and closed doors, and increasing pain in his lightning-shaped scar, Harry's resilience is sorely tested. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, more than any of the four previous novels in the series, is a coming-of-age story. Harry faces the thorny transition into adulthood, when adult heroes are revealed to be fallible, and matters that seemed black-and-white suddenly come out in shades of gray. Gone is the wide-eyed innocent, the whiz kid of Sorcerer's Stone. Here we have an adolescent who's sometimes sullen, often confused (especially about girls), and always self-questioning. Confronting death again, as well as a startling prophecy, Harry ends his year at Hogwarts exhausted and pensive. Readers, on the other hand, will be energized as they enter yet again the long waiting period for the next title in the marvelous, magical series. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter From School Library Journal Grade 4 Up-Harry has just returned to Hogwarts after a lonely summer. Dumbledore is uncommunicative and most of the students seem to think Harry is either conceited or crazy for insisting that Voldemort is back and as evil as ever. Angry, scared, and unable to confide in his godfather, Sirius, the teen wizard lashes out at his friends and enemies alike. The head of the Ministry of Magic is determined to discredit Dumbledore and undermine his leadership of Hogwarts, and he appoints nasty, pink-cardigan-clad Professor Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and High Inquisitor of the school, bringing misery upon staff and students alike. This bureaucratic nightmare, added to Harry's certain knowledge that Voldemort is becoming more powerful, creates a desperate, Kafkaesque feeling during Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts. The adults all seem evil, misguided, or simply powerless, so the students must take matters into their own hands. Harry's confusion about his godfather and father, and his apparent rejection by Dumbledore make him question his own motives and the condition of his soul. Also, Harry is now 15, and the hormones are beginning to kick in. There are a lot of secret doings, a little romance, and very little Quidditch or Hagrid (more reasons for Harry's gloom), but the power of this book comes from the young magician's struggles with his emotions and identity. Particularly moving is the unveiling, after a final devastating tragedy, of Dumbledore's very strong feelings of attachment and responsibility toward Harry. Children will enjoy the magic and the Hogwarts mystique, and young adult readers will find a rich and compelling coming-of-age story as well. Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library From Booklist *Starred Review* No, you can't put it down, but believe me, you'll wish you could. This is not an easy book to lug around. Its worldwide hype aside, the fifth installment in Harry Potter's saga should be judged on the usual factors: plot, characters, and the quality of the writing. So how does it fare? One thing emerges quickly: Rowling has not lost her flair as a storyteller or her ability to keep coming up with new gimcracks to astound her readers. But her true skills lie in the way she ages Harry, successfully evolving him from the once downtrodden yet hopeful young boy to this new, gangly teenager showing all the symptoms of adolescence--he is sullen, rude, and contemptuous of adult behavior, especially hypocrisy. This last symptom of the maturing Harry fits especially well into the plot, which finds almost all of the grown-ups in the young wizard's life saying one thing and doing another, especially those at the Ministry of Magic, who discredit Harry in the media to convince the citizenry that Voldemort is not alive. Rowling effectively uses this plot strand as a way of introducing a kind of subtext in which she takes on such issues as governmental lying and the politics of personal destruction, but she makes her points in ways that will be clearly understood by young readers. To fight for truth and justice--and to protect Harry--the Order of the Phoenix has been reconstituted, but young Potter finds squabbling and hypocrisy among even this august group. And in a stunning and bold move, Rowling also allows Harry (and readers) to view an incident from the life of a teenage James Potter that shows him to be an insensitive bully, smashing the iconic view Harry has always had of his father. Are there problems with the book? Sure. Even though children, especially, won't protest, it could be shorter, particularly since Rowling is repetitious with descriptions (Harry is always "angry"; ultimate bureaucrat Doris Umbridge always looks like a toad). But these are quibbles about a rich, worthy effort that meets the very high expectations of a world of readers. Ilene Cooper From AudioFile Harry is 15, angry and alienated. Gone is the eager, wet-behind-the-ears boy wizard. He's morphed into a surly teenager. The story is slow to start, but a peerless performance by Jim Dale spins even long passages of exposition into gold. Once Harry reaches Hogwarts, the pace accelerates and the fun begins. Voldemort is secretly marshalling the dark wizards for war, the new Dark Arts teacher runs Hogwarts like a fascist state, and Harry learns of an ancient prophecy explaining his psychic connection to Voldemort. More thoughtful, missing the playfulness of earlier adventures, this artful coming-of-age story provides the perfect backdrop for Harry's adolescent angst and awakening consciousness. Dale's wizardry transports listeners to places Muggle and magical, and Rowling's inventive plot shifts and fresh characters make this "must listening" for older Potter fans. S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award Book Dimension : length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.9

自幼受貧窮所苦的他,是個金髮碧眼、既聰明又英俊的年輕人，從軍中退役之後，處心積慮的選擇了中西部一所富家子弟雲集的大學就讀，意圖藉婚姻之助躋身豪門；如今，他的完美計畫卻因為女友桃樂絲懷孕並且拒絕墮胎而受阻。他不如何是好，但心靈深處的那隱伏著的邪惡靈魂竟受到挑逗,使他一步步向撒旦臣服......

一家隱密的美食餐廳不定時供應一種人間極品－－阿米斯丹羊肉。但同時店裡卻不斷有一些神祕事件發生……終於，某天老闆答應熟客拉夫勒參觀廚房，拉夫勒開開心心地走了進去，但是，怪事才正要發生……還有，井然有序的阿部畢先生將如何擺平他的第六任妻子？博大精深的棋藝世界如何改變小職員的一生？高不可攀的豪門就近在眼前，帥哥亞瑟能否得到「最美好的一切」？本書收錄美國近代短篇推理懸疑大師史丹利．艾林的十個短篇推理小說，篇篇精采，絕無冷場！艾林的推理小說雖是不好確認的非正統推理小說，但他的〈本店招牌菜〉充滿懸疑，不到最後一行字不能想像其結局。

Each volume contains notes, addenda and synopses, and the sixth and final volume also includes a guide to the complete work.

「偵探流派」轉向「犯罪流派」的里程碑巨作 三○年代引發強烈爭議的禁書， 兩度被好萊塢拍成情慾電影的異色小說！ 一個以公路為家、四處漂泊的流浪漢，行經一家公路客店時，為女主人的姿色所惑，而與之暗通款曲，並合謀聯手。第一次計畫因保險絲斷裂而告失敗，第二次製造假意外而一舉成功。二人原本可高枕無憂，廝守終生，然而因為個性之差異及對彼此的不信任而終至露出破綻，難逃天理的制裁。《郵差總按兩次鈴》寫的不是愛情，而是赤裸裸的慾望。男主角法蘭克是那種潛入偷乘火車或卡車的流浪漢，女主角則是公路旁小餐廳的年輕老闆娘，嫁了一個比自己老很多的油膩希臘人，終日埋首於髒碗盤之中，一肚子枉費青春的怨恨。兩人相識不及數日就有了姦情，他們不是那種會談情說愛的社會階層，一切都來得直接，憑乎本能。當他們決心聯手殺掉女主角的丈夫，故事的張力就大了起來，而這正是犯罪小說最精采的地方，準確地描寫犯罪者的理由以及他們的行為、心理狀態。

最受時尚界喜愛的「帶槍聖者」 「冷硬派大師」錢德勒傳人的成名作 粗獷細膩又尖刻柔情，嘴巴很毒又內心純良！ 一份珍貴的十四世紀彩繪手卷在校園中失竊了，校方接獲勒贖電話後，請來私家頓偵探史賓瑟協尋失竊手卷。在調查過程中，史賓瑟不僅要和難纏的激進極左派革命組織周旋，還必須深入校園追查真相。更糟糕的是，學生陸續被人謀殺、陷害，讓人文氣息濃厚的波士頓校園危機四伏。這回，言辭犀利、玩世不恭的史賓瑟該如何幫助學子，揪出幕後的共犯結構呢？該怎麼樣來看史賓瑟這位廣受讀者愛戴的偵探？也許我們應該把他放在美國犯罪小說的歷史脈絡來看。當美國犯罪小說革命的兩大健將雷蒙．錢德勒和達許．漢密特相繼去世以後，熱愛他們小說的讀者們莫不盼望找到一位足堪接任的後繼者，能把推理小說的美國「法統」薪火相傳下去……的確，史賓瑟極可能是後來小說角色中最得馬羅精髓的傳人，他既粗獷又細膩，既尖刻又柔情，嘴巴很壞卻又內心純良；他在殘酷大街上與壞人周旋，卻不失他自己簡單一致的信仰。這的確是硬漢偵探的優良傳統，也是美國革命的命脈所繫……

The main character of John Irving's second novel, written when the author was twenty-nine, is a perpetual graduate student with a birth defect in his urinary tract--and a man on the threshold of committing himself to a second marriage that bears remarkable resemblance to his first.... "Three or four times as funny as most novels." THE NEW YORKER

When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire - to a time when an impetuous young woman called Midori marches into his life and he has to choose between the future and the past. (20021018) 点击链接进入中文版： 挪威的森林

When physicist Michael Shelborne mysteriously vanishes, his son Shel discovers that he had constructed a time travel device. Following his father's trail through history-from the enlightenment of Renaissance Italy through the American Wild West to the civil-right upheavals of the 20th century-Shel makes a devastating discovery that sends him feeling back through the ages, and changes his life forever.

推理小說史上最綺麗浪漫的「海邊遊俠」探案 勞倫斯．卜洛克強力推薦的頹廢私探推理 男人不壞女人不愛的最佳典範，風行全美的另類男性童話！ 凱西有一筆來路不明的鉅額遺產，卻被狡猾無恥的惡徒奪走，為了稚兒的幸福，她只得向沒有牌照的私家偵探查維斯．麥基求助。吊兒郎當的麥基是個以海為家的船上流浪漢，僅靠著少許線索，他便開始在茫茫人海中尋訪，並陸續發現更多的受害者，義憤填膺的他決定替弱女子們討回公道，但對方也不是好惹的對象…… 麥唐諾的小說人物，多的是中西部跑到大城裡來討生活的人，表面上衣著光鮮，實質上內心仍是一個鄉下人，他們遇見困難，束手無策，想到的是找解決問題的人，像找個修水管的工人一樣；但這些問題有時候割心刮肺，牽連情感與靈魂，不免連帶把自己撕扯得支離破碎。了解這樣的文化背景，也許才容易了解為什麼有私探麥基這樣的偵探，也才能了解全篇小說陽光明亮、角色內心卻傷痕累累的氛圍由來。 我挑開一隻眼睛，並用力把它撐開。 那感覺好像用千斤頂架起一輛卡車。 那傢伙正在她身上找樂子， 他像隻熊蹲踞在女人身上， 一隻手把她兩隻細瘦的手腕從背後抓住， 另一隻手伸到她裙子底下…… 美國推理小說從三○年代起，一直就在「追尋自己的國家」，許多推理小說家想找一種美國偵探的典型，也想找一種專屬於美國偵探小說的特色與敘述方法。艾勒里．昆恩開啟了這個追尋，推理小說「美國革命」的發動者達許．漢密特則完成了方法與特色，後繼的雷蒙．錢德勒則真正貢獻了美國硬漢偵探的典型：馬羅。這些美國式的偵探，吃美國米、喝美國奶水，有一種獨特的美國社會文化背景，你得放在美國公路、美國氣候、美國的食物與酒吧(絕不是英國酒館)、以及美國西部的粗獷與自由(絕不是歐式的拘謹)的文化脈絡下來欣賞，才能真正得到正味……約翰．麥唐諾寫《深藍再見》時，這已是他第四十四部小說，他自己也已經年近五十，但這卻是私探麥基系列的第一本，此後他還將陸續寫出風行一時、至今不衰的另外二十一本麥基系列小說，雖然有些小說的情節不免單薄一些，或者系列本身也不免有些公式化（這也不可避免，如果你是一位大量寫作的人，使小說品質穩定的其中一個方法就是套用某些安全的公式），但畢竟一位極其美國的偵探就此誕生，也產生一系列值得一讀的推理作品，卜洛克甚至建議你：「從深藍再見開始，按時序閱讀每一本。」－－詹宏志