死亡是我的领域。我以它为生。我靠它铸就我在这一行的名声。我始终认为，跟死亡打交道的诀窍，就是跟它保持一定的距离。这是一条铁律。别让它的气息吹上你的脸庞。 “令人血脉喷张。”——《今日美国》 “一本令人无法抗拒的惊悚小说。”——《纽约时报》 迈克尔·康奈利连年蝉联《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜榜首，被GQ杂志评为“举世最杰出的推理小说家”。 约翰·麦克沃伊是一名记者，他的双胞胎哥哥肖恩则是一名侦办凶杀案的警察。在查办一桩残忍的断头案时，肖恩突然死亡。人人都以为他是因为压力过大，以致崩溃。只有约翰不接受这个结论，他决定单枪匹马调查这个事情。

"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.

◆髙村薰生涯代表系列「合田雄一郎」系列第二作，日本現代的《罪與罰》。 男人的妄想，女人的執念，在盛夏的熔爐裡交織成足以燒融一切的照柿色火焰。 在那火焰的籠罩下，為了連自己都無法理解的原因，一個人能瘋狂到何種地步？ 日本九○年代女性推理作家金三角之一 冷硬寫實社會派推理女王——髙村薰 超越照片的寫實感‧直逼近讀者的心 合田雄一郎系列作 「女人緩緩移動腦袋，轉過來面對他，那是一張和小腿同樣白皙，同樣帶有艷光的臉龐。他盯著眼前的兩個大黑洞目不轉睛，甚至沒有意識到自己正看得出神，身體驀然又是一陣燥熱……」 【精采內容】 那是個酷熱到令人大腦幾乎為之融化的夏日午後，合田雄一郎正為一樁陷入膠著的酒店小姐命案四處奔走，卻意外碰上一起列車跳軌事件。在事件現場，他望見了一對宛如葡萄，又猶如黑洞的雙眼，那一瞬間，他忘記了一切，迷戀上了那個名叫佐野美保子的女人。 或許是命運的捉弄，美保子竟是雄一郎暌違多年的兒時玩伴野田達夫的外遇對象。被嫉妒啃噬到失去冷靜的雄一郎，犯下了身為警察絕不可以犯下的過錯。過著平凡人生的達夫，在熱處理工廠的那永不停息的照柿色火焰籠罩下，因著自己也不知道的原因，親手葬送了未來。 雄一郎、達夫、美保子，不該相遇的三個人，卻全都在盛夏裡跨過了禁忌的那條線。 太過炎熱的夏天，他們的人生究竟會在何處畫下句點？ 【新書介紹】 髙村薰繼1993年獲直木獎力作《馬克斯之山》後，再推出的作品《照柿》。這部作品仍是以日本小說史上最令人印象深刻的刑警──合田雄一郎為主體。透過《照柿》一書，對合田雄一郎的成長背景及心態內裡有更完整的照見，他有有其凡夫俗子的一面，甚或更為目的而不擇手段的墮落、更為情慾沉淪的費解、更為天人交戰的黑暗…… 罪犯的構成往往毫無前因後果，有時只在於長期精神的耗損與積累，野村達夫原只是一個在大型工廠熱處理工程任勞任怨辛勤工作十八年的員工，除了雕刻的嗜好外，生活極為單調，又為何他會犯下瘋狂擊殺畫廊老闆的殘忍罪行……童年成長的陰影是否會像噬血怪物一步步將我們的理智吞嚥殆盡……無論在文學上或現實中，人都可能基於各種理由殺人…… 髙村薰以其堪稱超級寫實主義、徹底寫實的描寫，工筆顯現達夫任職的軸承工廠熱處理工程的細緻描寫，讓讀者在閱讀過程中像是也被丟進那種異樣酷熱嚴苛的環境中，感到某種緊迫感吧！而在極盡寫實之能事後，便出現了驚人的怪物──那就是髙村薰描寫的人物，那超越照片的寫實感刀斧般的直逼近讀者的心。 ★合田雄一郎 合田雄一郎，警視廳搜查一課第三強行犯搜查班第七組警部補。 1958年4月1日出生於大阪，父親是東住吉署的外勤警官，本人也遺傳了母親的漂亮臉孔。自小學習小提琴，當上警察後的西裝加上白色球鞋則是他的招牌打扮。 個性沉默寡言，習慣觀察他人，反應靈敏，行動規律、耐力極強；然而內心也有軟弱、容易走偏鋒的一面。 23歲和大學時代的好友加納祐介的雙胞胎妹妹‧貴代子結婚。 但是因為貴代子疑似參加左派市民運動，遭到警方上層責難，兩人最終在他27歲時離婚；益發變得難以接近、極難相處。 第一次出場是在《馬克斯之山》，33歲的他自此成為髙村筆下最受歡迎的角色。

2011 film by Bobcat Goldthwait

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

歌舞伎町是日本的大型红灯区，中日混血儿刘健一是这里的一名黑道贩子。昔日惹事逃走的搭档富春突然回来，给他带来了杀身之祸。为了活命，他向歌舞伎町有实力的帮派求助。而突然出现的美女夏美扰乱了他的计划，这个谜一般女子满嘴谎言，但刘健一仿佛在她身上找到了自己的影子，虽然明知她就像颗炸弹，还是任由自己和她一起走向毁灭……

Maura Isles deals with death. As a pathologist in downtown Boston, she has seen more than her share of corpses. But never before has the body on the medical examiner's table been her own. There can be no denying the evidence though. The dead woman is her mirror image right down to the most intimate physical details. Even more chilling is the discovery that they share the same birth date and blood type. Then a DNA test confirms that Maura's mysterious double is indeed her twin sister, and suddenly an already bizarre murder investigation becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark and deadly secrets ...

For untold years, the perfectly preserved mummy had lain forgotten in the dusty basement of Boston’s Crispin Museum. Dubbed “Madam X,” the recently rediscovered mummy is, to all appearances, an ancient Egyptian artifact. But medical examiner Maura Isles discovers a macabre message hidden within the corpse–horrifying proof that this “centuries-old” relic is instead a modern-day murder victim. When the grisly remains of two other women are found, it becomes clear to Maura and Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli that a maniac is at large. Now Maura and Jane must unravel a murderer’s twisted endgame before the Archaeology Killer adds another chilling artifact to his monstrous collection.

Facing the uncertain future of his partnership with FBI Agent Peter Burke, Neal sheds his tracking anklet and disappears into thin air. But the Feds aren't done with him and Neal is hardly ready for retirement. Back in action, Neal ponders the future as Season Four delves deeper into the stunning secrets of his mysterious past.

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.

It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone. But the guys are actually working with undercover agent Monica Fuentes to bring Verone down.

Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries; Dominic unexpectedly gets sidetracked with facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.

Can you really see evil when you look into someone's eyes? In a rundown house, a woman has been dismembered in an act of carnage that leaves veteran cops in shock. Drawn on the wall, in blood, are ancient symbols, and a mirror-image word in Latin that, translated, says: "I have sinned." Then a second woman is found butchered on Beacon Hill, just outside the home of the leader of the Mephisto Club, a secret society dedicated to the study of evil. On the door yet more ancient symbols have been scrawled. This is evil that the Boston PD has never encountered before. And the only way Maura Isles can defeat it is by turning to the people who understand the devil himself.

The return of a vengeful ex-girlfriend sets into motion a series of gruesome events for a hapless Irish bachelor in director Robert Quinn's grim black comedy. Tommy (Andrew Scott) had thought he had seen the last of Jean (Katy Davis) after their recent breakup, but when she returns to stake her claim on Tommy's apartment, the confrontation that ensues makes their previous quarrels look petty by comparison. After leaving the apartment in the head of the fight to cool his head and gather his thoughts, he returns only to find that Jean has died and enlists the aid of his friend Noel (Darren Healy) in ditching the body and ensuring that no one ever finds out what happened.

Dominic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.

Julian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Crystal to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.

2002 film by Yoshimitsu Morita

A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.