These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of wine – a 1982 Chateau Lafite worth £3,000, to be precise.
Odd, considering he didn’t drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the wall by the killer? And, mo...
These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of wine – a 1982 Chateau Lafite worth £3,000, to be precise.
Odd, considering he didn’t drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the wall by the killer? And, most importantly, which of the man’s many, many enemies did the deed?
Baffled, the police are forced to bring in Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, the author Anthony, who’s really getting rather good at this murder investigation business.
But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish, it becomes clear that he, too, has secrets to hide. As our reluctant narrator becomes ever more embroiled in the case, he realises that these secrets must be exposed – even at the risk of death…
作为知名电视编剧，霍洛维茨还撰写了大量剧本。除波洛系列外，他的编剧作品《战地神探》（Foyle’s War ）获得英国电影和电视艺术学院奖（BAFTA）。
二○一四年，他因在文学领域里的杰出贡献而获颁大英帝国官佐勋章（OBE）。
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He was looking at Spielberg, only now recognising him. ‘Do I know you?’ he asked.
‘I’m Steven Spielberg.’
‘Are you in films?’
I wanted to weep.
‘That’s right. I make films …’
‘This is Steven Spielberg and this is Peter Jackson.’ I don’t know why I said that. Part of me was trying to take back control. Perhaps I was hoping I could overawe Hawthorne and get him out of the room.
‘Peter Jackson!’ Hawthorne’s face brightened. ‘You did those three films … The Lord of the Rings!’
‘That’s right.’ Jackson was relaxed. ‘Did you see them?’
‘I watched them on DVD with my son. He thought they were great.’
‘Thank you.’
‘The first one, anyway. He wasn’t too sure about the second. What was it called …?’
‘The Two Towers.’ Peter was still smiling, even if it was a smile that had slightly frozen i... (查看原文)
“Too many information “ as Poirot said in Third Girl (written by Dame Agatha). I think I missed the 🚴 clue. Love the Hawthorne series but this one is not the best. I need to read again.
“Too many information “ as Poirot said in Third Girl (written by Dame Agatha). I think I missed the 🚴 clue. Love the Hawthorne series but this one is not the best. I need to read again.
先就作品本身简评。 1、Daniel Hawthorne系列第二作。华生式叙述视角，但书里的叙述者就是作者本人，这种模糊了现实和虚构的创作手法很容易让人读进去。另外叙述者喜欢在心里碎碎念，我个人觉得挺有意思。 2、和Magpie Murders、The Word is Murder一样，本作把谜题融入文字本...
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0 有用 タンポポ 2021-10-17 08:58:43
“Too many information “ as Poirot said in Third Girl (written by Dame Agatha). I think I missed the 🚴 clue. Love the Hawthorne series but this one is not the best. I need to read again.
0 有用 栗色 2019-06-10 01:27:43
跟midsomer murders一样无聊了。。悬念的设置和解答的意外性都太一般了，写古典本格真是难
1 有用 Zerozoro 2019-11-17 05:41:40
故事还是挺有吸引力的。作者给出多条线索迷惑读者，最终也仅仅是大家年少无知时人性的选择。人终究是自私的，但是难得有人去承认这点。
2 有用 MelG 2019-09-18 17:02:41
我跟作者一起猜了整本书谁是杀手
0 有用 CJ 2019-07-03 09:11:17
第一本本來也不算特別出色但這本是真的難看...
0 有用 舒马小赫 2024-04-15 06:58:05 美国
侦探和“跟班”的CP感渐入佳境，一边挖着mulch一边听着有声书忘记了疲惫
0 有用 La Femme Irene 2022-05-25 10:54:15
根据书中女作家的俳句上文，译名好像更适合《判决为死刑》~也更适合杀手的动机~
0 有用 上海堡垒|以眼泪淋花吧 2022-01-09 10:37:19
Much better than the first
0 有用 タンポポ 2021-10-17 08:58:43
“Too many information “ as Poirot said in Third Girl (written by Dame Agatha). I think I missed the 🚴 clue. Love the Hawthorne series but this one is not the best. I need to read again.
1 有用 倏逝波 2021-08-19 19:48:44
越来越喜欢内心吐槽模式的叙述了。每个人都有卑劣的秘密。三个人从大学开始就多次一起冒险，大难临头还是只顾自己，其中一人重病也得不到任何帮助。侦探二人组很有意思，他们折射的世态却很冷漠狡猾。 (但是援助队友真的不是义务啊，因为没有救就杀人报仇我也是理解不能。)