A girl is found hiding in a secret room in a house being renovated after a terrible crime. For weeks she has survived by sneaking out at night, stealing food for herself and two dogs that are kept in the garden. The nurses at the hospital where she is taken call her “Angel Face” because she won’t tell anyone her name, or her age, or where she came from. Maybe she is twelve, maybe fifteen, or somewhere in between. She doesn’t appear on any missing person’s file, or match the DNA of any murder victim.
Six years later, still unidentified, the same girl is living in a secure children’s home with a new name, Evie Cormac, when she initiates a court case demanding the right to be released as an adult. Psychologist Cyrus Haven is sent to interview Evie and decide if she’s ready to go free, but Evie Cormac is unlike he’s anyone he’s ever met. She’s damaged, destructive, and self-hating, yet possessed of a gift, or a curse, that makes her both fascinating and dangerous to be with—the ability to tell when someone is lying. Soon he is embroiled in her unique and dangerous world, his life in utmost peril.
0 有用 RobinLovegood 2021-01-13 23:20:06
因为Evie的故事已经超越了一般的推理系列里主角故事的地位和比重,变成了一半的主要情节(“bad girl”),导致本书独立案件的重要性下降。(所以外网才有读者指责本书没写完吧)跟续作结合起来才感觉比较完整。但其实本书的独立案件也很巧妙,很精彩。长于心理描写文笔细腻的作家的作品就是更动人。
0 有用 Kummerdabei 2021-10-01 01:40:34
Cyrus is everything once I wanted to be, but could never be. 案子虽然槽点挺多,但还是没猜到凶手