It s up, up, and away with sleuth Regan Reilly -- in a lively new caper from beloved New York Times bestselling author Carol Higgins Clark. L.A.-based private detective Regan Reilly flies to Las Vegas -- the mythic city of cash and flash, glamour and kitsch -- to help an old school chum, Danny Madley. Danny is producing the pilot of a reality TV show, Love Above Sea Level. The show features three couples who all have experienced the proverbial Seven Year Itch and are now vying for the chance to renew their wedding vows and win one million dollars. But someone is trying to sabotage the show before Danny can shoot the final scene at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Danny s show is in competition with the sitcom Take Me Higher for a coveted permanent slot on Hot Air Cable, also known as the Balloon Channel. Both shows involve hot air ballooning, and both have casts of characters who are more than capable of disrupting production of Love Above Sea Level. Regan s job is to find out who is making trouble and why. Is the culprit one of the contestants on Love Above Sea Level? Could it be the advice columnists Danny has hired -- Aunt Agony and Uncle Heartburn -- who are there to help rekindle the sparks between the husbands and wives? Is it Danny s right-hand man, Victor, a local Vegas boy Danny met while gambling? Or his cameraman Sam, who would much rather be surfing than working? Is it Bubbles Ferndale, producer of the sitcom, who is desperate to make her show the one that wins the competition? Is it Danny s ex-girlfriend, the Vegas showgirl Honey? Or her friend Lucille, a dealer in one of the casinos? Could local entrepreneur Roscoe Parker, the owner of the Balloon Channel and mastermind behind the TV competitions, be the source of all Danny s problems? There is no shortage of suspects and no shortage of mishaps. From their base in the Fuzzy Dice Hotel, a decidedly third-rate establishment, Regan tries to help Danny keep his production on an even keel. Danny s well-meaning, meddlesome parents complicate matters. Jealousy among the Love Above Sea Level contestants escalates. Mysterious, inexplicable events keep occurring. Regan is determined to keep Danny s show on schedule, and she ll do whatever it takes -- on land and in the air! Popped is a funny, fast-paced jaunt that takes readers from the fancy Vegas casinos to the run-down hotels off the Strip, from the grounds of the hot air balloon fields up into the heavens as the balloons fly over the arid Southwest. Popped is written with Clark s expert light touch and filled with the richly drawn, quirky characters so relished by her fans. As Nelson DeMille says, "Clark keeps her readers entranced and entertained from cover to cover."
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我必须承认,这本书的语言风格非常冷峻、克制,几乎没有多余的渲染,每一个词都像是经过千锤百炼的精钢,锋利而精准。它很少直接告诉你“主角很害怕”或者“场景很恐怖”,而是通过对环境光线的细微变化、主角不自觉的肢体动作,以及那些戛然而止的句子,来间接构建出一种持续不断的、渗入骨髓的恐惧感。这种“少即是多”的写作哲学,让读者的大脑不得不开足马力去填补那些留白之处,而恰恰是在这些空白中,最可怕的想象力得以滋生。我尤其欣赏作者对内心独白的处理,它们真实得让人心疼,充满了自我怀疑和道德挣扎,这使得主角不再是一个完美的超级英雄,而是一个有血有肉、会犯错的人。这本书的后劲很大,即使合上书本,故事中的某些场景和角色的眼神,还会时不时地在你脑海中回放,久久不能散去。
评分这本书的开篇就带着一种令人不安的平静,你知道,那种暴风雨来临前的海面,波澜不惊却暗流涌动。作者对环境氛围的营造简直是一绝,每一个场景都仿佛能透过纸页渗出来,带着潮湿的霉味和隐约的血腥气。我尤其喜欢主角处理细节的方式,她不是那种鲁莽行事的侦探,而是像一个技艺精湛的钟表匠,耐心地拆解每一个齿轮,寻找那个导致整个机制停摆的微小瑕疵。那些看似无关紧要的对话片段,被她像珍宝一样收集起来,最终拼凑出一个令人毛骨悚然的真相。整个叙事节奏把握得极好,时而紧绷到让你手心出汗,需要深呼吸才能继续往下翻;时而又放缓,让角色在沉思中揭示出人性的复杂与幽暗。我差点因为太过投入而错过了我该回复的邮件,这在我的阅读史上是很少见的。那种代入感,仿佛我就是那个潜伏在阴影中的观察者,见证着一切的发生,却无能为力。这本书成功地让你质疑自己对“正义”和“罪恶”的简单定义,它展示了灰色地带的广阔与深邃。
评分不得不说,这本书在结构上的设计充满了挑战性,但绝对是值得的。它不是那种让你轻易就能猜到凶手是谁的流水账式推理小说。相反,它更像一个精密的迷宫,入口和出口都隐藏在重重迷雾之中。作者似乎故意设置了几个“红鲱鱼”(误导线索),每一个都让人深信不疑,直到最后一刻,当所有的线索被重新排列组合时,那种醍醐灌顶的震撼感,让人忍不住拍案叫绝。更令人称道的是,它巧妙地将地方志的特色融入了故事,那些关于小镇历史、古老传说甚至是某种地方方言的描述,不仅没有拖沓节奏,反而像一层厚厚的文化底蕴,让整个案件显得更加扎根于现实,更具说服力。我感觉自己不仅破了一个案子,还顺便上了一堂关于某地风土人情的微型课程。这种多层次的阅读体验,让这本书远远超出了同类作品的平均水平。
评分这本书最让我印象深刻的,是它对“失控”这一主题的探讨。它不是关于一个外部敌人如何制造混乱,而是关于一个人如何一步步失去对自己人生的掌控权,如何被过去的决定和外界的压力裹挟着走向一个不可逆转的深渊。作者对时间线的处理非常大胆,经常在叙事中插入一些非线性的片段,这些片段乍看之下似乎是随机的闪回,但当你读到最后,你会发现它们其实是精确校准过的“引爆点”。那种精心设计的结构感,让我不得不对作者的布局能力肃然起敬。我甚至翻回去重读了几次开头的几章,试图去捕捉那些我最初忽略的、埋在文字深处的伏笔,那种“啊,原来如此”的恍然大悟,是阅读顶级悬疑小说最大的乐趣所在。这本书无疑是近几年来,我在“智力挑战”和“情感冲击”两个维度上都获得了极大满足的作品。
评分读完这本书,我有一种被狠狠敲击了灵魂的感觉,这已经不是简单的“悬疑”或“惊悚”可以概括的了。它的内核探讨的是创伤的代际传递,是那些未被言说的秘密如何在家族的血液里潜滋暗长,最终以一种扭曲的方式爆发出来。作者在人物塑造上简直是神乎其技,每一个配角都有自己完整、可信的动机,即使是那个最令人发指的反派,你也能在他令人发指的行为逻辑中,找到一丝可悲的人性残片。我特别欣赏作者处理“回忆”的方式,它们不是简单的时间线插叙,而是像破碎的镜子碎片,时不时地反射出当前事件的某种残酷的对应关系。这种叙事结构要求读者必须全神贯注,稍有走神,可能就会错过一个关键的情感线索。我读到高潮部分时,不得不放下书,去窗边点燃一支烟,只是为了让自己的思绪能跟上故事的疾驰。这种阅读体验,与其说是娱乐,不如说是一种深刻的、近乎苛刻的心理拉扯。
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