From Publishers Weekly FBI agents Dillon and Lacey Sherlock Savich return (The Maze, etc.) in Coulter's latest romance thriller to take down the satanic child-killing Tuttle twins in a Maryland barn before rushing off to California to save Dillon's sister, Lily, from her in-laws. Once an accomplished cartoonist, Lily has battled depression since the death of her daughter despite, or perhaps because of, her husband, a psychiatrist more devoted to Lily's inheritance (her famous grandmother's paintings) than to Lily. After Dillon's friend, debonair art broker Simon Russo, reveals that four of the paintings are forgeries, Lily finds herself hypnotized, mugged, caught in a fire, chased onto a cliff and kidnapped as she and Simon fly from Washington to California to Sweden. Coulter creates such vivid characters and fast-moving plotlines that fans of her almost 50 novels will overlook her occasional leaps of logic (tiny Lily defeats a mugger with a few quick karate chops) and boilerplate dialogue (" `A young guy tried to murder me this morning.' `What? Oh, God, no!' "). In return, she spices up her story with a dash of gothic horror, a splash of romance and a steady determination not to take herself or her genres too seriously. When Lily is forced to don a chic Art Deco dress while imprisoned in a castle so she can be married against her will to a blind villain in a wheelchair, what's a reader to do but guess how long it will take the hero to climb out of the fjord to save her and calculate just how long it will take this cop confection to become a bestseller. (Aug.)Forecast: Coulter's genre-blending habits don't faze her loyal fans. Earlier Dillon and Lacey Sherlock adventures were all bestsellers, and most likely this one will be, too. Audio rights to Brilliance.Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. From Booklist FBI special agent Dillon Savich rescues two boys who were about to be dismembered by the Warlocks, a sibling pair of psychotic serial killers, in an eerie X-Files-type encounter. Killing Tommy and shooting off Timmy's arm, Dillon discovers that Timmy is really Tammy. Assuming that the case is closed, he and his wife, Sherlock, also an FBI agent, head home, where they get a phone call informing them that Dillon's sister, Lily, is in the hospital. Lily insists that her car crash was not a second attempt to take her life in the wake of the death of her six-year-old daughter. Dillon investigates and uncovers a possible motive for murder: Lily's husband and/or in-laws would have benefited from her death since she inherited some paintings worth millions of dollars. Dillon calls in his art expert friend, Simon, who discovers that half the paintings have been stolen and replaced with forgeries. Lily finds a friend and soulmate in Simon as they face danger in their quest for the paintings and the thieves. Meanwhile one-armed Tammy has escaped custody, and Dillon may be the only one who can stop her from killing again. Coulter's romantic suspense/thrillers, excellent beach reads, have a loyal following, and readers will applaud Sherlock and Savich as they make their sixth appearance. Diana Tixier HeraldCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved See all Editorial Reviews
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这本书的阅读体验,用一个词来形容,那就是“压抑的美感”。如果你的心情比较低落,或者正在寻找那种能让你沉浸其中、暂时忘记现实烦恼的作品,这本绝对是首选。它不像那些快节奏的惊悚片,一上来就抛出炸点;它更像是一部缓慢发酵的老酒,前段的平静只是为了酝酿后期的风暴。我尤其欣赏作者在处理时间线上的手法,那些过去发生的事件,以碎片化的形式穿插在现在的叙事中,就像是小镇上挥之不去的幽灵,时刻影响着正在发生的一切。这种非线性叙事,要求读者必须集中注意力,去拼凑出完整的画面。每当你以为自己掌握了故事的脉络时,作者总能适时地抛出一个新的线索,让你不得不重新审视之前的所有判断。这种结构上的复杂性,非但没有让故事变得晦涩难懂,反而增强了其魅力。它对人性的探讨也十分深刻,揭示了小镇居民如何在保守、秘密和宿命感的枷锁下挣扎求存。读完合上书页的那一刻,我需要静坐许久,才能从那种凝滞的空气中抽离出来。
评分说实话,我拿到这本书的时候,其实是抱着一种挑剔的心态。毕竟现在市面上的“悬疑小说”大多都是故弄玄虚,情节漏洞百出,读起来索然无味。但《Hemlock Bay》彻底颠覆了我的看法。它的精妙之处在于,它不是靠廉价的惊吓或者突兀的反转来吸引人,而是构建了一个极其真实、令人信服的世界。环境描写简直是一绝,那种特定地域特有的生活气息、历史的沉淀,都被作者用近乎诗意的语言捕捉到了。我感觉自己不是在读一个故事,而是在探访一个真实存在过的、充满隐秘的港湾小镇。更厉害的是,故事里的每个人物,即便是出场时间不长的配角,都拥有鲜明的个性和难以言说的动机。他们之间的互动,充满了微妙的张力,你总是在猜测谁在说真话,谁又在掩饰着什么。这种层层剥开的叙事手法,让整个阅读过程变成了一场智力的游戏。我不得不承认,有好几个地方,我以为自己猜到了真相,结果都被作者轻描淡写地推翻了。这种被“骗”却又心服口服的感觉,正是优秀作品的标志。这本书的深度远超一般通俗小说,值得反复品味。
评分这是一部关于“记忆”和“遗忘”的杰作。我发现作者对细节的关注达到了近乎偏执的程度。比如对某个特定季节光线变化的描述,对某种老式家具气味的描摹,都极其精准到位,一下子就把场景的立体感拉满了。在情节方面,虽然核心是一个谜团,但它最终指向的,却是关于身份认同和自我救赎的宏大主题。我常常思考,如果我生活在那样一个被历史阴影笼罩的地方,面对那样的困境,我会做出怎样的选择?这种强烈的代入感,是很多畅销书做不到的。而且,这本书的语言风格非常统一而独特,充满了一种古典的韵味,读起来有一种莫名的庄重感,仿佛你正在阅读一本被尘封已久的家族史。它不媚俗,不迎合市场的快速消费,而是专注于打磨故事的内核和质感。如果你是那种追求文学性和故事性完美结合的读者,你绝对不能错过它。它不仅仅是一个引人入胜的故事,更是一次对文学表现力的深度体验。
评分这家伙,我跟你说,《Hemlock Bay》这本书,简直是让人欲罢不能!我拿到手就放不下了,一口气读到了凌晨三点。作者的笔力实在是太强了,那种氛围的营造,简直让人身临其境。你仿佛能闻到海风里带着咸味和一丝腐朽的气息,能听到海浪拍打着礁石的沉闷声响,甚至能感觉到那种与世隔绝、略带阴森的孤寂感。故事的节奏把握得恰到好处,开头铺陈得慢条斯理,像是在浓雾中前行,让你感到一丝不安,却又忍不住想知道雾霭的尽头究竟藏着什么秘密。然后,随着情节的推进,那种紧张感像绷紧的弓弦一样,一点点收紧,直到某个关键点猛地爆发出来,让你心跳加速。我特别喜欢作者对人物心理的刻画,那些复杂的情感纠葛,人性的幽暗面,都被描绘得淋漓尽致。主角的挣扎、迷茫和最终的抉择,每一个转折点都处理得极其自然,让你在为他捏一把汗的同时,又能深切体会到那种命运的无力和抗争的勇气。读完之后,那种久久不能散去的余韵,就像是海边退潮后留下的湿痕,带着一丝清冷和深思。绝对是近年来我读过的最引人入胜的小说了,强烈推荐给所有喜欢深度悬疑和细腻情感描绘的读者。
评分很久没有读到这样能让人感受到“地域魅力”的作品了。作者显然对这个虚构的“Hemlock Bay”倾注了巨大的心血,它不仅仅是一个背景板,它本身就是一个活生生的角色,拥有自己的脾气、秘密和历史的伤口。小镇的地理环境,那种被海洋和山脉夹峙的封闭感,成为了推动情节发展和人物性格塑造的关键因素。人物的对话处理得非常高明,很多重要的信息都不是直白地讲出来,而是藏在那些看似日常的、充满潜台词的交流中。你需要非常细心地去捕捉那些停顿、那些眼神的闪躲,才能拼凑出真相的一角。我发现自己甚至开始模仿书中的一些表达方式,可见其语言的感染力之强。这本书的叙事节奏非常成熟,它不会刻意制造高潮,而是让高潮自然地从情节的逻辑和人物的冲突中涌现出来,显得真实可信。看完后,我立刻上网搜索了作者的其他作品,迫不及待地想知道他还能创造出怎样独特的角落。这本书值得被反复推荐,它提供了一种远超娱乐的阅读享受。
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