老鼠开始啃食绳子（美国国会图书馆经典犯罪推理系列） The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope

基本信息

Edited by:Leslie S. Klinger

Series:Library of Congress Crime Classics

Format:Paperback / softback 304 pages

Publisher:Sourcebooks, Inc

Imprint:Poisoned Pen Press

ISBN:9781464212987

Published:2 Jun 2020

Dimensions:216 x 140 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

“格拉夫顿的小说不仅仅是一部历史珍品，还是一部真正另类而有趣的悬疑故事。”——《华盛顿邮报》

国会图书馆犯罪经典系列的第二本书，这是与国会图书馆合作创作的令人兴奋的新经典悬疑系列。在这部精美的硬汉犯罪小说中，这位律师是在挖掘真相，还是在自掘坟墓？

《老鼠开始咬绳子》是一个永恒而富有活力的故事，它：适合历史犯罪悬疑和犯罪经典的粉丝适合喜欢苏·格拉夫顿作品的读者矮小、胖乎乎、与异性相处尴尬的吉尔·亨利是一家小律师事务所年轻的合伙人，而不是一个硬汉侦探。因此，当一位名叫露丝·麦克卢尔的漂亮年轻女子走进他的办公室，请他调查她从父亲那里继承的股票价值时，他没有多想——直到有人试图谋杀他。

不久，吉尔无意中卷入了一场典型的美国丑闻、诡计和谋杀。他的同事和敌人试图阻止他将案件进行到底，因此他遭到殴打、枪击和刺伤。在对手的包围下，他与露丝和她神秘的兄弟联手寻找答案，而这些问题有人拼命想阻止他问出来。

在这幅描绘美国参加第二次世界大战前夕的美国肖像中，C.W. 格拉夫顿——他本人是一名律师，也是多产悬疑作家苏·格拉夫顿的父亲——创作了一部屡获殊荣的历史犯罪小说，将幽默与冷酷的风格相结合，让读者一直猜测到惊心动魄的结局。

"Grafton's novel is not simply a historical curio, but a genuinely offbeat and entertaining suspense story."―The Washington Post

The second book in the Library of Congress Crime Classics, an exciting new classic mystery series created in exclusive partnership with the Library of Congress. In this exquisite piece of hard-boiled crime fiction, is this lawyer digging his way to the truth, or digging his own grave?

A timeless and propulsive story, The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope is:For fans of historical crime mysteries and crime classicsFor readers who love the works of Sue GraftonShort, chubby, and awkward with members of the opposite sex, Gil Henry is the youngest partner in a small law firm, not a hard-boiled sleuth. So when an attractive young woman named Ruth McClure walks into his office and asks him to investigate the value of the stock she inherited from her father, he thinks nothing of it―until someone makes an attempt on his life.

Soon Gil is inadvertently embroiled in a classic American scandal, subterfuge, and murder. He's beaten, shot, and stabbed, as his colleagues and enemies try to stop him from seeing the case through to the end. Surrounded by adversaries, he teams up with Ruth and her secretive brother to find answers to the questions someone desperately wants to keep him from asking.

In this portrait of America on the eve of America's entry into World War II, C.W. Grafton―himself a lawyer and the father of prolific mystery writer Sue Grafton―pens an award-winning historical crime fiction that combines humor and the hard-boiled style and will keep readers guessing until its thrilling conclusion.

作者简介

C.W. 格拉夫顿 (1909-1982) 是美国犯罪小说家和市政债券律师。他是知名悬疑小说家苏·格拉夫顿的父亲。

C.W. GRAFTON (1909-1982) was an American crime novelist and municipal bond attorney. He was the father of acclaimed mystery novelist Sue Grafton.