Unnatural Causes

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 400 pages

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Imprint:Faber & Faber

Edition:Main

ISBN:9780571350827

Published:2 Jan 2020

Weight:314g

Dimensions:197 x 129 x 26 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

在萨福克郡海岸漂浮着的一艘小船的底部放着一具没有手臂的尸体。那尸体看起来像是一位中年男士的，从尸体上看，死者的身材很矮小，他身上穿着有细条子花纹的黑色西服，与他那瘦弱的身躯极为相称，感觉穿起来就像活着时那样，十分优雅。手工制作的鞋上除了鞋头处的磨损外依然闪着微光，丝质的鞋带打成了一个结。他的穿着谨慎小心，符合这个城镇对已故者，也就是这个不幸的航海者所持的传统观念，他们关心的不是这个孤独的海洋，也不是这次死亡本身……

Set on the remote Suffolk coast, the third Adam Dalgliesh mystery Unnatural Causes is a thrilling work of crime fiction from P.D. James, the bestselling author of Death Comes To Pemberley.

Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh has been looking forward to a quiet holiday at his aunt's cottage on Monksmere Head, one of the furthest-flung spots on the remote Suffolk coast. With nothing to do other than enjoy long windswept walks, tea in front of a crackling wood fire and hot-buttered toast, Dalgliesh is relishing the thought of a well-earned break.

However, all hope of peace is soon shattered by murder. The mutilated body of a local crime writer, Maurice Seaton, floats ashore in a dinghy, dragging Adam Dalgliesh into a new and macabre investigation.

作者简介

P.D. 詹姆斯出生于英国伦敦牛津，尽管只有高中毕业，但詹姆斯凭借其勤奋自修的学识，与文笔脱俗的创作，得到文学圈极高的赞誉。她三十八岁开始发表作品，四十二岁时完成长篇推理《掩上她的脸》（Cover Her Face，1962），赢得文坛一片赞赏。她的作品《夜莺的尸衣》和《教堂谋杀案》均获得CWA和MWA最佳小说奖。

由于写作有成，她获得许多国际知名文学奖，包括在英国犯罪作家推理协会颁发的、有“诺贝尔推理文学奖”之称的“钻石匕首奖”，并受英国皇室勋封为女男爵，更获颁美国侦探作家协会终身成就奖——“大师奖”，以及“爱伦·坡奖”。

P. D. James was a bestselling and internationally acclaimed crime writer. She was the creator of Adam Dalgliesh and Cordelia Gray, and their long and successful series of mysteries. Her works include Cover Her Face (1962), An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972), Innocent Blood (1980), Children of Men (1992), and the Jane Austen-inspired Death Comes to Pemberley (2011).

James was born in Oxford in 1920. She won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award. She received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors, and stood down from this role in 2013.