Cover Her Face

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 288 pages

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Imprint:Faber & Faber

Edition:Main

ISBN:9780571350773

Published:6 Jun 2019

Weight:226g

Dimensions:129 x 198 x 17 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

距离谋杀发生前三个月，马克西夫人举行了一场宴会。几年之后，谋杀的丑闻已经被人们淡忘，当年报纸的头条已经在箱底变黄，而埃莉诺·马克西回想起那个春天的晚上，依然觉得，悲剧就是从那天开始的。记忆固执的选择了赋予一场普通的宴会危险和不安的气息。回忆中这场宴会变成死者和嫌犯的相聚，变成谋杀的前奏。而事实上，并非所有的嫌犯出席了宴会。菲利克斯·何恩那天就不在场。然而，在马克西夫人的记忆中，他也和大家一起围坐在桌边，半轻蔑半嘲弄的看着大家轮番上台出演滑稽的闹剧……

P.D. James's debut novel, the first Adam Dalgliesh mystery is a thrilling work of crime fiction set in the English countryside, from the bestselling author of Death Comes to Pemberley and Children of Men.

St Cedd's Church fete has been held in the grounds of Martingale manor house for generations. As if organising stalls, as well as presiding over luncheon, the bishop and the tea tent, were not enough for Mrs Maxie on that mellow July afternoon, she also has to contend with the news of her son's sudden engagement to her new parlour maid, Sally Jupp.

On the following morning the village are shocked by the discover of Sally's body. Investigating the violent death at the manor house, Detective Chief-Inspector Adam Dalgliesh is embroiled in the complicated passions beneath the calm surface of English village life.

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.