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谋杀你的雇主 Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

基本信息

Format:Paperback 416 pages

Publisher:Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster

Imprint:Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster

ISBN:9781451648225

Published:30 Apr 2024

Weight:327g

Dimensions:213 x 140 (mm)

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书籍简介

纽约时报畅销书！ 埃德加奖获奖小说家、剧作家和故事歌曲作者鲁珀特·福尔摩斯 (Rupert Holmes) 创作了一部带有杀手概念的恶魔惊悚片：麦克马斯特应用艺术学院，“一所奇幻学院，布局就像霍格沃茨、唐顿庄园和怀特郡的结合体”。 “莲花式度假村”（《洛杉矶时报》）致力于谋杀艺术，学生们在这里学习如何“删除”他们应得的受害者。

谁没有想过，如果一个让你痛苦的人不复存在，世界会变成什么样子？ 但你可能从未听说过麦克马斯特音乐学院，该学院致力于执行谋杀艺术。 为了获得录取，学生就要有一个道德理由来抹掉那些深深应该遭受不比死亡更糟糕（也不更好）的命运的人。 这所“毒藤联盟”大学的校园——它的位置连那些在那里学习的人都不知道——你可能会发现自己成为同学的练习目标……而一个人的必修毕业论文就是谋杀一个 死亡将使世界变得更加美好。

为您永远不会忘记的教育做好准备。 《谋杀你的雇主》是一本“极其有趣”（书单）的作品，融合了诙谐的双关语、惊心动魄的曲折和真正的阴谋，将带你进入一个完全原创的世界，这个世界被包裹在一本关于你所见过的善意的潜在罪犯的有趣的书中。 读。

A New York Times bestseller! From Edgar Award–winning novelist, playwright, and story-songwriter Rupert Holmes comes a diabolical thriller with a killer concept: The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, “a fantasy academy laid out like a combination of Hogwarts, Downton Abbey, and a White Lotus–style resort” (Los Angeles Times) dedicated to the art of murder where students study how best to “delete” their most deserving victim.

Who hasn’t wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you’ve probably never heard of The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal arts. To gain admission, a student must have an ethical reason for erasing someone who deeply deserves a fate no worse (nor better) than death. The campus of this “Poison Ivy League” college—its location unknown to even those who study there—is where you might find yourself the practice target of a classmate…and where one’s mandatory graduation thesis is getting away with the perfect murder of someone whose death will make the world a much better place to live.

Prepare for an education you’ll never forget. A “fiendishly funny” (Booklist) mix of witty wordplay, breathtaking twists and genuine intrigue, Murder Your Employer will gain you admission into a wholly original world, cocooned within the most entertaining book about well-intentioned would-be murderers you’ll ever read.

作者简介

鲁珀特·霍姆斯的《纽约时报》畅销书《谋杀你的雇主》（他的新麦克马斯特谋杀指南系列的初卷）也是独立畅销书排行榜、《华盛顿邮报》、《洛杉矶时报》、《休斯敦纪事报》和美联社的前十名。 福尔摩斯因其百老汇悬疑音乐剧荣获两项美国悬疑作家埃德加奖，并多次荣获托尼®奖和戏剧台奖，其中包括《窗帘》和荣获托尼®奖的出色音乐剧《埃德温·德鲁德之谜》。 他的初部小说《真相所在》获得尼禄·沃尔夫出色美国悬疑小说奖提名，入围书单十大处女作小说，并被拍成由科林·费尔斯和凯文·培根主演的电影。 他的第二部小说《摇摆》包含了他自己原创的、有线索的乐谱。 他的故事曾被收录在《出色美国悬疑故事》、《乌鸦之翼》、《快乐谋杀犯》、《死人之手》和《神秘书店的圣诞节》中。 福尔摩斯将阿加莎·克里斯蒂、约翰·格里沙姆和 R.L. 斯坦的作品搬上百老汇和国际舞台。 他的歌词已发表在《埃勒里·奎恩神秘杂志》和 EQ 选集中，他还是几曲十大热门歌曲的作词人/歌手，其中包括他的公告牌排名前列的多白金经典歌曲，以及令人难忘的转折结局：“Escape (The Pina Colada)” 歌曲）。”

Rupert Holmes’s New York Times bestseller, Murder Your Employer (the first volume in his new McMasters Guide to Homicide series), was also a Top Ten on the Indie Bestseller List, the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Houston Chronicle, and Associated Press. Holmes has received two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, and multiple Tony® and Drama Desk Awards for his Broadway mystery musicals, including Curtains and his Tony® award–winning Best Musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. His first novel, Where the Truth Lies, was nominated for a Nero Wolfe award for Best American Mystery Novel, was a Booklist Top Ten Debut Novel, and became a motion picture starring Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon. His second novel, Swing, included his own original, clue-bearing musical score. His stories have been anthologized in Best American Mystery Stories, On a Raven's Wing, A Merry Band of Murderers, Dead Man’s Hand, and Christmas at the Mysterious Bookshop. Holmes has adapted Agatha Christie, John Grisham, and R.L. Stine for the Broadway and international stage. His lyrics have been published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and EQ anthologies, and he is also the writer/vocalist of several Top Ten hits, including his Billboard #1 multi-platinum classic with a memorable twist-ending: “Escape (The Pina Colada Song).”