斯蒂普斯一家（《怦然心动》作者新作）The StepsWendelin Van Draanen

基本信息

Book Details

ISBN-13: 9780823460380

ISBN-10: 082346038X

Author: Wendelin Van Draanen

Publisher: Holiday House Inc

Imprint: Holiday House Inc

Format: Hardcover

Number of Pages: 256

Release Date: 2 September 2025

Weight: 352g

Dimensions: 216mm x 148mm x 23mm

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书籍简介

这部由埃德加奖得主创作的悬疑小说，融合了《河谷镇》和《后翼弃兵》的元素，讲述了一个充满黑暗秘密、联盟关系错综复杂的家族的精彩故事。

十四岁的国际象棋天才少女露比·沃森一直努力保持低调。她不愿成为富裕家族阴谋诡计中的一枚棋子。

然而，自从露比的母亲和姨妈在车祸中丧生后，沃森家族内部的权力斗争就彻底改变了她的生活。露比的父亲和叔叔关系彻底破裂，几个月内，她的表妹兼挚友被逐出家门，父亲再婚，而她却要面对一个一心想赚钱的继母，这个继母还带着两个十几岁的孩子——斯泰普斯一家。

因此，当沃森庄园开始发生一系列诡异而危险的事情时，露比只能想到一个合理的解释：斯泰普斯一家正密谋继承沃森家族的巨额财富。随着事态愈演愈烈，杀戮似乎成了他们的惯用伎俩。

幸运的是，露比也有自己的应对之策，她绝不会束手就擒。为了让表妹重回自己的阵营，她甚至不惜打破父亲的规矩……是时候在“阶梯帮”彻底消灭沃森一家之前，先下手为强了。

在这部由屡获殊荣的畅销书作家（代表作有《怦然心动》和萨米·凯斯系列）创作的精彩绝伦、风格独特的惊悚小说中，秘密、谎言和致命威胁层出不穷。

《科克斯书评》年度青少年读物

Summary

Riverdale meets The Queen’s Gambit in this fun, twisty thriller by an Edgar Award-winning author, featuring a deliciously dysfunctional family with dark secrets and shifting alliances.

Fourteen-year-old chess whiz Ruby Vossen tries to keep to herself. She refuses to be a pawn in her wealthy family’s web of deception.

But ever since Ruby’s mother and aunt died in a car wreck, the battle lines drawn within the Vossen clan have ruled her life. Ruby’s father and uncle became irreparably estranged, and within months, Ruby’s cousin/BFF was banished from her life, her father remarried, and she wound up with a gold-digging stepmom who has two teens of her own—The Steps.

So when strange and dangerous things begin happening on the Vossen estate, Ruby sees only one logical explanation: The Steps are scheming to inherit the Vossen fortune. And as things get more and more intense, it seems like killing is in their playbook.

Luckily, Ruby has her own playbook, and she’s not about to go down without a fight. She’ll even break her dad’s rules to get her cousin back on her side of the chessboard … It’s time to check-mate The Steps before they can finish the Vossens off.

Secrets, lies, and lethal threats abound in this clever, quirky thriller by the award-winning, bestselling author of Flipped and the Sammy Keyes mysteries.

A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Year

作者简介

温德琳·范·德拉安是一位屡获殊荣的畅销书作家，著有三十余部面向儿童和青少年的小说。她的作品包括《怦然心动》（Flipped），该书被《学校图书馆杂志》（SLJ）评为21世纪百部儿童小说之一，并被华纳兄弟公司改编成电影；荣获埃德加奖的萨米·凯斯系列悬疑小说；以及荣获美国图书馆协会施耐德家庭图书奖的《奔跑的梦想》（The Running Dream）。温德琳曾任高中教师十五年，如今是一位全职作家，她也热衷于参与学校的作家见面会活动。

Wendelin Van Draanen is the award-winning, bestselling author of more than thirty novels for kids and teens. Her books include Flipped, which was named a Top 100 Children’s Novel for the 21st Century by SLJ and became a Warner Brothers feature film, the Edgar Award-winning Sammy Keyes mystery series, and The Running Dream, which won ALA’s Schneider Family Book award. A high school teacher for fifteen years, Wendelin is now a full time writer who enjoys staying active in the school author-visit space.