《远走高飞》的案件发生一年后，罗德警官因解决案件的功绩受到赞扬，获得晋升的机会。但知道案件别有真相的罗德警部为是否应当接受晋升机会而苦恼，与彭斯博士商量。彭斯博士见罗德警官苦恼不堪的样子，为了让他散心，邀请他参加亿万富翁诺曼·特里特举办的派对。 派对地点是在哈德逊河中的孤岛上建筑的无忧城堡（Careless Castle），聚集了钢琴家、作曲家等著名音乐相关人士。但派对从一开始就充满阴沉的气氛，起因是一名参加的大学教授在渡河来城堡时，在船中死于非命。船的客舱里只有教授一个人，在别无人踪的情况下中毒而死。由于被害者有喝过放在客舱里的咖啡的迹象，调查了壶里残留的咖啡，但未检出毒药。 遗憾的是，由于被害者用过的咖啡杯已经碎裂散落，无法进行检查。教授是他杀还是自杀，抑或是事故，完全找不到头绪。如此过了数日，终于出现了第二名死者。 钢琴家埃瑞克·斯塔恩因为准备...(展开全部)

""I am Catalina, Princess of Spain, daughter of the two greatest monarchs the world has ever known...and I will be Queen of England.""Thus, bestselling author Philippa Gregory introduces one of her most unforgettable heroines: Katherine of Aragon. Known to history as the Queen who was pushed off her throne by Anne Boleyn, here is a Katherine the world has forgotten: the enchant...(展开全部)

""I am Catalina, Princess of Spain, daughter of the two greatest monarchs the world has ever known...and I will be Queen of England.""Thus, bestselling author Philippa Gregory introduces one of her most unforgettable heroines: Katherine of Aragon. Known to history as the Queen who was pushed off her throne by Anne Boleyn, here is a Katherine the world has forgotten: the enchant...(展开全部)

The stakes are wildly high in Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s fantastic and blackly comic philosophical fables, which abound in nested narratives and wild paradoxes. This new collection of eleven mind-bending and spellbinding tales includes some of Krzhizhanovsky’s most dazzling conceits: a provincial journalist who moves to Moscow finds his existence consumed by the autobiography o...(展开全部)

He was young-maybe twenty or so-and he must once have been a good-looking kid. Kinsey could see that. But now his body was covered in scars, his face half-collapsed. It saddened Kinsey and made her curious. She could see he was in a lot of pain. But for three weeks, as Kinsey'd watched him him doggedly working out at the local gym, putting himself through a grueling exercise ro...(展开全部)

He was young-maybe twenty or so-and he must once have been a good-looking kid. Kinsey could see that. But now his body was covered in scars, his face half-collapsed. It saddened Kinsey and made her curious. She could see he was in a lot of pain. But for three weeks, as Kinsey'd watched him him doggedly working out at the local gym, putting himself through a grueling exercise ro...(展开全部)

The stakes are wildly high in Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s fantastic and blackly comic philosophical fables, which abound in nested narratives and wild paradoxes. This new collection of eleven mind-bending and spellbinding tales includes some of Krzhizhanovsky’s most dazzling conceits: a provincial journalist who moves to Moscow finds his existence consumed by the autobiography o...(展开全部)

Princess Smartypants does not want to get married. She enjoys being a Ms. But being a rich and pretty princess means that all the princes want her to be their Mrs. Find out how Princess Smartypants fights to preserve her independence in this hilarious fairy-tale-with-a-difference. 'Babette Cole is ...funny, unrestricted and totally unforgettable' - "Independent on Sunday".