The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to choose from, there is a perfect gi...(展开全部)

The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to choose from, there is a perfect gi...(展开全部)

In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunnit in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, Detective Hawthorne is once again called upon to solve an unsolvable case—a gruesome murder in an idyllic gated community in which suspects abound. Riverside Close is a picture-perfect community. The six exclusive and attractive houses are tucked far ...(展开全部)

There has never been a murder on Alderney. It's a tiny island, just three miles long and a mile and a half wide. The perfect location for a brand-new literary festival. Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne has been invited to talk about his new book. The writer, Anthony Horowitz, travels with him. Very soon they discover that all is not as it should be. Alderney is in turmoil ...(展开全部)

These were Richard Pryce's last words, overheard moments before the celeb divorce lawyer was bludgeoned to death with a £3,000 bottle of wine. Strange circumstances pile up. Pryce was teetotal, so why this bottle? Why those words? Why did the killer paint a number on his wall? And, most importantly, which of the man’s many, many enemies did the deed? Baffled, the police are for...(展开全部)

There has never been a murder on Alderney. It's a tiny island, just three miles long and a mile and a half wide. The perfect location for a brand-new literary festival. Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne has been invited to talk about his new book. The writer, Anthony Horowitz, travels with him. Very soon they discover that all is not as it should be. Alderney is in turmoil ...(展开全部)

'A real page-turner. I loved it!' ALED JONES (ITV, Weekend) 'The beguiling whodunit plot is dispatched with characteristic elan as Horowitz blurs the line between fact and fiction' (Financial Times) 'Splendidly entertaining, absorbing and difficult to put down. Hawthorne is an intriguing character' (Daily Express) A wealthy woman strangled six hours after she’s arranged her own...(展开全部)

爱德华·D·霍克 在当代欧美侦探小说文坛有那么一位甘心坚守短篇阵营的作家，辛勤耕耘几 十年之后也成为了一代大师。这便是目前创作逾千篇短篇侦探小说的爱德华·D· 霍克。 爱德华·D·霍克是二战之后最重要的短篇侦探小说作家。1973开始《埃勒里 ·奎因神秘杂志》每期都刊登他的一篇小说，三十多年未曾间断。在短篇小说的 领域里，霍克是多面手，尝试过各种形式和方法，但是大部分小说都强调公平的 线索和推理。许多情节元素是创新的，比如在推理中融合科幻小说和幻想小说元 素，他还坚持黄金时代作家的理念，认为谜团是小说的核心。 爱德华·D·霍克谈及为何对短篇小说情有独钟是因为他喜欢新奇的想法。“ 我可以一两周就写出一篇短篇小说，”他说，“长篇往往要花费我两三个月。我 很少写长篇，我觉得自己会半途而废，总想到下一个点子。”在他超过1000篇的 短篇作品中，塑造了二十多位系...(展开全部)