Miss Kinue Nomura survived World War II only to be murdered in Tokyo, her severed limbs left behind. Gone is that part of her that bore one of the most beautiful full-body tattoos ever rendered by her late father. Kenzo Matsushita, a young doctor, must assist his detective brother who is in charge of the case, because he was Kinue's secret lover and the first person on the murd...(展开全部)

A female's limbs and head are found in a locked bathroom, and all the doors and windows of the house are locked. The dismembered body is discovered by two admirers, Professor Heishiro Hayakawa, a collector of tattoo skins, and Kenzo Matsushita, the naive, lovestruck younger brother of Detective Chief Inspector Daiyu Matsushita. The police's problems are compounded by two additi...(展开全部)

Miss Kinue Nomura survived World War II only to be murdered in Tokyo, her severed limbs left behind. Gone is that part of her that bore one of the most beautiful full-body tattoos ever rendered by her late father. Kenzo Matsushita, a young doctor, must assist his detective brother who is in charge of the case, because he was Kinue's secret lover and the first person on the murd...(展开全部)

A female's limbs and head are found in a locked bathroom, and all the doors and windows of the house are locked. The dismembered body is discovered by two admirers, Professor Heishiro Hayakawa, a collector of tattoo skins, and Kenzo Matsushita, the naive, lovestruck younger brother of Detective Chief Inspector Daiyu Matsushita. The police's problems are compounded by two additi...(展开全部)

Possibly the most unusual mystery ever written. A murder is committed, behind closed doors, in bizarre circumstances. Three amateur detectives take the case: Lord Simon Plimsoll, Monsieur Amer Picon, and Monsignor Smith (in whom discerning readers will note likeness to some familiar literary figures). Each arrives at his own brilliant solution, startling in its originality, iro...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 约翰•迪克森•卡尔（John Dickson Carr，1906—1977），美籍推理小说家，曾在英国长期定居。他的作品集欧美古典本格推理之大成，并以“密室谋杀”和“不可能犯罪”的构思见长，有“密室之王”的美誉。1950年和1970年，他先后两次获得美国推理作家协会（简称MWA）的埃德加•爱伦•坡特别奖。1963年，MWA一致同意向他颁发“终身大师奖”，这是推理界的最高荣誉。 ———————————————————————— 【译者简介】 辛可加，推理小说爱好者、翻译者，已翻译出版阿加莎•克里斯蒂《底牌》 《黑麦奇案》、埃勒里•奎因《双面莱特》、约翰•迪克森•卡尔《三口棺材》《孔雀羽谋杀案》《福尔摩斯的功绩》等十余部作品。

【作者简介】 约翰•迪克森•卡尔（John Dickson Carr，1906—1977），美籍推理小说家，曾在英国长期定居。他的作品集欧美古典本格推理之大成，并以“密室谋杀”和“不可能犯罪”的构思见长，有“密室之王”的美誉。1950年和1970年，他先后两次获得美国推理作家协会（简称MWA）的埃德加•爱伦•坡特别奖。1963年，MWA一致同意向他颁发“终身大师奖”，这是推理界的最高荣誉。 ———————————————————————— 【译者简介】 辛可加，推理小说爱好者、翻译者，已翻译出版阿加莎•克里斯蒂《底牌》 《黑麦奇案》、埃勒里•奎因《双面莱特》、约翰•迪克森•卡尔《三口棺材》《孔雀羽谋杀案》《福尔摩斯的功绩》等十余部作品。

N.K.杰米辛 纽约市布鲁克林人，拥有心理学和教育学学位，作品主题广泛，包括文化冲突与压迫等。她的处女作是2010年的短篇小说《非零概率》，入围雨果奖与星云奖；同年出版第一部长篇小说《十方诸国》，获得雨果奖、世界科幻奖提名，并荣获轨迹奖最佳长篇小说处女作奖。2016年凭借《第五季》成为首位获得雨果奖的黑人女作家，2017年的《方尖碑之门》再次获得雨果奖，使她成为雨果奖史上第二位蝉联最佳长篇小说奖的科幻作家。

罗斯•麦唐诺（Ross Macdonald，1915—1983） 罗斯•麦唐纳（Ross Macdonald,1915-1983），本名肯尼斯•米勒，美国推理作家协会终身大师奖、英国推理作家协会金匕首奖，曾任美国推理作家协会主席，公认的冷硬派推理小说名家。 众多研究犯罪、推理小说名家持续不断地探讨其作品的魅力，《纽约时报》书评称他突破了推理小说的类型限制，成功跻身为“一位主流的美国小说家”。知名作家村上春树、劳伦斯•布洛克（著有《八百万种死法》）、斯蒂格•拉森（著有《龙纹身的女孩》）、约翰•康纳利（著有《失物之书》等作家皆在不同的场合向这位前辈致敬，称自己从他的作品中受益良多。

Anthony Galton disappeared almost 20 years ago. Now his aging--and very rich--mother has hired Lew Archer to bring him back. What turns up is a headless skeleton, a suspicious heir, and a con man whose stakes are so high that someone is still willing to kill for them.