When Zeina was born, the civil war in Lebanon had been going on for six years, so it's just a normal part of life for her and her parents and little brother. The city of Beirut is cut in two by bricks and sandbags, threatened by snipers and shelling. East Beirut is for Christians, and West Beirut is for Muslims. When Zeina's parents don't return from a visit to the other half o...(展开全部)

泽娜·阿比拉赫德，黎巴嫩艺术家。她的作品，大多都融入了自己年少时的战争经历，对焦战争中的普通人，虽在战争中艰难求生，却仍然不忘创造美好。其他代表作还有《东方钢琴》。

2008年，《时代周刊》选出了五十位最伟大的犯罪小说家，P.D. James名列前矛，甚至在这类小说的开山始祖爱伦•坡的前面。《时代周刊》给她的赞美是：创作力丰沛且脑容量惊人的贵妇。这位现年八十八岁高龄、气质高雅非凡的女作家，目前还活跃于文坛。 由于写作有成，她获得许多国际知名文学奖，包括在英国犯罪作家推理协会颁发的、有“诺贝尔推理文学奖”之称的“钻石匕首奖”，并受英国皇室勋封为女伯爵，更获颁美国侦探作家协会终身成就奖——“大师奖”，以及“爱伦•坡奖”

When the administrative head of the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is found dead with a chisel in her heart, Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. Dalgliesh must analyze the deep-seated anxieties and thwarted desires of patients and staff alike to determine which of their unresolved conflicts resulted in murder. With "discernment, depth, and cr...(展开全部)

周四推理俱乐部的老朋友、80岁的古董商人库尔德什死了，在偏僻小径的尽头被一枪爆头。死前，他曾给历史学教授妮娜和一个无法追踪的电话号码各打了一通电话。 消息传来，四位老年侦探誓要为老友查明真相。原来，出事前三天，当地毒贩要求库尔德什寄存一盒价值10万英镑的毒品，他死后一整盒毒品不翼而飞。毒品？历史教授？无法追踪的号码？到底谁才是真正的催命符？ 与此同时，这起不大不小的案子竟然惊动了国家犯罪调查局，案件信息被全面封锁。更大的危机来自内部，伊丽莎白的丈夫斯蒂芬罹患阿尔兹海默症，症状已严重到无法和她继续生活，强大的伊丽莎白第一次被无力包围，无心案件。周四推理俱乐部痛失“主脑”，乔伊丝及时补位，带领小团伙一头钻进多如牛毛的细碎线索。 是当地毒贩“黑吃黑”杀死无辜的寄存人？还是神秘的无法追踪者另起歹心？“周四推理俱乐部”的故事远未结束，探案仍在继续。

After the death of his wife, New York City detective Dave heads west to the small town Mesa Grande, Colorado, and takes a job as Chief Investigator for the Public Defender. When a rivalry between two professors at the nearby college reaches a deadly level, it is with the help of his visiting Mom — a wise, tough, shrewd Jewish New Yorker — that Dave untangles a complex puzzle th...(展开全部)

When a young bear finds a scrap of an old letter, he is so curious about the mysterious marks that he searches out their source--a cabin in the woods. There he meets a young woman and is mesmerized by the sound of her voice. Though he cannot understand her words, he returns every day to hear the woman's stories of sailors, goddesses, and far-off lands. Dennis Haseley's magical...(展开全部)