Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck with a faint trace of lipstick on his mouth. When the official verdict is suicide, his wealthy father hires fledgling private investigator Cordelia Gray to find out what led him to self-destruction. What she discovers instead is a twisting trail of secrets and sins, and the strong scent of murder. "An Unsuitabl...(展开全部)

Meet Cordelia Gray: twenty-two years old, tough, intelligent and now sole inheritor of the Pryde Detective Agency. Her first assignment finds her hired by Sir Ronald Callender to investigate the death of his son Mark, a young Cambridge student found hanged in mysterious circumstances. Required ti delve into the hidden secrets of the Callender family, Cordelia soon realises it i...(展开全部)

P.D.詹姆斯 （P.D.James，1920-2014） 英国作家，她在英文世界享有极高的声誉，被誉为“当代推理小说女王”。自其创作以来，获奖无数，其中包括推理小说界的两个最高奖项——“钻石匕首奖”和“大师奖”。她是为数不多的同时拿下两项大奖的作家之一。此外，她也是继柯南•道尔、阿加莎• 克里斯蒂后，被请进“国际犯罪小说名人堂”的第三位作家。 她一生写了20本书，创造了亚当•达格利什和科迪莉亚• 格雷两个著名人物，其中达格利什是与夏洛克• 福尔摩斯齐名的大侦探，科迪莉亚• 格雷是推理小说史上著名的女侦探，并启发了许多作品，《名侦探柯南》女二号灰原哀即取名自这位可爱的格雷小姐（Gray, 意为“灰”）。 P.D.詹姆斯的作品极具文学性，她获得了伦敦大学等八所高校获得荣誉博士学位，曾担任英国作家协会主席、艺术委员会文化片区主席、布克文学奖评委主席，其文...(展开全部)

Introducing a brave, new Arab-American voice, an unflinching debut novel that takes us inside a world where few of us have been before: the lives of conservative Arab women living in America. In Brooklyn, eighteen-year-old Deya is starting to meet with suitors. Though she doesn’t want to get married, her grandparents give her no choice. History is repeating itself: Deya’s mothe...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 The scene is set in an English country house â" Hunstanton (Lady Hunstanton's property). The curtains open to the terrace where we are introduced to Lady Caroline who is engaging in conversation with Lady Huntstanton's American Puritan guest Hester Worsley. Other characters are introduced, including the flirtatious Mrs Allonby, the meek Lady Stutfield and Lady Carolin...(展开全部)

Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's country home, when it is announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Gerald's mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 The scene is set in an English country house â" Hunstanton (Lady Hunstanton's property). The curtains open to the terrace where we are introduced to Lady Caroline who is engaging in conversation with Lady Huntstanton's American Puritan guest Hester Worsley. Other characters are introduced, including the flirtatious Mrs Allonby, the meek Lady Stutfield and Lady Carolin...(展开全部)

Introducing a brave, new Arab-American voice, an unflinching debut novel that takes us inside a world where few of us have been before: the lives of conservative Arab women living in America. In Brooklyn, eighteen-year-old Deya is starting to meet with suitors. Though she doesn’t want to get married, her grandparents give her no choice. History is repeating itself: Deya’s mothe...(展开全部)

Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's country home, when it is announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Gerald's mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him ...(展开全部)

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