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)

The story involves a series of murders taking place in a wealthy neighborhood of New York. The first murder, of a Mr. Joseph Cochrane Robin who is found pierced by an arrow, is accompanied by a note signed "The Bishop" with an extract from the nursery rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin. This crime takes place at the home of an elderly physicist with a beautiful young ward and a privat...(展开全部)

龙杀人事件(The Dragon Murder Case)简介： This is a great, classic detective story. Written in 1933, it captures characters of 1933 New York City well. Fun to read. Fun classic characters: a suspicious butler, a crazy old lady kept safe in an upper floor apartment of an old mansion. Really a good mystery. This is the first Philo Vance mystery I have read - now I want to try the others.

【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。

萨拉·佩里，Sarah Perry 萨拉·佩里在12岁之前，一直与美丽乐观的单身妈妈共同生活。 她12岁那年，在深夜半梦半醒间，目睹母亲被人残忍奸杀。 案发后的十多年中，萨拉孤身一人，辗转被多名亲戚抚养，也一次次被抛弃。那段时间，她迷失过，抑郁过，不过最终还是通过读书与工作勇敢地走出了困境。 萨拉24岁那年，凶手在另一场谋杀案中意外落网，交代了曾杀害萨拉母亲的犯罪事实。 在亲眼见证凶手在法庭接受制裁后，萨拉终于能和以往发生的一切和解，并在30岁那年完成《日食之后》的写作。 萨拉·佩里目前在戴维森学院担任创意写作教授。