One of the best of the Merrivales. The plot is simple (compared to earlier Carr works) but effective, and produces a shocking surprise at the end. In short, the book is an intelligent romance novel with an impossible crime worked in.

约翰·迪克森·卡尔，和阿加莎·克里斯蒂、埃勒里·奎因并称“黄金时代三大家”，独以密室题材构思见长，一生设计出五十余种不同类型的密室，被誉为“密室之王”。 一九三三年，卡尔出版基甸·菲尔博士系列首部作品《女巫角》。第二年，他以笔名卡特·迪克森发表《瘟疫庄谋杀案》，亨利·梅里维尔爵士登场。这两个系列成为卡尔最具代表性的作品。三十年代是卡尔创作生涯最多产的时期，其中《三口棺材》《扭曲的铰链》（旧译《歪曲的枢纽》）和《犹大之窗》被后世评论家归入“卡尔的经典代表作”。特别是一九三五年出版的《三口棺材》以经典的“密室讲义”和“双重密室”成为推理史上不可能犯罪小说的巅峰之作，至今仍难以超越。 卡尔笔下的密室第一神探基甸·菲尔博士，是一个胖胖的字典编纂者，走路要拄两根拐杖，喜欢穿斗篷，抽着海泡石烟斗，个性相当和蔼可亲。他有着敏锐的观察力，善于分析罪犯的心理，出场代表...(展开全部)

One of the best of the Merrivales. The plot is simple (compared to earlier Carr works) but effective, and produces a shocking surprise at the end. In short, the book is an intelligent romance novel with an impossible crime worked in.

UK edition By day the city works. By night it plays, and everyone is invited to the game: the rich the poor, the adventurous and the tame. Sometimes, the playground turns deadly. Sometimes, the homicide detectives from the 87th Precinct are invited, too... The victim had a knife plunged in her chest. The husband was glad, and didn't hide it. From the beginning, Detective Carell...(展开全部)

约翰·迪克森·卡尔，和阿加莎·克里斯蒂、埃勒里·奎因并称“黄金时代三大家”，独以密室题材构思见长，一生设计出五十余种不同类型的密室，被誉为“密室之王”。 一九三三年，卡尔出版基甸·菲尔博士系列首部作品《女巫角》。第二年，他以笔名卡特·迪克森发表《瘟疫庄谋杀案》，亨利·梅里维尔爵士登场。这两个系列成为卡尔最具代表性的作品。三十年代是卡尔创作生涯最多产的时期，其中《三口棺材》《扭曲的铰链》（旧译《歪曲的枢纽》）和《犹大之窗》被后世评论家归入“卡尔的经典代表作”。特别是一九三五年出版的《三口棺材》以经典的“密室讲义”和“双重密室”成为推理史上不可能犯罪小说的巅峰之作，至今仍难以超越。 卡尔笔下的密室第一神探基甸·菲尔博士，是一个胖胖的字典编纂者，走路要拄两根拐杖，喜欢穿斗篷，抽着海泡石烟斗，个性相当和蔼可亲。他有着敏锐的观察力，善于分析罪犯的心理，出场代表...(展开全部)

室利·尼萨迦达塔·马哈拉吉（Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj），是印度著名的精神导师，是湿婆不二（非二元论）的印度大师。尽管他出身贫寒，但顽强的性格以及独立自主的愿望引领着他。1973年，《我就是那》出版。英文版面世后，给他带来了全世界，特别是来自北美和 欧洲的认可和关注。

This delightful introduction to the life and works of Montaigne explains the enduring relevance of this sixteenth-century genius. Michel Montaigne’s life as an essayist began in a period of crushing depression brought on by the deaths of a daughter, his brother, his father, and his closest friend. With his country embroiled in a bloody religious war, the French aristocrat wi...(展开全部)

A celebration of Montaigne, the most enjoyable and yet profound of all Renaissance writers. In the year 1570, at the age of thirty-seven, Michel de Montaigne gave up his job as a magistrate and retired to his château to brood on the deaths of his best friend, his father, his brother, and his firstborn child. But finding his mind agitated, rather than settled, by idleness, Mont...(展开全部)

At the start of bestseller Clark's riveting new novel of suspense, Kay Lansing recalls her first visit as a six-year-old to the Carrington estate in Englewood, N.J., where her father worked as a landscaper. Twenty-two years later, she returns to ask the present owner, Peter Carrington, if she can use the mansion for a fund-raiser. The two fall madly in love, and after a whirlwi...(展开全部)