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)

【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。

A follow up to DAY OF THE DRAGON, the second book in THE WAR OF THE ANCIENTS trilogy, the maverick mage Rhonin and his dragon ally Krasus are propelled through time into their world's dangerous and mysterious past. While back in the present, the Dark Lord Sargeras sets in motion a plan to overrun the free peoples of the world.

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.

Twenty years ago, Anthony Galton vanished, along with his streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of the Galton fortune. Now his dying mother wants him found, and Lew Archer is on the case: is Anthony hiding somewhere, happy and eager not to be discovered? But what Archer finds - a headless skeleton, a clever con and a terrified blonde - reveals a game whose stakes are so...(展开全部)