亿万富翁John Benedict与自己的三位前妻Marcia Kemp、Alice Tierney、Audrey Weston相聚在莱特镇，随行的还有律师Al Marsh和律师的秘书Smith小姐。此时奎因父子也受John Benedict之邀，到莱特镇休假。一天晚上，Benedict当众宣布自己要再次结婚，并这样描述新娘：“她就是我生命中最后的女人……”不料当天晚上，Benedict就惨遭杀害，弥留之际，他打电话给埃勒里，拼死说出了最后一句死前留言：“Home……”埃勒里赶到现场，却在现场发现分属三位前妻的晚礼服、假发和手套。究竟是谁杀害了Benedict，而他生命中最后的女人又是谁？

作者簡介 安貝爾（Ann Baer） 生於1914年4月，現年105歲，入選2018年《了不起的百歲女性》（The Century Girls）。 她與丈夫經營美術出版社蓋尼米德（Ganymed Press），擔任總監。二戰時期當公務員之前，她曾於倫敦就讀切爾西藝術學校（Chelsea School of Art）。她為本書手繪許多細緻插圖，一生對中世紀英格蘭保有高度興趣。 譯者簡介 翁仲琪 曾任出版社編輯，現為自由文字工作者。

Richard Avedon redefined portrait and fashion photography in the 20th century. In the 1940s Avedon burst onto the fashion scene, infusing his photographs with touches of realism and the fantastic. His images were among the first to replace the stiff poses of the past with energetic action scenes that commanded the pages of Harper's Bazaar and Vogue magazines from the mid-'40s t...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her i...(展开全部)

A young, frightened, foreign woman appears at the door of an isolated house. The man and woman inside take her in. Other strangers appear in pursuit of the girl. Menace is in the air. Originally published in 1933, Hammett's Woman in the Dark shows the author at the peak of his narrative powers. With an introduction by Robert B. Parker, the author of the celebrated Spenser novel...(展开全部)

The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her i...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Richard Avedon redefined portrait and fashion photography in the 20th century. In the 1940s Avedon burst onto the fashion scene, infusing his photographs with touches of realism and the fantastic. His images were among the first to replace the stiff poses of the past with energetic action scenes that commanded the pages of Harper's Bazaar and Vogue magazines from the mid-'40s t...(展开全部)

The little town of Amnestie had not known a death so bloody since the fifteenth century. And certainly none more baffling—to all except Mr Verity. From the moment he appears this bearded giant—ruthless inquirer, devastating wit and enthusiastic collector of the best sculpture— has matters firmly (if fantastically) under control. Things are certainly complicated, but this is har...(展开全部)