The Letter Killers Club is a secret society of self-described “conceivers” who, to preserve the purity of their conceptions, will commit nothing to paper. (What, after all, is your run-of-the-mill scribbler of stories if not an accomplished corruptor of conceptions?) The logic of the club is strict and uncompromising. Every Saturday, members meet in a firelit room filled with e...(展开全部)

At Waterloo Station, hopeful new arrivals from the West Indies step off the boat train, ready to start afresh in 1950s London. There, homesick Moses Aloetta, who has already lived in the city for years, meets Henry 'Sir Galahad' Oliver and shows him the ropes. In this strange, cold and foggy city where the natives can be less than friendly at the sight of a black face, has Gala...(展开全部)

弗吉尼亚·斯潘塞·卡尔，美国著名传记作家。 1929年7月21日生于佛罗里达，从12岁起就立志成为作家。北卡罗莱纳大学文学硕士，后被弗吉尼亚的林奇伯格学院授予名誉人文博士学位。从1985年到2003年退休，一直执教于亚特兰大的佐治亚州立大学英语系。 出生于美国南方的卡尔博士，一生都在探访研究南方作家的生平。她是研究卡森·麦卡勒斯的权威，除了本传记外，还出版了《解读卡森·麦卡勒斯》。她还为作家约翰·多斯·帕索斯、作家和作曲家保罗·鲍勒斯著书立传。目前她正在创作两部传记：一部关于女作家尤多拉·威尔蒂，另一部关于剧作家田纳西·威廉姆斯。

Over the course of twenty-five years, Dr. Helen Morrison has profiled more than eighty serial killers around the world. What she learned about them will shatter every assumption you've ever had about the most notorious criminals known to man. Judging by appearances, Dr. Helen Morrison has an ordinary life in the suburbs of a major city. She has a physician husband, two children...(展开全部)

辻村深月（1980年—） 日本推理小说家。2004年凭推理小说《时间停止的校园》摘取第31届梅菲斯特奖而一举登上文坛，之后作品屡次入围各大奖项。2011年凭推理小说《使者》获得第32届吉川英治文学新人奖。2012年，《没有钥匙的梦想》获得直木奖，并被改编为同名影视作品。2018年《镜之孤城》获选日本“书店大奖”第一名，並囊括《国王的早午餐》节目年度书籍大奖、《达文西》杂志“2017年度图书”小说类第一名等7项大奖，创下超过55万册的销售成绩。

辻村深月（1980年—） 日本推理小说家。2004年凭推理小说《时间停止的校园》摘取第31届梅菲斯特奖而一举登上文坛，之后作品屡次入围各大奖项。2011年凭推理小说《使者》获得第32届吉川英治文学新人奖。2012年，《没有钥匙的梦想》获得直木奖，并被改编为同名影视作品。2018年《镜之孤城》获选日本“书店大奖”第一名，並囊括《国王的早午餐》节目年度书籍大奖、《达文西》杂志“2017年度图书”小说类第一名等7项大奖，创下超过55万册的销售成绩。

The comprehensive examination into the frightening history of serial homicide. In this unique book, Peter Vronsky documents the psychological, investigative, and cultural aspects of serial murder, beginning with its first recorded instance in Ancient Rome, through fifteenth-century France, up to such notorious contemporary cases as cannibal/necrophile Ed Kemper, Henry Lee ...(展开全部)

The comprehensive examination into the frightening history of serial homicide. In this unique book, Peter Vronsky documents the psychological, investigative, and cultural aspects of serial murder, beginning with its first recorded instance in Ancient Rome, through fifteenth-century France, up to such notorious contemporary cases as cannibal/necrophile Ed Kemper, Henry Lee ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Set in the American South, this is the story of a group of people who appear to have little in common except they are all hopelessly lonely. A young girl, a drunken socialist and a black doctor are drawn to a gentle, sympathetic deaf mute, John Singer, whose presence changes their lives. 点击链接进入中文版： 心是孤独的猎手

在线阅读本书 Set in the American South, this is the story of a group of people who appear to have little in common except they are all hopelessly lonely. A young girl, a drunken socialist and a black doctor are drawn to a gentle, sympathetic deaf mute, John Singer, whose presence changes their lives. 点击链接进入中文版： 心是孤独的猎手