琼·林赛（1896—1984），澳大利亚著名的小说家、剧作家、散文家和视觉艺术家。年轻时曾经从事绘画创作，后来又开始进行文学创作，四十岁时推出了她的处女作小说《穿越最黑暗的庞德拉约》（Through Darkest Pondelayo）。林赛最享誉盛名的作品《悬崖上的野餐》出版于1967年，是一部带有哥特色彩的历史小说。这部作品出版后即引起巨大社会反响，许多人都怀疑这部作品是真实事件，而作者林赛暧昧的态度更是让这部作品引发热议。《悬崖上的野餐》被公认为澳大利亚最重要的小说之一，1975年被翻拍为同名电影，由拍摄过《楚门的世界》《死亡诗社》等著名影片的导演彼得·威尔执导，获1977年英国电影学院奖最佳摄影奖。

**A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK** 'A sinister tale' Guardian The classic, atmospheric Australian thriller about the mysterious disappearance of a group of young girls. A cloudless summer day in the year nineteen hundred... Everyone at Appleyard College for Young Ladies agreed it was just right for a picnic at Hanging Rock. After lunch, a group of three girls cl...(展开全部)

On St Valentine's day in 1900, a party of Australian schoolgirls set off with two schoolmistresses on a picnic to a place called Hanging Rock. Some were never to return. What began as a pleasant and happy day out ended in terror.

New York Times bestselling astronaut Chris Hadfield is back with an exceptional Cold War thriller from the dark heart of the Space Race. 1973: a final, top-secret mission to the Moon. Three astronauts in a tiny module, a quarter of a million miles from home. A quarter of a million miles from help. As Russian and American crews sprint for a secret bounty hidden away on the lun...(展开全部)

A baffler of the first order. -- New York Times A masterwork...stunningly original. -- Julian Symons Agatha Christie at her best. -- New York Herald Tribune Christie is beyond criticism. -- New Statesman and Nation --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Agatha Christie at her best. (New York Herald Tribune) A baffler of the first order. (New York Times) A masterwork.....(展开全部)

约翰•狄克森•卡尔（1906－1977） 史上最伟大的推理小说作家之一，举世公认的“密室推理之王”。其小说素以公平著称，线索隐蔽，解答惊人，具有超乎寻常的逻辑性、趣味性。他一生共设计了超过五十种密室，几乎每个都是构思精巧、无以复加；又兼其小说一贯具有的浓郁哥特风格，以及其谋篇布局的架构能力之强，自会让读者大呼过瘾，竞相传读。读推理，岂能不读密室；读密室，岂能不读卡尔！

The novel starts in the 1960s when 17 people die of cyanide poisoning at a party given by the owners of a prominent clinic in a town on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The only surviving links to what might have happened are a cryptic verse that could be the killer's, and the physician's bewitching blind daughter, Hisako, the only person spared injury. The youth who emerges as t...(展开全部)