Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger Award 2010They killed her best friend. Now they are chasing Rachel Anderson through the streets of Cape Town. The young tourist doesn't dare trust anyone - except her father, back home in America. When he puts pressure on the politicians, they know that to protect their country's image, they must find Rachel's hiding place before the...(展开全部)

An unputdownable thriller from South Africa's #1-bestselling crime writer. Some would call Detective Benny Griessel a legend. Others would call him a drunk. Either way, he has trodden on too many toes over the years ever to reach the top of the promotion ladder, and now he concentrates on staying sober and mentoring the new generation of crime fighters -- mixed race, Xhosa an...(展开全部)

狄昂．梅爾 Deon Meyer 於1958年在南非西開普省的葡萄酒產區出生，在西北普羅旺斯的黃金開採地區成長。從大學畢業之後，擔任日報記者，同時也撰寫文字廣告，或為雜誌創作短篇小說。1994年出版了第一本以南非荷蘭文創作的小說以來，他的作品經常登上南非暢銷書排行榜的冠軍寶座，並已被翻譯成25國語言，獲得國際上無數獎項，被喻為「南非驚悚小說之王」。 他於2010年出版的《13小時》不但是當年南非暢銷小說冠軍，更進入2010年英國犯罪小說協會金匕首獎（The CWA International Dagger）的決選名單，並且已被英國製片公司買下電影版權。 現與妻子以及四名子女定居於南非西海岸的克博斯特蘭。 官方網站：www.deonmeyer.com

威廉·福克纳（William Faulkner, 1897-1962） 二十世纪最卓越、最具影响力的作家之一，1897年9月出生于美国的密西西比州，一生共创作19部长篇小说与120多篇短篇小说，其中大多数作品都以他虚构的约克纳帕塔法县为背景，在文学史上被称为“约克纳帕塔法世系”。代表作有《喧哗与骚动》（1929）、《我弥留之际》（1930）、《圣殿》（1931）、《八月之光》（1932）、《押沙龙！押沙龙！》（1936）、《坟墓的闯入者》（1948）、《寓言》（1954）等。福克纳全面探讨了美国内战后的南方生活，既关注人物的个体境遇与历史，也关注一个日益分崩离析的社会中种种道德价值动荡的情形。 通过将象征主义与意识流技巧相结合，福克纳开辟了小说写作的新路径。他于1949年因“对当代美国小说做出了强有力的和艺术上无与伦比的贡献”获诺贝尔文学奖，后又两次...(展开全部)

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker--his classmate and crush--who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he m...(展开全部)

Clay Jenkins returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out ho...(展开全部)

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker--his classmate and crush--who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he m...(展开全部)

Clay Jenkins returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out ho...(展开全部)

The Tuesday Night Club is a venue where locals challenge Miss Marple to solve recent crimes...One Tuesday evening a group gathers at Miss Marple's house and the conversation turns to unsolved crimes! The case of the disappearing bloodstains; the thief who committed his crime twice over; the message on the death-bed of a poisoned man which read 'heap of fish'; the strange case ...(展开全部)

What's better than Agatha Christie? thirteen Agatha Christies. A baker's dozen of fiendishly told tales in which indomitable sleuth Miss Jane Marple plays host to some of the most clever crimes- and criminals.