The Mephisto Club: A Novel (恶魔俱乐部)|报价￥109.70|图书,进口原版,Others 其他,
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基本信息
·出版社：Ballantine Books
·页码：368 页码
·出版日：2006年
·ISBN：9780345476999
·条码：9780345476999
·装帧：精装
·开本：32开 32开
内容简介
Evil exists. Evil walks the streets. And evil has spawned a diabolical new disciple in this white-knuckle thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.
PECCAVI
The Latin word is scrawled in blood at the scene of a young woman’s brutal murder: I HAVE SINNED. It’s a chilling Christmas greeting for Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli, who swiftly link the victim to controversial celebrity psychiatrist Joyce O’Donnell–Jane’s professional nemesis and member of a sinister cabal called the Mephisto Club.
On top of Beacon Hill, the club’s acolytes devote themselves to the analysis of evil: Can it be explained by science? Does it have a physical presence? Do demons walk the earth? Drawing on a wealth of dark historical data and mysterious religious symbolism, the Mephisto scholars aim to prove a startling theory: that Satan himself exists among us.
With the grisly appearance of a corpse on their doorstep, it’s clear that someone–or something–is indeed prowling the city. The members of the club begin to fear the very subject of their study. Could this maniacal killer be one of their own–or have they inadvertently summoned an evil entity from the darkness?
Delving deep into the most baffling and unusual case of their careers, Maura and Jane embark on a terrifying journey to the very heart of evil, where they encounter a malevolent foe more dangerous than any they have ever faced . . . one whose work is only just beginning.
作者简介
Tess Gerritsen:
Tess Gerritsen left a successful practice as a medic to raise her children and concentrate on her writing. THE SURGEON, THE SINNER, THE APPRENTICE, BODY DOUBLE and most recently VANISH have been Sunday Times bestsellers. She lives with her husband and two sons in Maine.
--This text refers to theAudio CDedition.
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书评
From Publishers Weekly
In this brisk, deftly plotted thriller from bestseller Gerritsen (Vanish), Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and police detective Jane Rizzoli look into the murder of 28-year-old Lori-Ann Tucker, whose body is found Christmas morning in her apartment amid an unholy mess of severed limbs, black candles and satanic symbols rendered in blood. "Peccavi," reads one word scrawled across Tucker's wall—Latin for "I have sinned." Isles and Rizzoli must sort sinner from innocent among suspects who can be found on several continents and include a group of sophisticates—scholars, an anthropologist, a psychiatrist—who are either cult members or crusaders against evil straight from the pages of Revelation. Other murders follow, all gruesome, all involving apocalyptic messages. On occasion, the action shifts to Europe, to a young woman running from a man she's convinced is descended from a race of fallen angels. Gerritsen has a knack for stretching believability just short of the breaking point—and for amassing details that produce an atmosphere in which the most terrible possibilities can and, indeed, should occur.(Sept.)
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FromBookmarks Magazine
The Mephisto Club, the sixth in the Jane Rizzoli/Maura Isles series (afterVanish), contains Tess Gerritsen's trademark lurid writing, grisly medical/forensic details, and chilling suspense. This time, as a satanically driven killer tortures and dismembers his victims, an esoteric cult considers the existence of a gene for evil. It's not a tale for the faint of heart; metaphysical inquiries into demonology and evil are matched, page by page, by grisly details. The only major criticism comes fromNew York Times Book Review, which cited a total lack of credibility. Otherwise,The Mephisto Clubshould provide "hair-raising, demon-hunting good fun" (Los Angeles Times).Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.
FromAudioFile
Jane Rizzoli, Boston detective, again teams up with Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles in pursuit of a maniacal killer who writes "I have sinned" in the victim's blood. Carolyn McCormick develops each character with such convincing clarity that the listener assumes there's more than one narrator. She portrays Rizzoli with an authoritative, controlled voice as the detective pursues clues that lead to the Mephisto Club. This group believes in the supernatural, Satan, and even the Nephilim, an ancient race that resulted when angels mated with humans, referenced in Genesis. McCormick's excellent performance and characterizations coupled with superb plotting, apocalyptic messages, mysterious clues, and murder combine to make this an unforgettable thriller. G.D.W. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine--Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine--This text refers to theAudio CDedition.
Review
Praise for Vanish
“Action-packed, entertaining, and compulsively readable.”
–Chicago Sun-Times
“A powerful story that will haunt you long after the last page is turned.”
–Orlando Sentinel
“A tense, taut thriller that grabs readers from the get-go and never lets up.”
–Booklist
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