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基本信息·出版社：Hodder And Stoughton Ltd.
·页码：416 页
·出版日期：2007年03月
·ISBN：0340840072
·条形码：9780340840078
·装帧：平装
·开本：32开 Pages Per Sheet
·外文书名：影人
内容简介 FBI agent Smoky Barrett is no stranger to the darker recesses of the human mind. But nothing could have prepared her for the day she had to watch her husband and daughter die at the hands of a serial killer. She bears the scars, mental and physical. Most people would run -- from work, from life, from everything associated with the pain of a shattered existence. But Smoky doesn't know how to run -- and when the job that has defined her life comes calling once again with the news that her best friend from high school has been brutally murdered, she finds herself back in the firing line, chasing a hidden killer who will stop at nothing to confront her. Face to face.
作者简介 Cody Mcfadyen is an independent video games designer. He lives in California with his wife and their daughter.
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Publishers Weekly, June 2006 ''Disturbing...promising debut...combines many conventions of the genre but with far more exquisite, intricate results than the norm...Pack[s] a visceral punch''
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Lisa Gardner ''Coldly, stunningly brilliant. Move over Thomas Harris, Mcfadyen has brought a new game to town.''
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. John E. Douglas, author of MINDHUNTER: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit ''Powerful and authentic...It kept me riveted right to the last page. Cody Mcfadyen is the real thing.’
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From the Publisher This is just plain terrifying. If you''ve never read Cody Mcfadyen''s chilling first novel, you''re in for a treat - and if you enjoyed the book, you''ll also love Megan Dodd''s breathy, sinister delivery as she takes long-suffering heroine Smoky Barratt into some very disturbing places indeed.
--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. 编辑推荐 From Publishers Weekly This disturbing serial killer drama set in California marks a promising debut for McFadyen, who combines many conventions of the genre but with far more exquisite, intricate results than the norm. FBI agent Smoky Barrett, a haunted, complicated woman, leads a team of investigators assigned to a serial killer task force. Barrett, who escaped the clutches of a different serial killer a year earlier but lost her husband and daughter in the attack, is now tracking a madman known as "Jack Jr.," who believes he's a descendant of Jack the Ripper. He mauls women, mostly prostitutes with Web sites, then sends the videotapes of the killings to Barrett and her crew. The plot follows a typical arc, complete with some nauseating details and predictable twists. There's also a romance between Barrett and a bodyguard that seems tacked on for future installments. Yet McFadyen's writing is crisp and smart, and his scenes pack a visceral punch without being cheap or exploitative. Barrett, for her part, is a memorable protagonist, a deeply troubled woman trying to move on from tragedy, yet possessing special insight into the criminal mind.
(June) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From AudioFile A killer who believes he is a descendant of Jack the Ripper is terrorizing Los Angeles by killing "cyber-whores" he finds on the Internet. The only person smart enough to stop him is FBI Agent Smoky Barrett, a woman who was badly scarred by another serial killer. Carolyn McCormick's delivery is rich, though occasionally clinical. When she gives in to the emotion of a scene, she's strong, but she does not always do so. Still, the performance is good, and the writing powerful. Smoky Barrett's back story is so convincing I looked for previous novels featuring her. But this is Mcfadyen's first novel and the character's first appearance. Prequel anyone? M.S. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine--
Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition. From Booklist A serial killer murdered FBI agent Smokey Barrett's husband and daughter. Smokey killed the fiend but was left deeply scarred. Now, after spending time contemplating suicide, Smokey finds herself drawn back into the game . . . by a new killer who has addressed his latest crime to her personally. First-time novelist McFadyen writes like an old pro, acknowledging the conventions of the serial-killer thriller without being slavishly devoted to them. Smokey, the not-quite-five-foot-tall, sharp-shooting FBI agent, is no standard-issue heroine, and her nemesis, the killer who calls himself Jack Jr., is both chilling and strangely compassionate. A series to watch.
David PittCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
