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  The 5th Horseman 第五个骑士
[ 2006-06-20 10:11 ]

 
 

Author: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro 

List Price: $27.95

Pages: 400

Publisher:  Little Brown 

Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.0 inches

ISBN: 0316159778    

    | Book description |

 

SOMEBODY DIES.
A young mother is recuperating in a San Francisco hospital when she is suddenly gasping for breath. The call button fails to bring help in time. The hospital's doctors, some of the best in the nation, are completely mystified by her death. How did this happen?
APOCALYPSE NEARS.
This is not the first such case at the hospital. Just as patients are about to be released with a clean bill of health, their conditions take a devastating turn for the worse.
Accompanied by the newest member of the Women's Murder Club, Yuki Castellano, Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer probes deeper into the incidents. Could these cases just be appalling coincidences? Or is a maniac playing God with people's lives? When someone close to the Women's Murder Club begins to exhibit the same frightening symptoms, Lindsay fears no one is safe.
THE 5TH HORSEMAN RIDES.
It is a wild race against time as Lindsay's investigation reveals a hospital administration determined to shield its reputation at all costs. And while the hospital wages an explosive court battle that grips the entire nation, Lindsay and the Women's Murder Club hunt for a merciless killer among its esteemed medical staff.
The newest addition to the top-selling new mystery series takes the Women's Murder Club to the most terrifying heights of suspense they have yet to encounter. The 5th Horseman proves once again that James Patterson is "the page-turningest author in the game right now".

美国旧金山的一家医院发生了一连串离奇的事件,几位康复即将出院的病人却在一夕间离奇死亡,这是巧合,还是另有阴谋?医院为了隐瞒事实,百般阻挠女子谋杀俱乐部成员办案,不仅如此,女子谋杀俱乐部成员的亲人也惨遭毒手,这是警告吗?……



Author introduction

James Patterson's most recent major international bestseller is Honeymoon. He is the author of 34 books and lives in Florida.

1949年生于纽约的James Patterson,是美国新一代的推理惊悚小说畅销天王。最早的处女作品《The Thomas Berryman Number》曾获艾伦坡奖,多部作品曾改编成电影。Women's Murder Club 是James Patterson的最新系列作品,这一系列以女性辨案的惊悚小说意外的大受欢迎,第一部《1st TO Die》即将改拍影集。