A KILLING IN THE VALLEY
Book ID/图书代码： 02330006B06100
English Summary/英文概要： “Freedman exhibits the kind of raw storytelling power that keeps readers turning pages deep into the night.” -- Entertainment Weekly。when a young Latina high school senior is found brutally murdered on the land of Santa Barbara’s oldest family, and a privileged Anglo boy is put on trial for the crime, can justice ultimately be served? J.F. Freedman tantalizes readers with this premise and more in his atmospheric, gripping new novel A KILLING IN THE VALLEY A page-turner with strong characters for readers to root for and identify with, A KILLING IN THE VALLEY begins on a warm September day at the start of the school year, when high school senior Maria Estrada is raped and murdered. When her ravaged body is found weeks later on Juanita McCoy’s old ranch, Rancho San Gennaro, a house that has been in her family for over ten generations, and Juanita’s own grandson Steven who was in town at the time becomes the prime suspect, lawyer Luke Garrison and P.I. Kate Blanchard are called upon to defend the young McCoy. But it is when Kate Blanchard’s daughter Sophia, a classmate of the murdered girl, does some dangerous super-sleuthing of her own that the murder investigation really gets under way. With a wide-ranging cast of Southern Californians from both sides of the class divide and the kind of expert characterization and court room drama that Freedman is known for, A KILLING IN THE VALLEY is sure to become one of this summer’s most talked about fiction reads.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 该书曾被娱乐周刊评论为：FREEdman 超高的讲故事能力使得读者不能停止翻书。 当一个年轻的拉丁高中高年级学生被发现在Santa Barbara的最古老的屋子里被残酷地谋杀时，当一个拥有特权的英国男孩因此而被推上法庭时，最终是否会有人主持正义？在该书中作者留下这样一个悬念，紧接着的则是更多的大气回肠和引人注目的故事情节。该书的故事开始于九月份开学的第一天，一个温暖的日子---那天高中高年级学生Maria Estrada被强奸并谋杀了。当它那被蹂躏的身体几周后在Juanita McCoy的旧农场Rancho San Gennaro----一个祖辈生活了超过十年的屋子里被发现后，Juanita的孙子—---当时正好在这里的Steven被认为有最大的嫌疑。律师Luke Garrison 和 P.I. Kate Blanchard是负责为这个年轻男孩辩护的人，这时正是Kate Blanchard的女儿---被谋杀的Maria Estrada的同班同学亲自做了一些惊人的调查才使得这起谋杀案的调查真正开始走上正确的道路。取景于界限分明的南加里佛尼亚，有FREEDMAN擅长的人物个性的塑造和使他成名的法庭辩论场面，相信这本书将成为今夏最热门的小说之一。
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About the Author/作者介绍： By 1987 J.F. Freedman had been an award-winning film and TV producer, director,and writer for over fifteen years, for such shows such as “MacGyver,” “The X-Files,” and “Kojak” (he won the 1974 Edgar Award for Best Television Episode for “One For The Morgue”). But the novel form beckoned, and, while still working fulltime in Hollywood, he began crafting his critically acclaimed first novel AGAINST THE WIND (1991). Since the publication of AGAINST THE WIND, J.F. Freedman has published seven other internationally-renowned thrillers: THE OBSTACLE COURSE (Penguin, 1993), HOUSE OF SMOKE (Viking Penguin, 1996), KEY WITNESS(Dutton, 1997), THE DISAPPEARANCE (Dutton, 1998), ABOVE THE LAW (Penguin, 2000), BIRD’S EYE VIEW (Warner Books, 2001) and FALLEN IDOLS (Warner Books, 2003)。在1987年之前，J.F. Freedman是一位获奖电视电影制作者和导演。他花了将近15年为像MacGyver,” “The X-Files,” 和 “Kojak”这些节目写作， 1974年他又因Edgar Award获得了Edgar Award的最佳电视故事情节奖。在好来屋任职时，他开始构思他的引以为豪的第一部小说AGAINST THE WIND (1991)，自从这本小说出版后，FREEDMAN 已经出版了7本其他的世界闻名的惊悚小说。例如：THE OBSTACLE COURSE (Penguin, 1993), HOUSE OF SMOKE (Viking Penguin, 1996), KEY WITNESS(Dutton, 1997), THE DISAPPEARANCE (Dutton, 1998), ABOVE THE LAW (Penguin, 2000), BIRD’S EYE VIEW (Warner Books, 2001) and FALLEN IDOLS (Warner Books, 2003)
Format:GALLEY
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