Death in the Air

英美四十多個獎項提名，多國語言狂掃全球

突發的謀殺案只是惡意欺人的表象
人性貪婪的魔鬼其實隱身在細節中

名偵探科學探案的處女作，易容武術的第一次練習！
從此刻開始見證熟悉的福爾摩斯式探案養成

　　映襯著弧形玻璃，鞦韆無聲地滑翔而過，知名空中飛人「水星先生」從一百英呎的高處無情墜落，只有尖叫聲劃破寂靜。高空明星微弱的耳語，還有鞦韆桿上不尋常的刻痕──只有福爾摩斯知道這是謀殺。

　　母親因他而死，得不到父親的原諒，在倫敦漆黑陰鬱的巷弄中，一切都點綴著血的顏色──「生命中還有很多事情要做」──少年曾對母親發下牢不可破的誓言，但未來該何去何從？

　　瘋狂藥劑師貝爾及時伸出援手，為他開了醫學、科學和武術的大門，追尋正義的道路上也多了良師益友，但藥店的生存命脈卻遭受惡霸富豪的威脅。

　　如何能夠保住藥店？是誰讓水星非死不可？這一切和殘暴的布里斯頓幫派又有什麼關聯？少年福爾摩斯決心再起，這場謀殺案外案即將讓他深入倫敦地下黑幫世界最邪惡的淵藪……

　　一場水晶宮裡的表演盛會，一段飛人家族的仇恨糾葛
　　謀殺牽扯出的案外案從天而降，福爾摩斯必須再次出擊！

　　After the harrowing experience of losing his mother while solving a brutal murder in London’s East End, young Sherlock Holmes commits himself to fighting crime … and is soon involved in another case. While visiting his father at the magnificent Crystal Palace, Sherlock stops to watch a remarkable and dangerous trapeze performance high above, framed by the stunning glass ceiling of the legendary building. Suddenly, the troupe’s star is dropping, screaming and flailing, toward the floor. He lands with a sickening thud just a few feet away, and rolls up almost onto the boy’s boots. Unconscious and bleeding profusely, his body is grotesquely twisted. In the mayhem that follows, Sherlock notices something that no one else sees — something is amiss with the trapeze bar! He knows that foul play is afoot. What he doesn’t know is that his discovery will put him on a frightening, twisted trail that leads to an entire gang of notorious criminals. Wrapped in the fascinating world of Victorian entertainment, its dangerous performances, and London’s dark underworld, Death in the Air raises The Boy Sherlock Holmes to a whole new level.

　　Be sure not to miss Eye of the Crow, The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case.

　　★本書中譯版《少年福爾摩斯 II 空中之死》由晨星出版。

作者簡介

史恩．皮考克（Shane Peacock）

　　加拿大作家，曾擔任記者，作品橫跨戲劇、紀錄片。第一本青少年小說創作《神祕的愛爾蘭之眼》甫出版即備受好評，《少年福爾摩斯》系列是他最為著名的作品，獲得多項國際殊榮。

　　Shane Peacock was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, one of four brothers. He attended school in the northern town of Kapuskasing, before studying history and English literature at university. A biographer, journalist, and screenwriter, he is also the author of six novels and three plays, and he has been nominated for numerous awards including several National Magazine Awards and the Arthur Ellis Award for crime fiction. When not writing, Shane Peacock enjoys playing hockey and making up characters that chase his three children around the house. Death in the Air is the second book in his popular The Boy Sherlock Holmes series. Eye of the Crow, also published by Tundra Books, was the first. Shane Peacock lives near Cobourg, Ontario.