The Silent Girl

當紐約時報暢銷作家Tess Gerritsen開始說故事，
你就要有失眠的心理準備……
美、英、德、法國人最愛的女法醫系列

　　每起犯罪案件背後都有一個故事，有些讓你徹夜難眠，有些則會變成你擺脫不了的夢靨。而警探Jane Rizzoli在波士頓唐人街上發現的兇殺案，將帶給你加倍的雙重感受！

　　首先，陋巷裡有一隻斷臂，而對面屋頂上躺著的正是這隻斷臂的主人。她全身穿著黑色的衣物，紅色的頭髮，頭顱勉強地與頸部相連，身體則是被兩條詭異的銀線纏住。

　　雖然證據有限，但在警探與法醫Maura Isles合力抽絲剝繭下，發現案件似乎可追溯到19年前發生在中國城的謀殺案！於此同時，一個藏在暗處的武林高手正在虎視耽耽地等著他們……。

(文/博客來編譯)

作者簡介

【醫學驚悚天后】泰絲．格里森Tess Gerritsen

　　出生於加州聖地牙哥。母親是第一代華人移民，擁有華裔血統的她從小就喜歡窩在電影院看驚悚片，因而培養出她對黑暗主題的興趣，並反映在她後來撰寫的小說中。

　　泰絲畢業於名校史丹佛大學，而後繼續深造，最後取得加州大學舊金山分校醫學博士學位，於夏威夷檀香山展開她繁忙的內科醫師生涯。熱愛寫作的她，結婚生子後為了照顧兩個幼兒減少工作量，並開始嘗試寫作。

　　一九九五年對泰絲的寫作生涯是重要的轉捩點，在經紀人的鼓勵下，泰絲把自身的醫學背景寫進小說中，結果隔年出版的《貝納德的墮落》（Harvest）大 受歡迎，讓「泰絲．格里森」這個名字首度躍居《紐約時報》暢銷排行榜。從此她專攻結合醫學和犯罪的醫學驚悚小說，迄今又出了十餘本書，本本暢銷，更創作出 波士頓法醫莫拉．艾爾思和女警探珍．瑞卓利聯手辦案的系列小說。

　　泰絲目前全職寫作，與她的家人住在緬因州。

　　（作者系列書籍中文版由春天出版社出版）

　　No one takes readers to the dark side and back with more razor-sharp jolts and sheer suspense than the storytelling master behind Ice Cold and The Keepsake. When New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen has a tale to tell, put yourself in her expert hands—and prepare for the shocks and thrills that are certain to follow.

　　Every crime scene tells a story. Some keep you awake at night. Others haunt your dreams. The grisly display homicide cop Jane Rizzoli finds in Boston’s Chinatown will do both.

　　In the murky shadows of an alley lies a female’s severed hand. On the tenement rooftop above is the corpse belonging to that hand, a red-haired woman dressed all in black, her head nearly severed. Two strands of silver hair—not human—cling to her body. They are Rizzoli’s only clues, but they’re enough for her and medical examiner Maura Isles to make the startling discovery: that this violent death had a chilling prequel.

　　Nineteen years earlier, a horrifying murder-suicide in a Chinatown restaurant left five people dead. But one woman connected to that massacre is still alive: a mysterious martial arts master who knows a secret she dares not tell, a secret that lives and breathes in the shadows of Chinatown. A secret that may not even be human. Now she’s the target of someone, or something, deeply and relentlessly evil.

　　Cracking a crime resonating with bone-chilling echoes of an ancient Chinese legend, Rizzoli and Isles must outwit an unseen enemy with centuries of cunning—and a swift, avenging blade.