1《喜鹊谋杀案》
安东尼·霍洛维茨
by Anthony Horowitz
As book editor Susan Ryeland works through the latest
submission2 from a beloved mystery author, she begins to suspect the manuscript
conceals3 a real-life murder.
当图书编辑苏珊·赖兰在审阅一位备受喜爱的悬疑作家提交的最新作品时,她开始怀疑手稿中隐藏了一桩真实的谋杀案。
2《漫长的告别》
雷蒙·钱德勒
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Thornton Chandler
A classic crime novel with over 13,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: PI Philip Marlowe is
drawn4 into the mystery of a war veteran’s murdered wife, which heats up when the veteran himself disappears. "Raymond Chandler is a master". (The New York Times)
这是一部经典的犯罪小说,获得超过13000个Goodreads五星级评分:主人公菲力普·马洛卷入到退伍军人妻子谋杀案的谜团中,当这名退伍军人失踪时,这一事件升温了。“雷蒙德·钱德勒是一位大师。”(《纽约时报》)
3《圣女的救济》
东野圭吾
by Keigo Higashino
Salvation of a Saint is Keigo Higashino at his mind-bending best, pitting emotion against fact in a beautifully plotted crime novel filled with twists and reverses.
《圣女的救济》是东野圭吾最难破解之作,在充满曲折与反转的情节里,这部缜密构思的犯罪小说将情感与事实对立起来。
4《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》
阿瑟·柯南·道尔
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Full of
moody6 atmospherics, suspicious characters, and dramatic discoveries, The Hound of the Baskervilles also shows off something often overlooked about Doyle: his wonderful prose.
《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》充满了忧郁的气氛、可疑的人物和戏剧性的发现,同时也展示了柯南经常被忽视的一点:他出色的文笔。
5《莫格街谋杀案》
埃德加·爱伦·坡
The Murders in the
Rue8 Morgue
by Edgar Allan Poe
Dorothy Sayers would describe The Murders in the Rue Morgue as "almost a complete manual of detective theory and practice." Indeed, Poe's short mysteries inspired the creation of
countless9 literary sleuths, among them Sherlock Holmes.
多萝西·塞耶斯将《莫格街谋杀案》描述为“几乎是一本完整的侦探理论与实践的手册”。的确,坡的短篇悬疑小说激发了无数文学作品中侦探人物的创作灵感,其中就包括夏洛克·福尔摩斯。
6《玫瑰的名字》
翁贝托·埃科
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
Although the work stands on its own as a murder mystery, it is more
accurately10 seen as a questioning of the meaning of "truth" from theological,
philosophical11, scholarly, and historical perspectives.
虽然这部作品本身就是一部神秘的谋杀小说,但更准确地被看作是从神学、哲学、学术和历史的角度对“真实”的意义的质疑。
7《无人生还》
阿加莎·克里斯蒂
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
"The whole thing is
utterly12 impossible and utterly fascinating. It is the most baffling mystery Agatha Christie has ever written. "(The New York Times)
“整个故事令人难以置信、完全着迷,可以说是阿加莎·克里斯蒂写过的最令人费解的谜团。”(《纽约时报》)
8《东方快车谋杀案》
阿加莎·克里斯蒂
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express tells the tale of thirteen strangers
stranded13 on a train, where everyone's a suspect. One man must race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.
《东方快车谋杀案》讲述13个陌生人被困在火车上的故事,这13个人每个人都是嫌疑犯。在杀人犯再次出击之前,必须有一个人争分夺秒地解开谜团。
9《风之影》
卡洛斯·鲁依斯·萨丰
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
An uncannily absorbing historical mystery, a heart-piercing romance, and a moving
homage14 to the mystical power of books.
这是一部引人入胜的历史悬疑小说,是一部动人心弦的浪漫小说,也是对书籍神秘力量的一种感人的敬意。
10《龙文身的女孩》
斯蒂格·拉森
by Stieg Larsson
An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family
saga16, love story, and financial
intrigue17 into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly
atmospheric7 novel.
斯蒂格·拉森的作品《龙文身的女孩》在国际上引起了轰动,它将谋杀之谜、家庭传奇、爱情故事和金融阴谋结合在一起,成为一部情节复杂却引人入胜,并且充满娱乐气息的小说。
11《达芬奇密码》
丹·布朗
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is
awakened18 by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols.
在巴黎时,哈佛大学的符号学家罗伯特·兰登在夜深人静时被一个电话吵醒。卢浮宫的老馆长在博物馆内被谋杀,满身都是令人费解的符号。
12《马耳他黑鹰》
达希尔·哈米特
by Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon, mystery novel by Dashiell Hammett, generally considered his finest work. It originally appeared as a
serial20 in Black Mask magazine in 1929 and was published in book form the next year.
达希尔·哈米特的悬疑小说《马耳他黑鹰》普遍被认为是他最好的作品。这部小说最初于1929年刊登在《黑色面具》杂志上,并于次年以书本形式出版。
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