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The Kill Call   作者：Stephen Booth   出版日期：2011 / 04 / 29   出版社：HarperCollins   ISBN : 9780007290611   原價：NT 330 元   售價：NT 265 元 特價：NT 165元

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An atmospheric new Fry and Cooper thriller for fans of Peter Robinson and Reginald Hill. On a rain-swept Derbyshire moor, hounds from the local foxhunt find the body of a well-dressed man whose head has been crushed. Yet an anonymous caller reports the same body lying half a mile away. Called in to investigate the discovery, detectives DS Diane Fry and DC Ben Cooper become entangled in the violent world of hunting and hunt saboteurs, horse theft and a little-known sector of the meat trade. As Fry follows a complex trail of her own to unravel the shady business interests of the murder victim, Cooper realizes that the answer to the case might lie deep in the past. History is everywhere around him in the Peak District landscape -- particularly in the 'plague village' of Eyam, where an outbreak of Black Death has been turned into a modern-day tourist attraction. But, even as the final solution is revealed, both Fry and Cooper find themselves having to face up to the disturbing reality of the much more recent past.

大雨過後的德貝郡沼澤地，獵人的獵犬發現了一具穿著體面但頭部被碾碎的屍體。 然而，警察局接到了匿名報警電話卻稱這具屍體躺在半英里之外。一直負責狩獵與反狩獵、盜馬以及不為人知的肉交易案件的DS黛安·弗萊與DC本·庫珀臨危授命，參與調查此事。當弗萊順著複雜的蹤跡揭示被害人灰色商業利益時，庫珀意識到案件的起因可能源於過去。 皮克地區具有豐富的歷史資源，特別是被稱為“瘟疫村”的亞姆，這裡曾發生過黑死病，如今已演變成為一個旅遊景點。然而，當真相被揭露時，庫珀與弗萊不得不面對令人不安的有關過去的實情。