本书收录保罗·霍尔特11个鬼气森森的不可能犯罪短篇,带你回到那个充满鬼魂、传说和谋杀的夜晚。
当狼人在深夜开始猎杀人类;
当圣诞老人带着礼物与凶案从天而降;
当雪人被恶灵附体展开复仇;
当隐形凶手闲庭信步地穿过客厅;
当“开膛手杰克”成为一种传染病;
当预知梦中的凶案在现实中重现;
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究竟是真的有鬼魂在实施谋杀,还是有人在利用传说掩盖罪行?
翻开本书,看穿诡异传说背后的真相!
保罗·霍尔特Paul Halter
当代推理小说大师,被誉为“黄金时代推理小说最后的捍卫者”,其作品16次登上日本四大推理小说海外榜单。
1956年,霍尔特生于法国,在青年时读完了阿加莎·克里斯蒂的全部作品,立志成为一名推理作家。成年后的霍尔特曾加入法国海军陆战队,卖过保险,做过电气工程师,甚至利用业余时间做吉他手增加收入。
霍尔特已创作四十多部作品,题材多是密室和不可能犯罪。他极其擅长营造阴森的灵异氛围,作品里多出现鬼魂、魔法、恶魔、通灵等超自然元素,最后却能给出逻辑严密的解答。霍尔特利用其高超的架构故事的能力,精妙的营造气氛的手法,将诡计与超自然元素完美结合,征服了一大批读者。
《恶狼之夜》是不可能犯罪之王保罗·霍尔特的短篇小说大全集上册,初次结集出版。本书收录11个鬼气森森的短篇,汇集狼人、诡异传说、隐身杀人、完美犯罪等诸多令人血脉偾张的要素,每个结局总有出人意料的惊天反转。
Paul Holt's 11 spooky, improbable crime stories take you back to a night of ghosts, legends and murder.
When werewolves start hunting humans in the dead of night;
When Santa Claus comes down from the sky with presents and murders;
When Yeti is possessed by evil spirits to take revenge;
As the invisible murderer sauntered through the drawing-room;
When Jack the Ripper became an epidemic;
When the murder in the preconceived dream reappears in reality;
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Is it true that ghosts are carrying out the murders, or is someone using the legend to cover up the crime?
Open the book and see the truth behind the bizarre legend!
Paul Halter. Paul Halter
A master of contemporary mystery novels, he is known as "the last defender of mystery novels in the Golden Age", and his works have been listed on the top four Japanese mystery novels overseas for 16 times.
Born in France in 1956, Holt read all the works of Agatha Christie in her youth and decided to become a mystery writer. As an adult, Holt joined the French Marines, sold insurance, worked as an electrical engineer, and even supplemented his spare time as a guitarist.
Holt has written more than 40 works, mostly about hidden rooms and the impossibility of crime. He is extremely good at creating a dark and supernatural atmosphere, and there are many supernatural elements such as ghosts, magic, demons, and spirituals in his works, but he can finally give logical answers. Holt has captivated a large audience with his masterful ability to frame stories, his subtle approach to atmosphere, and his combination of intrigue and the supernatural.
The Night of the Wolf is a complete collection of short stories by the unlikely crime king Paul Holt, published for the first time. The book features 11 spooky short stories featuring wolves, spooky legends, stealth killings, perfect crimes and more, each ending with a surprising twist.