《海妖的诅咒》【内容简介】
坐落于偏远村庄的克兰斯顿庄园,流传着一个神秘的家族诅咒:
据说当海妖叫声响起时,没听到声音的人都将死于非命。
第一代庄园主被怪物推下塔楼,尸体上留下狰狞的抓痕;
第二代庄园主因精神恍惚而摔落崖底,粉身碎骨而死……
如今,海妖的尖叫声再度响起,诡异的事件频频上演:
午夜庄园,窗外飘荡着可怖鬼影;
封闭阁楼,深夜传来蹊跷脚步声;
闲置房间,无人清扫却一尘不染……
现任庄园主能否逃脱家族诅咒,揭开一代又一代人惨死的真相?
作者简介
当代推理小说大师,1956年出生于法国东北部。霍尔特以“密室”和“不可能犯罪”题材的构思见长,被读者誉为“不可能犯罪之王”。
霍尔特从小就喜欢神秘的童话故事,长大后热衷于阅读阿加莎·克里斯蒂和约翰·迪克森·卡尔的作品,并深受影响。他十分擅长阴森诡异的氛围渲染,作品中多出现怪物、鬼魂、恶魔等超自然元素。霍尔特至今已创作四十多部作品,代表作有《第四扇门》《第七重解答》《恶狼之夜》等。其笔下两大名侦探“图威斯特博士”和“欧文·伯恩斯”为读者津津乐道。
《海妖的诅咒》是霍尔特笔下“图威斯特博士”系列的第一个案件。本书以神秘的海妖诅咒为引,牵扯出家族谋杀、神秘尖叫、密室幽灵等一连串离奇恐怖的谜团,堪称诡计与超自然元素完美糅合的杰作。
"The Curse of the Siren" 【 Content Introduction 】
Cranston Manor, located in a remote village, is the subject of a mysterious family curse:
It is said that when the siren sounds, anyone who does not hear the sound will die.
The first generation of manor owners was pushed from the tower by the monster, leaving ferocious scratches on the body;
The second generation of the manor master fell to the bottom of the cliff because of trance, shattered to death...
Now, the siren's scream sounds again, and strange events frequently occur:
At Midnight Manor, there were terrible ghosts outside the Windows;
Close the attic, late at night came a strange footsteps;
Empty room, nobody cleans but spotless...
Can the current Lord of the manor escape the family curse and uncover the truth about the tragic deaths of successive generations?
About the author
Master of contemporary mystery fiction, born in northeastern France in 1956. Holt is known for his ideas on "Secret Rooms" and "impossible crimes", and is known by readers as "the king of impossible crimes".
Holt loved mystical fairy tales as a child, and grew up reading Agatha Christie and John Dixon Carr, and was deeply influenced by them. He is very good at rendering the dark and strange atmosphere, and there are many supernatural elements such as monsters, ghosts, demons in his works. Holt has written more than 40 works, including "The Fourth Door," "The Seventh Solution," and "Night of the Wolf." Two of his famous detectives, "Dr. Toowest" and "Owen Burns," are of great interest to readers.
"The Siren's Curse" is the first case in Holt's "Dr. Toowest" series. The book uses the mysterious siren curse as a guide, involving a series of bizarre and terrifying mysteries such as family murder, mysterious screams, and chamber of secrets ghosts, which is a masterpiece that perfectly blends subterfuge and supernatural elements.