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基本信息·出版社：Minotaur Books
·页码：304 页
·出版日期：2007年02月
·ISBN：0312351615
·International Standard Book Number：0312351615
·条形码：9780312351618
·EAN：9780312351618
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语
内容简介 With the acclaimed novel
Penumbra, Carolyn Haines branched out from the cozy Southern mysteries that made her name and moved into more ominous, more literary territory. She continues that exploration of the darker side of the South with
Fever Moon.
Set in New Iberia, Louisiana, during World War II,
Fever Moon begins when Deputy Raymond Thibodeaux discovers Adele Hebert covered in blood and hovering over the brutally eviscerated body of Henri Bastion, a wealthy plantation owner. In the aftermath of the murder, Adele claims to be the
loup-garou, a legendary Cajun shape-shifter that traditionally takes the shape of a wolf, and panic ensues in this small town that already has been living under the pressures of wartime rationing and poverty. Raymond is determined to restore order, but to do so he’ll have to prove that Adele isn’t a murderer or a monster.
In this dark and swirling literary thriller, Carolyn Haines tells the story of a town that is caught up in the frenzy of a murder and a killer who feeds its terror to suit his own purposes.
From the Inside Flap “A writer of exceptional talent.”
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel With the acclaimed novel
Penumbra, Carolyn Haines branched out from the cozy Southern mysteries that made her name and moved into more ominous, more literary territory. She continues that exploration of the darker side of the South with
Fever Moon. Set in New Iberia, Louisiana, during World War II,
Fever Moon begins when Deputy Raymond Thibodeaux discovers Adele Hebert covered in blood and hovering over the brutally eviscerated body of Henri Bastion, a wealthy plantation owner. In the aftermath of the murder, Adele claims to be the
loup-garou, a legendary Cajun shape-shifter that traditionally takes the shape of a wolf, and panic ensues in this small town that already has been living under the pressures of wartime rationing and poverty. Raymond is determined to restore order, but to do so he’ll have to prove that Adele isn’t a murderer or a monster.
In this dark and swirling literary thriller, Carolyn Haines tells the story of a town that is caught up in the frenzy of a murder and a killer who feeds its terror to suit his own purposes.
作者简介 Carolyn Haines is the author of several crime novels, including
Penumbra and the Bones series. Born and raised in Mississippi, she now lives in Alabama.
媒体推荐 Praise for the Novels of Carolyn Haines
Library Journal named
Penumbra one of its Best Mysteries of 2006.
“
Penumbra shakes with violence, passion, and, most of all, conviction.”
---The Baltimore Sun on
Penumbra “Haines clearly depicts Southern racial tensions and family eccentricities so typical of the time. While suspenseful and violent, her literary thriller never loses sight of the poignant story at its heart. Transcending the usual mystery conventions, this is highly recommended.”
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Library Journal (starred review) on
Penumbra “Powerful scenes of suspense and a moody evocation of time and place.”
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Publishers Weekly on
Penumbra “Like the heat of a Deep South summer, Ms. Haines’s novel has an undeniable intensity; it’s impossible to shake its brooding atmosphere.”
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The New York Times Book Review on
Judas Burning “A writer of exceptional talent.”
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Wickedly funny. Devilishly clever. Scintillatingly Southern. Carolyn Haines is an author to die for.”
---Carolyn Hart, author of
Dead Days of Summer 专业书评 From Publishers WeeklyHaines acknowledges her debt to James Lee Burke in this atmospheric historical (after 2005's
Penumbra), set in New Iberia Parish, La., at the close of WWII. Deputy Raymond Thibodeaux (sounds like Robicheaux) battles his own wartime demons as he tries to find the person responsible for the gruesome killing of wealthy landowner Henri Bastion. Fragile Adele Hebert confesses to the crime, but because she believes herself possessed, Thibodeaux assumes she's not the culprit. Superstitions lie as thick and menacing as the morning fog over the bayou, and word quickly spreads that a werewolf has overtaken Adele's body. Haines's greatest strength is her powerful sense of place: here the miasmic swamp is as alive and as threatening as any villain. Despite a predictably happy ending and an irritating tendency to repetition, Haines has created an engaging, memorable story.
(Feb.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From the Back CoverPraise for the Novels of Carolyn Haines
“
Penumbra shakes with violence, passion, and, most of all, conviction.”
---The Baltimore Sun on
Penumbra “Haines clearly depicts Southern racial tensions and family eccentricities so typical of the time. While suspenseful and violent, her literary thriller never loses sight of the poignant story at its heart. Transcending the usual mystery conventions, this is highly recommended.”
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Library Journal (starred review) on
Penumbra “Powerful scenes of suspense and a moody evocation of time and place.”
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Publishers Weekly on
Penumbra “Like the heat of a Deep South summer, Ms. Haines’s novel has an undeniable intensity; it’s impossible to shake its brooding atmosphere.”
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The New York Times Book Review on
Judas Burning “Wickedly funny. Devilishly clever. Scintillatingly Southern. Carolyn Haines is an author to die for.”
---Carolyn Hart, author of
Dead Days of SummerFrom BooklistFollowing up her moody
Penumbra (2005), Haines tells a story of murder and mysticism in post-World War II Louisiana. Henri Bastion, the wealthiest man in New Iberia, has been killed in an especially gruesome way. Deputy Raymond Thibodeaux finds a young woman standing over Bastion's body who claims to be possessed by a legendary Cajun shape-shifter, the
loup garou (otherwise known as a werewolf). Determined to prove the woman has been framed for Bastion's death, Thibodeaux puts his own life on the line. The book depends heavily on its spooky atmosphere, and Haines delivers it with style. Readers of Haines' cozy mysteries starring Sarah Booth Delaney are in for quite a surprise here, but it's a good surprise. Haines may be better at doing dark and spooky than cozy and warm.
David PittCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved 文摘 Chapter One The bare pecan trees of the Julinot orchard clawed the sky as Raymond Thibodeaux drove past. The storm had blown in from the Gulf of Mexico without warning, bringing rain and the first promise of winter’s cold. The front passed as quickly as it had come, leaving behind treacherous roads and rising swamps that lapped hungrily at the fringes of land. Raymond gripped the Ford’s steering wheel, feeling the slide of the bald, narrow tires in the slick bog. A full moon broke through the cloud cover and lit the road more sharply than the headlamps of his car as he drove fast toward tragedy. It was always tragedy when he was summoned. Death and loss were his boon companions, met in a land across the ocean, and now he couldn’t escape them. He pressed the accelerator to the floorboards. It was only tragedy that allowed him to burn the gasoline, which was in such short supply with the war on. Folks in New Iberia, Louisiana, didn’t send for the law unless there was no other recourse open to them. As he thought back to the visit that had prompted his drive, he felt a touch of uneasiness. Twenty minutes earlier Emanuel Agee had arrived at the sheriff’s office, breathless, pale, teeth chattering. “Beaver Creek,” he managed to spit out. “Hurry.” The boy had disappeared back into the night, leaving only the wet prints of his bare feet on the floor of the sheriff’s office. None of the residents of Iberia Parish lingered in the sheriff’s office, especially when Raymond was there. It was true that folks avoided him, made uneasy by his melancholy. Worried by Emanuel’s obvious fear, Raymond had stepped out into the lashing rain. There was no sign the boy had really been there. Some folks might say a banshee or a wild creature had stolen the boy’s spirit and come to make mischief for the de
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