當半獸人找來的時候， 會呼喊你的名字， 而你無能為力…… 愛倫坡獎得主 威廉．肯特．庫格紐約時報暢銷佳作──落魄警長 寇克．歐康納系列首部曲── 一場看似自殺的謀殺犯罪與隨之而來的兒童失蹤事件其背後究竟埋藏著什麼樣的謎團？名譽掃地的警長該如何才能解決這些案件？ ★美國安東尼獎（Anthony Award）★閣樓─麥克奈特小說獎（Loft-McKnight Fiction Award）★貝瑞獎之一鳴驚人獎（Barry Award for Best First Novel）★美國作家之友獎（Friends of American Writers Prize）★明尼蘇達圖書獎（Minnesota Book Award）★明尼蘇達東北圖書獎（Northeastern Minnesota Book Award）★迪利斯獎（Dilys Award）入圍邱常婷（小說家）、張東君（台灣推理作家協會理事）、陳浩基（推理作家）、陳國偉（中興大學文學院副院長）、路那（推理評論家）、譚端（小說家）、──絕讚推薦！寇克．歐康納曾經是一名人見人愛的警長，直到──他犯下了一個致命的錯誤。寇克．歐康納曾為塔馬拉克郡警長，有著愛爾蘭血統與奧吉布韋血統的社區英雄，直到一次致命的錯誤改變一切──他沒能適當處理一場族群衝突，導致一名無辜者喪命，這起事件不僅毀了他的聲譽，也深深地傷害了他的內心。寇克．歐康納落魄卸職，頹廢度日，而就在這時，小鎮上極具影響力的人物之一帕倫特法官在一場暴風雪中被發現陳屍在自家書房，一把獵槍橫放在旁。事件尚未查明，當地新任警長便已迅速宣布這是一起自殺案件。與法官的死亡同一天下午，一名童子軍冒著大風雪前來送報，目擊了這場「意外」的發生，至此銷聲匿跡，仿佛整個事件隨著風雪平息一同消失。歐康納對這一起起的不自然事件感到懷疑。在奧羅拉市這片寧靜而充滿神祕感的森林中，歐康納發現了許多看似無關的線索，但他深信這些都指向同一個真相的核心。然而，當寇克．歐康納更深入調查時，卻似乎聽見了「半獸人」的低語。在這一座寧靜而古老的小鎮，有著一個非常古老的神祕傳說：半獸人是種強大，且毫無影蹤的生物，聽見牠呼喚之人將會陷入危險……唯有自己也變成半獸人，才有可能將牠置之於死。隨著半獸人的一聲聲呼喚，寇克．歐康納發現自己正一步步走入至深的黑暗之中……【國際好評】「知名的寇克．歐康納系
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