宝剑八

书名：宝剑八
作者：[美]约翰·迪克森·卡尔
译者：黄妉俐
ISBN：9787807624592
出版社：吉林出版集团
出版时间：2007-12
格式：epub/mobi/azw3/pdf
页数：213
豆瓣评分： 5.5

书籍简介：

历史悠久的格鲁司特郡庄园豪宅里，鬼魅幢幢，传说中的捣蛋鬼再次现身，扰人心绪。无独有偶的，来此做客的主教也一反平日稳重形象，从楼梯扶手上溜下来跌坐在仕女脚上、粗鲁地抓扯女佣的头发…… 风雨来袭的暗夜里，租住在庄园招待所的老学究一枪毙命，似笑非笑的脸庞侧俯在书桌上，指尖抓着一张塔罗牌，牌面是水彩绘制的八枝剑。这是捣蛋鬼开过了头的玩笑？凶手故意遗留的玄机？还是老学究临死前企图透露的讯息？一场智慧巧斗即将上场！

作者简介：

约翰·狄克森·卡尔 John Dickson Carr（1906-1977），美国宾州联合镇人，父亲是位律师。从高中时代起卡尔就为当地报纸写些运动故事，也尝试创作侦探小说和历史冒险小说。1920年代末卡尔远赴法国巴黎求学，他的第一本小说《夜行者》（It Walks By Night）在1929年出版。他曾经表示：「他们把我送去学校，希望将我教育成像我父亲一样的律师，但我只想写侦探小说。我指的不是那种旷世巨作之类的无聊东西，我的意思是我就是要写侦探小说。」

1931年他与一位英国女子结婚定居英国。在英国期间，卡尔除了创作推理小说外也活跃于广播界。他为BBC编写的推理广播剧“Appointment with Fear”是二次大战期间BBC非常受欢迎的招牌节目。美国军方因而破例让他免赴战场，留在BBC服务盟国人民。1965年卡尔离开英国，移居南卡罗来纳州格里维尔，在那里定居直到1977年过世。

卡尔曾获得美国推理小说界的最高荣耀──终身大师奖，并成为英国极具权威却也极端封闭的「推理俱乐部」成员（只有两名美国作家得以进入，另一位是派翠西亚．海史密斯Patricia Highsmith）。卡尔擅长设计复杂的密谋，生动营造出超自然的诡异氛围，让人有置身其中之感。他书中的人物常在不可思议的情况下消失无踪，或是在密室身亡，而他总能揭开各种诡计，提出合理的解答。他毕生写了约80本小说，创造出各种「不可能的犯罪」，为他赢得「密室之王」的美誉。著名的推理小说家兼评论家埃德蒙．克里斯宾（Edmund Crispin）就推崇他：「论手法之精微高妙和气氛的营造技巧，他确可跻身英语系国家继爱伦坡之后三、四位最伟大的推理小说作家之列。」

书友短评：

@ 鸡丁 不知道在讲什么，实在不喜欢！卡尔你快加个密室进去吧…… @ 伊林 翻译……让我推倒重来三次的翻译…… @ 零度倾斜 诡计设计得不错 不过不晓得是翻译问题还是什么，这是我至今唯一一本看了开头就直接看结局的侦探书 @ 鬼腳七 这写了个啥，这译了个啥，我读了个啥 @ 小克 在卡尔自己的作品里算是差的，线索太乱太故弄玄虚。他尝试着要比较轻松幽默地写，可是又没有传递出真正的喜剧感。 @ 辣椒炒肉 10月的最后一本献给这本《神作》神到什么成度？反正给我看的一愣一愣的，我到最后一页也没看明白宝剑8️⃣具体的意义 @ 可以证明 其实捯饬捯饬，调整一下节奏，拍成电影，倒也不失为一个带感的故事。。（光这个是报看） @ 亦可 熬过卡尔前期这几本可真不容易。 @ ysolo 觉得还行也，打四星拉高平均分。谋杀逻辑是合理的，人物跟表述比较乱。想要加重的时候，卡尔一贯擅长的氛围描述感还是很出色。 @ Fuge Cantabile 本作完全放弃诡计。书名“宝剑八”在故事中的意象几乎是打酱油的角色，人物繁冗到中间突然出现史宾利时我还要特意翻到前面检索此人身份是谁。最大的亮点大概就是对男女一见钟情的细节描写，可以说这是我读过所有推理小说中最令我信服的“一见钟情”，另外一个较为惊喜的是结尾菲尔博士对死者房间里被吃掉的晚餐的推理，算是意料之外的逻辑流，说服力也很足。

第一章 主教诡异的行径···································································································1
第二章 一枪射穿脑门·····································································································12
第三章 宝剑八·················································································································21
第四章 寻找那枚纽扣钩·································································································35
第五章 是谁的脚印·········································································································47
第六章 来意不善的访客·································································································60
第七章 谁坐在我的椅子上？·························································································70
第八章 在跳棋旅馆里·····································································································85
第九章 老约翰·瑟德的推论····························································································94
第十章 钥匙疑云··········································································································106
第十一章 捣蛋鬼与红色笔记本··················································································120
第十二章 史宾利解读塔罗牌······················································································130
第十三章 防弹衣··········································································································140
第十四章 魔鬼与茱儿·史坦第绪·················································································152
第十五章 在黑暗中漫游的男人··················································································163
第十六章 鞋子疑云······································································································171
第十七章 不用再穿防弹衣··························································································182
第十八章 菲尔博士与凶手相见··················································································190
第十九章 极可能成为事实的故事··············································································200
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