END OF STORY: A Novel
故事的結局
內容介紹
《紐約時報》(New York Times)暢銷第一名《後窗的女人》(THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW)作者A·J·芬恩(A. J Finn)帶著迷人的驚悚小說回歸。讀來有《鋒迴路轉》(Knives Out)的刺激感，又有阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂(Agatha Christie)的作品風格，卻完全異於你所讀過的所有作品。
“再過三個月我就要死了。來講講我的故事吧。”
隱居的懸疑小說家賽巴斯汀·崔普(Sebastian Trapp)給他的長期通訊對象偵探小說專家妮基·杭特(Nicky Hunter)寫下這樣的話。在生命最後的幾個月，崔普邀請了妮基來到他位於舊金山的壯麗豪宅替他寫下他的生命故事，與賽巴斯汀美麗的第二任妻子戴安娜(Diana)、任性的姪子佛萊迪(Freddy)及備受呵護的女兒瑪德琳(Madeleine)同住。沒過多久，妮基發現自己陷於現實生活中難以抗拒的「偵探熱」(detective fever)。
“我們甚至可能解開一兩個謎團。”
二十多年前，在1999的跨年夜，賽巴斯汀第一任妻子跟他十幾歲的兒子從不同的地方失蹤，自此再也沒見過他們。這有可能是完美的犯罪小說作家所犯下的完美罪行嗎？為何他在二十年後從隱居走了出來，並允許一個陌生人挖掘他的過去？
“生活是很費力的。畢竟，它會殺了你。”
正當妮基試圖織起賽巴斯汀生命的軸線時，她開始著迷於發現真相；同時，瑪德琳開始質疑她深愛的父親對於那個久遠的夜晚究竟知道些什麼？當一具屍體浮現在家中的錦鯉池中時，兩個女人驚訝地發現過去從未消失，它只是在等待……
作者介紹
《紐約時報》(New York Times)暢銷第一名作家，也是全球知名小說《後窗的女人》(The Woman in the Window)(繁體中文版由愛米粒出版，簡體中文版由博集出版)的作者 。這本書已經出版超過四十種語言，也是艾美·亞當斯(Amy Adams)主演的熱門電影《後窗的女人》的改編小說。
書評
“Elegant, absorbing, full of Hitchcockian menace. Once again Finn reinvents the genre in spectacular style.”— Lucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Apartment
“A. J. Finn’s new novel is beautiful, intense, beguiling. I was mesmerized by End of Story.”— Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of None of This Is True
“A thrillingly Gothic golden age mystery to lose yourself in." — Jenny Colgan, New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Skies
“Literary magic – a mystery lover’s delight . . . Absorbing, stylish, and sparkling with quick wit . . . reminds you of something so utterly essential about a truly masterful mystery – that the end is just the beginning.”— Nita Prose, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest
“Fans of detective fiction will be thrilled by Finn’s latest!”— Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of Everyone Here Is Lying
“Compelling . . . End of Story revels in references to classic mystery novels and works clever and unanticipated twists.” — Wall Street Journal
"Finn has crafted a book that is fresh, intelligent and — best of all — delightfully witty. . . . Finn traps us in a maze that seems entirely built of dead ends. When the truth finally emerges, there's only one possible response; Whew. I didn't see that coming. — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"End of Story may be even more confounding and fun than its predecessor. . . . Finn is clearly making a stake as one of the world’s finest writers of complex mysteries, and I cannot wait to see what he has in store for us next." — Bookreporter.com
“A. J. Finn’s The Woman in the Window was a huge best-seller. End of Story is destined to be, too. It’s a mystery more than a thriller, and a tightly crafted page-turner. . . . The ending is a shocker, and you’ll want to read the book a second time to pick up the clues.” — Denver Post
“A real page turner.” — New York Post
“Atmospheric, haunting, and not too far off from fun suspense stories like ‘Knives Out,’ this book will have readers questioning until the very end.” — Huffington Post
"Given the grand surroundings and rich array of eccentric characters, comparisons to the Knives Out film franchise will be inevitable, but Finn cuts much deeper. More than a mere puzzle, this elegant symphony of ghosts and fog concerns the nature of storytelling itself—and the crucial art of crafting one’s own narrative. It’s a tour de force." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Finn is an assured, witty writer with a gift for entertaining description and sharp instincts about how many references to other mysteries he can get away with. . . . It could be dangerous to name-drop Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Raymond Chandler and others. Those legends raise expectations and plenty of writers since them have invented compelling situations that they couldn't figure out how to resolve. Finn, however, knows what he's doing. The way he wraps up End of Story is so satisfying that it fits comfortably in that august company.”— Minneapolis Star Tribune
“There’s something irresistible about this made-for-the-movies tingler. Finn knows how to pleasurably wind us up.” — USA Today on The Woman in the Window
“The rocket fuel propelling The Woman in the Window… is expertise. . . . Dear other books with unreliable narrators: This one will see you and raise you.” — New York Times Book Review on The Woman in the Window
“Superior.” — New Yorker on The Woman in the Window
“As the plot seizes us, the prose caresses us. . . [Finn] has not only captured, sympathetically, the interior life of a depressed person, but also written a riveting thriller that will keep you guessing to the very last sentence.” — Washington Post on The Woman in the Window
“The Woman in the Window is a tour de force. A twisting, twisted odyssey inside one woman’s mind, her illusions, delusions, reality. It left my own mind reeling and my heart pounding. An absolutely gripping thriller.” — Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author