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豆瓣
Death-Watch
[美国] 约翰·狄克森·卡尔 译者: 王琢
简介
摆满钟表的大屋、走来走去的人们、突然冒出的尸体、插在脖子上的时钟分针、神秘莫测的月光……
美国推理作家协会“终身大师奖”得主
美国推理作家协会“爱伦·坡特别奖”得主
约翰·狄克森·卡尔最复杂的作品，《三口棺材》同期之作，叙述性诡计的首次尝试！
“若克里斯蒂是推理界天后，那卡尔就是天王。”
——推理小说作家、评论家 安东尼·布彻
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案子发生在菲尔博士搬到伦敦做苏格兰场顾问之前的那一年秋天（在这篇叙述的结尾部分会提到搬家的原因），这个案子也是总监察戴维德·哈德利预计退休之前所处理的最后一个案子。他最终没有退休，现在成了哈德利警司，你随后也会明白其中因由。鉴于故事中的一个知名人士在四个月之前去世了，也 就没有必要保持沉默。我很快就会开始介绍。当梅尔逊向我讲述完这个故事的时候，我理解了很多东西，比如，绝对算不上神经质的梅尔逊教授为什么总是对天窗和金色涂料有抵触情绪；为什么动机如此邪恶，凶器如此特殊；为什么哈德利说可以把案子称为“飞行的手套的案子”；简单地说，为什么我们当中的几个人总是把这个和表盘相关的案子当做菲尔博士的最出色的案子。
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01 林肯律师学院广场的一扇敞开的大门··········································································001
02 死亡钟表··························································································································011
03 破碎的窗户······················································································································023
04 趴在门槛上的人··············································································································035
05 房顶的两个人··················································································································049
06 埃姆斯警巡的报告··········································································································065
07 链子的噪声······················································································································079
08 天窗上的视角··················································································································095
09 不完美是谋杀··················································································································111
10 金漆··································································································································127
11 骗子··································································································································143
12 五个谜题··························································································································155
13 骷髅表······························································································································173
14 最后一个不在场证明······································································································187
15 飞行的手套······················································································································203
16 壁板后面的证据··············································································································221
17 控方的陈词······················································································································235
18 辩方的陈词······················································································································253
19 小酒馆里的续篇··············································································································271
20 地板下面的一封信··········································································································287
21 难以置信的月光··············································································································305
22 真相··································································································································323