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John Hart's "New York Times" bestselling debut, "The King of Lies," announced the arrival of a major talent. With "Down"" River," he surpassed his earlier success, transcending the barrier between thriller and literature and winning the 2008 Edgar Award for best novel. Now, with "The Last Child," he achieves his most significant work to date, an intricate, powerful story of loss, hope, and courage in the face of evil. Thirteen year-old Johnny Merrimon had the perfect life: a warm home and loving parents; a twin sister, Alyssa, with whom he shared an irreplaceable bond. He knew nothing of loss, until the day Alyssa vanished from the side of a lonely street. Now, a year later, Johnny finds himself isolated and alone, failed by the people he'd been taught since birth to trust. No one else believes that Alyssa is still alive, but Johnny is certain that she is---confident in a way that he can never fully explain. Determined to find his sister, Johnny risks everything to explore the dark side of his hometown. It is a desperate, terrifying search, but Johnny is not as alone as he might think. Detective Clyde Hunt has never stopped looking for Alyssa either, and he has a soft spot for Johnny. He watches over the boy and tries to keep him safe, but when Johnny uncovers a dangerous lead and vows to follow it, Hunt has no choice but to intervene. Then a second child goes missing . . . Undeterred by Hunt's threats or his mother's pleas, Johnny enlists the help of his last friend, and together they plunge into the wild, to a forgotten place with a history of violence that goes back more than a hundred years. There, they meet a giant of a man, an escaped convict on his own tragic quest. What they learn from him will shatter every notion Johnny had about the fate of his sister; it will lead them to another far place, to a truth that will test both boys to the limit. Traveling the wilderness between innocence and hard wisdom, between hopelessness and faith, "The Last Child" leaves all categories behind and establishes John Hart as a writer of unique power.

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内容简介：
当年，因继母的指控而遭到逮捕的亚当•切斯，虽然最终获判无罪，却也因此被迫离开从小生长的小镇，远走纽约，过着漫无目的的生活。
五年后，儿时好友丹尼•费斯一通恳切的电话，催促几番挣扎的亚当回乡。虽然时光流逝，当年他在小镇上所受到的创伤，并未因此结痂。而且他即将面对家乡那些极度不稳定的因子——酗酒赌博的弟弟、精神分裂的妹妹、坏心的后母、愧疚的父亲以及将死的老人——他们不可见人的谎言与秘密。
随着丹尼的离奇失踪，亚当终将发现，当秘密在这个诡谲的南方家庭中揭露时，一切比白日下突然被挖出的尸骨更骇人。
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至今为止，还没有一部惊悚小说表现得如此有文学品位。
——《纽约时报》
浓郁的地方特色、紧凑的情节、张弛有度的节奏，以及对人性悲悯的情怀，使约翰•哈特成为独特的推理小说家。
——《出版商周刊》
《顺流而下》关涉个人救赎、家庭的秘密和谋杀，结构精巧。
——《书单》
《顺流而下》的冷峻风格和引人深思的比喻，让人想起雷蒙•钱德勒……
——《图书馆杂志》

From Publishers Weekly
A year after 12-year-old Alyssa Merrimon disappeared on her way home from the library in an unnamed rural North Carolina town, her twin brother, Johnny, continues to search the town, street by street, even visiting the homes of known sex offenders, in this chilling novel from Edgar-winner Hart (Down River). Det. Clyde Hunt, the lead cop on Alyssa's case, keeps a watchful eye on Johnny and his mother, who has deteriorated since Alyssa's abduction and her husband's departure soon afterward. When a second girl is snatched, Johnny is even more determined to find his sister, convinced that the perpetrator is the same person who took Alyssa. But what he unearths is more sinister than anyone imagined, sending shock waves through the community and putting Johnny's own life in danger. Despite a tendency to dip into melodrama, Hart spins an impressively layered tale of broken families and secrets that can kill. 175,000 first printing; author tour. (May)
From Bookmarks Magazine
Most critics sang the praises of Hart's third novel, a dark and violent edge-of-your-seat mystery that still manages to poignantly examine the ties between family and friends. Hart's ability to portray his characters as living, breathing individuals -- particularly Johnny, "an amalgam of Opie Taylor and Scout Finch with a hint of Huck Finn" (Raleigh News & Observer) -- and his acute assessment of human nature result in a horrifying, heartbreaking tale that steps up the suspense to agonizing levels. The sole voice of dissent, stalwart crime-reviewer Marilyn Stasio from the New York Times Book Review, faulted the writer's unoriginal characters and lackluster prose. But majority rules. Most readers will agree that The Last Child is "one of the best thrillers of the year" (Providence Journal).

Going back is never easy ...Adam Chase has spent the last five years in New York trying to forget. When he left North Carolina, Adam left for good. Now he has no choice but to return -- and being remembered as a murderer doesn't help. Within hours of arriving, Adam is beaten up, accosted and has to face the hostility of those closest to him, including Grace, the young woman he cannot forget. Nothing has changed. And then people start turning up dead. For a man only just acquitted of murder, Adam's homecoming does not go well. And he has a dark streak, a history of violence. Everyone doubts. No one trusts him. And as the past threatens to overshadow the present, Adam becomes the prime suspect for the new murders. He alone can clear his name ...

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我，亞當．切斯。
形塑我為現在之我的一切，全都發生在那條河畔。
我在那裡失去了母親，在河岸上墜入情網。
我甚至記得被父親趕出家門的那一天，河的氣味。
那條河是我靈魂的一部分，而我以為我會永遠失去了它……
五年來，亞當．切斯從沒有忘記過那條河流。
當他再度回到羅旺郡、這個放逐他的家鄉時，一切彷彿未曾改變。
他河岸邊的家，如同緩慢流動的河水始終存在；攪動的泥土，也仍像年少打鬥時流下的血一樣殷紅；而河的氣味，讓他想起了當年被父親趕出家門的那天……
只是他不再相同了。
早在父親相信繼母指控他殺了人，在他拋下摯愛與好友、對家族農場的責任，以及這段早已灰白如槁的生命之後，亞當．切斯就成了個沒有回憶、只有憤怒與陰影的人。
原以為此次回鄉只是受老友之託，但亞當卻意外捲入了土地開發案的爭執，頑固的父親與農場成了郡上的最大阻礙。在接連幾樁攻擊案與兇殺案發生後，嫌疑犯的矛頭，開始指向曾經被當作兇手的亞當！
他從來不期望能得到原諒，因為，回頭本就不是件容易的事。
親情與友情，信任和背叛，所有潛藏在水面之下的祕密，宛如泥紅色的河水，在亞當的生命裡不斷翻攪，將再度拉著他往最黑暗的地方沉落下去。而這一次，他是否能奮勇向前游去……
八歲那年，當母親在他眼前扣下扳機死去，那無止盡的黑暗與叛逆，便取代了原有的幸福日子。
他的父親說得沒錯──死亡和鮮血，都是讓一個男孩成長為男人必須具備的一部分。
透過約翰．哈特蘊含情感的筆觸，以及成熟的寫作技巧，《順流而下》不僅有挑逗讀者好奇心的懸疑氛圍，更吸引人的是故事中角色在面對挑戰與轉變時，那層次豐富的心境以及多重的情感張力。約翰．哈特以精采絕倫的文筆，探討背叛與原諒的議題，結構嚴謹又引人入勝，無怪乎廣獲《紐約時報》及日本《週刊文春》等媒體盛讚，更一舉掄獲愛倫坡獎年度最佳小說的最高殊榮！

Adam Chase is passionate and misunderstood, a fighter. When narrowly acquitted of a murder charge, he disappears for five long years: not a clue, not a trace. Now, he's back and nobody knows why--not his family or the cops, not the women he left behind. But Adam has his reasons.When more bodies surface, Adam must unravel a web of deceit and violence so dense it staggers the imagination. Old secrets rise, lives collapse, and more than one person crosses the brink as author Hart probes the timeless, destructive power of deception and vengeance.

Everything that shaped him happened near that river….
Now its banks are filled with lies and greed, shame, and murder….
John Hart's debut, The King of Lies, was compelling and lyrical, with Janet Maslin of The New York Times declaring, “There hasn't been a thriller as showily literate since Scott Turow came along.” Now, in Down River, Hart makes a scorching return to Rowan County, where he drives his characters to the edge, explores the dark side of human nature, and questions the fundamental power of forgiveness.
Adam Chase has a violent streak, and not without reason. As a boy, he saw things that no child should see, suffered wounds that cut to the core and scarred thin. The trauma left him passionate and misunderstood---a fighter. After being narrowly acquitted of a murder charge, Adam is hounded out of the only home he's ever known, exiled for a sin he did not commit. For five long years he disappears, fades into the faceless gray of New York City. Now he's back and nobody knows why, not his family or the cops, not the enemies he left behind.
But Adam has his reasons.
Within hours of his return, he is beaten and accosted, confronted by his family and the women he still holds dear. No one knows what to make of Adam's return, but when bodies start turning up, the small town rises against him and Adam again finds himself embroiled in the fight of his life, not just to prove his own innocence, but to reclaim the only life he's ever wanted.
Bestselling author John Hart holds nothing back as he strips his characters bare. Secrets explode, emotions tear, and more than one person crosses the brink into deadly behavior as he examines the lengths to which people will go for money, family, and revenge.
A powerful, heart-pounding thriller, Down River will haunt your thoughts long after the last page is turned.