A Case of Mice and Murder
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内容简介 · · · · · ·
资深英国大律师史密斯（Smith）凭借对伦敦数百年历史的法律机构——四大律师学院（Inns of Court）的深厚积淀，创作了一部充满复古韵味的侦探小说，并塑造了一位不情不愿的侦探角色——大律师加布里埃尔·沃德爵士（Sir Gabriel Ward）。故事发生在1901年的一个清晨，沃德抵达办公室时，意外撞见了英格兰首席大法官的尸体。 这位才华横溢却性格孤僻的大律师，在顶头上司的命令下，不情愿地接下了这桩谋杀案的调查工作；与此同时，他还忧心忡忡，生怕这起案件会占用他处理另一宗要案的时间——那是一起关于某畅销儿童图书作者身份的官司。在一位当地警员的协助下，沃德勉强走出自己珍视的、紧密团结的法律圈，踏上追凶之路，最终却意外揭开了一些意想不到的真相。
When barrister Gabriel Ward steps out of his rooms at exactly two minutes to seven on a sunny May morning in 1901, his mind is so full of his latest case - the disputed authorship of bestselling children’s book Millie the Temple Church Mouse - that he scarcely registers the body of the Lord Chief Justice of England on his doorstep.
But even he cannot fail to notice the judge’s dusty bare feet, in shocking contrast to his flawless evening dress, nor the silver carving knife sticking out of his chest. In the shaded courtyards and ancient buildings of the Inner Temple, the hidden heart of London’s legal world, murder has spent centuries confined firmly to the casebooks. Until now.
The police can enter the Temple only by consent, so who better to investigate this tragic breach of law and order than a man who prizes both above all things? But murder doesn’t answer to logic or reasoned argument, and Gabriel soon discovers that the Temple’s heavy oak doors are hiding more surprising secrets than he’d ever imagined…
作者简介 · · · · · ·
莎莉·史密斯是一位律师兼皇家法律顾问（KC），她的整个职业生涯都在内殿律师学院度过。在撰写了爱德华时代著名律师爱德华·马歇尔·霍尔爵士（KC）的传记后，她从律师界退休，开始全职写作。这部小说是她的第一部小说，灵感来源于她生活和工作的环境，以及内殿律师学院档案馆和图书馆数百年的丰富历史。这是介绍业余侦探、并非自愿的加布里埃尔·沃德爵士（KC）系列小说的第一部。
Sally Smith is a barrister and KC who has spent all her working life in the Inner Temple. After writing a biography of Sir Edward Marshall Hall KC, a renowned Edwardian barrister she retired from the bar to write fulltime. This, her first novel, was inspired by the historic surroundings in which she lives and works and by the centuries of rich history in Inner Temple Archives and Library. This is the first in a series introducing the amateur and unwilling sleuth Sir Gabriel Ward KC.
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