“驚”艷你:歪果仁最喜歡的驚悚小說Top 8
作者:Lincoln Thompson
來源:Buzzfeed
2017-06-08 07:00
We recently asked people to tell us about the most suspenseful book they'd ever read — and they totally delivered. These titles will definitely take your breath away.
最近我們請人們列舉出自己讀過的最精彩的懸疑小說,人們給我們的答案五花八門。這些書一定會讓你投入其中不能自拔!
1. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
《火車上的女孩》 作者:保拉·霍金斯
Rachel always observed a woman from her train as she passed the suburbs. But what happens when this woman goes missing? Rachel feels compelled to solve the mystery and stumbles upon dark, shocking truths in the process.
瑞秋乘坐火車經(jīng)過市鎮(zhèn)的時候,常常看見一個女孩??墒呛髞砼s消失了。發(fā)生了什么事?瑞秋感到必須要去查明事實真相,沒想到在這個過程中,卻無意解開了更加黑暗、可怕的事實。
2. Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
《在我入睡前》 作者:S.J.華生
Christine Lucas suffers from anterograde amnesia, a disease that causes her to lose all her memories after she goes to bed. She wakes up every morning not recognizing the bedroom she is in, or the man sleeping beside her (whom afterwards claims to be her husband, Ben). Everyday, she also receives a phone call from a doctor who has been helping her without her husband's knowledge, and reminds her about a personal diary she has been hiding. She flips over the cover and sees three words written in her own handwriting: "Don't trust Ben."
克里斯汀·盧卡斯患有順行性遺忘癥,這種病會讓她在入睡后失去所有的記憶。每天早上她醒來都不認(rèn)識自己所睡的臥室,也不認(rèn)識睡在她身邊的男人(這個男人后來告訴她,自己名叫本,是她的丈夫)。每天她還會接到一個醫(yī)生的電話,這名醫(yī)生一直在幫助她,而她的丈夫則并不知情。在醫(yī)生的提醒下,她注意到一本自己一直保存的私人日記。她打開書殼隨手翻閱,發(fā)現(xiàn)一行自己親手寫的字跡:“別相信本”。
3. Bird Box by Josh Malerman
《鳥箱》 作者:喬什·馬勒曼
An unknown creature is stalking the survivors of an apocalyptic attack. One glimpse of it is enough to drive a person to violent, fatal madness. Now Malorie and her two small children must make their way to safety down the river in a small boat — blindfolded, with only their ears to guide them.
一場致命的災(zāi)難剛剛過去,幸存者的求生之路卻被一只不明生物阻礙了。人們只要看一眼這個生物,就會變得歇斯底里、瘋狂混亂、死期將至。可是現(xiàn)在,瑪洛尼和她的兩個幼子必須乘著小船順河而下,抵達(dá)安全的區(qū)域——他們蒙住眼睛,只有耳朵作為向?qū)А?/div>
[en]4. An Untamed?State by Roxane Gay[/en]
《未征服之嶺》 作者:洛薩利·蓋伊
Mireille's harrowing fall from a fairy-tale life of privilege to the torment of her kidnap and captivity at the hands of a violent gang.
米雷列曾經(jīng)擁有童話一般的奢華生活,誰知命運突變,她突然被一伙暴力組織綁架并受盡折磨。
5. Sphere by Michael Chrichton
《幽靈》 作者:克里奇頓
Six reasons you should read Sphere ASAP: 1) Alien 2) Spaceship 3) Discovered 4) On 5) Ocean 6) Floor.
六個詞告訴你,你應(yīng)該拜讀《幽靈》的原因:1、外星人;2、宇宙飛船;3、被發(fā)現(xiàn);4、位于;5、大洋;6、海底。(在海底發(fā)現(xiàn)外星人的宇宙飛船)
6. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
《風(fēng)之影》 作者:卡洛斯·魯依斯·薩豐
A young boy is taken to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books by his father and happens to pick one up. Years later, he finds out someone has been destroying all books by that author, and he’s drawn into the mystery surrounding these events.
一個小男孩在爸爸的帶領(lǐng)下來到了遺忘書籍之冢,信手拿走了一本。數(shù)年之后,他發(fā)現(xiàn)同一作者的書一直被人有意損毀,從此陷入了與之相關(guān)的神秘事件之中。
7. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
《無人生還》 作者:阿加莎·克里斯蒂
Ten strangers are invited to a mysterious island home for a weekend, only to be killed off one by one in increasingly gruesome ways. But no one has any clue who's behind it all or why this group of strangers was brought together in the first place.
十個素不相識的陌生人受邀前往一個神秘的島嶼共度周末,接著他們一個接一個地被謀殺,手法一個比一個可怕。可是,大家對于誰是幕后主使毫無頭緒,甚至連這伙人一開始為什么被聚到一起都不知道。
8. Descent by Tim Johnston
《品德》 作者:蒂姆·約翰森
Teenaged brother and sister Sean and Caitlin go for an early-morning run during a family vacation in the Rockies, but the Sean returns alone. The novel then follows the Courtland family for the next year as they cope with their loss. They don't know what happened; — but, in the end, the Caitlin's ultimate fate comes as a surprise to all.
肖恩和凱特琳是卡特蘭德家的小兄妹,他們都只有十來歲,一次全家人去洛基山度假,兩人早起晨跑,結(jié)果卻只有肖恩一個人跑回家。小說接著跳敘一年后,卡特蘭德一家如何面對失去親人的傷痛。他們不知道那天到底發(fā)生了什么。不過,卡特琳最終的命運卻讓所有人大吃一驚。
(翻譯:小木)
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