2024年3月8日
No.13《The Nacked Face》
作者：Sidney Sheldon
这是Sidney Sheldon的处女作，一经发表就获得了神秘小说大奖：爱伦·坡奖。主要公Judd是全国闻名的心理学家，在圣诞节前夕，他的一名病人莫名其妙被杀死，紧接着他的女助手也被残忍的杀死，接上来他自己也几次差点死掉，原来他才是目标。后来他开始变被动为主动，用他的专业能力分析他的对手，并且刻画出了犯罪的画像。经过一层层的渲染，最后凶手浮出水面。
我花了3天时间，6小时30分钟看完。一开始看的有点晕，里面有太多的心理活动的描写，看不明白。后面开始追凶，一环扣一环，确实太吸引人了，停不下来，我特别喜欢那一段他要变被动为主动，描写凶手的性格特点和样子。最后的结局确实存在一些侥幸，但是我就喜欢这类结局。我喜欢英雄式的happy ending。最后Judd说的那段话将整部书提高到了一个高度。
Civilization was a thin,dangerously fragile veneer,and when that veneer cracked,man became one with the beasts again,falling back into the slime of the primeval abyss he prided himself on having climbed up from.
文明不过是危险而易碎的薄片。一旦捅破，人类的兽性便又回归，人类曾曾骄傲地从原始人满是污泥的深渊里爬出，如今又堕落如旧。
同时，摘录几段：
We all wear masks,Angeli.From the time we’re past infancy,we’re taught to conceal our real felling.we’re taught to conceal our real feelings,to cover up our hatreds and fears.
The world is full of artists who are schizoids. Most of them manage to get through life without any violence because their work gives them an outlet in which to express themselves.Our man doesn’t have that outlet.So he’s like a volcano. The only way he can get rid of the pressure inside him is to erupt:Hanson,Carol,Moody.
