在佛蒙特州的一個夏夜,十二歲少女麗莎走進家後方的森林,從此消失無蹤。在失蹤之前,她告訴自己的弟弟山姆說,有一扇門通往魔法世界,她會在那裡遇見妖精之王,成為他的皇后。
十五年後,山姆與菲比墜入愛河。山姆的個性明理務實,總是讓菲比感到安心──直到某一天,菲比接到一通神祕的電話。依照對方指示,他們找到麗莎寫的信,上面寫說她就快回來了……疑惑的山姆與菲比決定進行調查,中途卻發現證人、證物居然憑空消失?
這時菲比才發現,她和山姆彼此都瞞著對方一些祕密,兩人之間的信任因此產生裂痕……
究竟麗莎失蹤當天那晚,山姆在森林裡看到了甚麼?
On a soft summer night in Vermont, twelve-year-old Lisa went into the woods behind her house and never came out again. Before she disappeared, she told her little brother, Sam, about a door that led to a magical place where she would meet the King of the Fairies and become his queen.
Fifteen years later, Phoebe is in love with Sam, a practical, sensible man who doesn’t fear the dark and doesn’t have bad dreams — who, in fact, helps Phoebe ignore her own. But suddenly the couple is faced with a series of eerie, unexplained occurrences that challenge Sam’s hardheaded, realistic view of the world. As they question their reality, a terrible promise Sam made years ago is revealed — a promise that could destroy them all.
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作者簡介
珍妮佛.麥瑪洪(JENNIFER McMAHON)
出生於一九六八年,在康乃迪克州郊區的外婆家度過童年,當時她相信閣樓上住著一位叫做魏基耳的鬼魂。小學三年級,寫下人生中的第一個短篇故事。一九九一年,從高達爾德學院取得大學學位,隨後進入佛蒙特大學的碩士班就讀一年,學習如何寫詩──這段時間她將自己寫的一首詩改編為故事,再把故事改編為小說,然後決定花些時間仔細思考,到底自己比較想寫詩還是寫小說。
她在美國四處搬家,最後回到佛蒙特州,跟伴侶卓伊住在一棟小木屋,屋裡沒有水,沒有電,也沒有電話。那些年來,她做過油漆工人、牧場工人、披薩外送員,還替印刷品設計版面,扮成復活節兔子玩偶打工,在流浪漢收容處上班,甚至擔任心理疾病患者的輔導員──直到二○○○年,她辭掉最後一份工作,全心全意投入寫作。
珍妮佛的第一本小說《Promise Not to Tell》在二○○七年出版。隔年出版的《Island of Lost Girls》,這本書讓她一舉成為紐約時報暢銷書榜的常客。《妖精的魅影》是她最新一本懸疑小說。
Jennifer McMahon is the author of Dismantled, the New York Times bestseller Island of Lost Girls, and the breakout debut novel Promise Not to Tell. She lives in Vermont with her partner, Drea, and their daughter, Zella.