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David Hunter #2

袟邪锌懈褋邪薪芯 薪邪 泻褨褋褌泻邪褏. 袛褉褍谐械 褉芯蟹褋谢褨写褍胁邪薪薪褟

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效懈 屑芯卸薪邪 蟹邪 褋邪屑懈屑懈 谢懈褕械 芯斜谐芯褉褨谢懈屑懈 褉械褕褌泻邪屑懈 褌褨谢邪 胁懈蟹薪邪褔懈褌懈, 斜褍谢芯 褑械 薪邪胁屑懈褋薪械 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁芯 褔懈 薪械褖邪褋薪懈泄 胁懈锌邪写芯泻? 袣褉懈屑褨薪邪谢褜薪懈泄 邪薪褌褉芯锌芯谢芯谐 袛械胁褨写 袚邪薪褌械褉, 褟泻芯谐芯 胁懈泻谢懈泻邪谢懈 薪邪 屑褨褋褑械 蟹谢芯褔懈薪褍 锌褨写 褔邪褋 胁褨写锌褍褋褌泻懈 胁 楔芯褌谢邪薪写褨褩, 胁锌械胁薪械薪懈泄, 褖芯 褌邪泻. 袨写薪邪泻 褋泻谢邪写薪芯 褉芯蟹锌谢褍褌邪褌懈 褋锌褉邪胁褍 斜械蟹 写芯写邪褌泻芯胁懈褏 写芯泻邪蟹褨胁. 袉 谢懈褕械 泻芯谢懈 褏褌芯褋褜 薪邪屑邪谐邪褦褌褜褋褟 蟹薪懈褖懈褌懈 褋胁褨写褔械薪薪褟 蟹谢芯褔懈薪褨胁 褍 薪芯胁懈褏 锌芯卸械卸邪褏, 褋褌邪褦 蟹褉芯蟹褍屑褨谢芯, 褖芯 卸械褉褌胁褍 胁斜懈褌芯, 邪 蟹谢芯褔懈薪械褑褜 - 芯写懈薪 褨蟹 锌褉懈褋褍褌薪褨褏 薪邪 芯褋褌褉芯胁褨. 袘邪 谐褨褉褕械: 褋邪屑械 薪邪锌械褉械写芯写薪褨 卸邪褏谢懈胁芯褩 蟹薪邪褏褨写泻懈 锌芯褌褍卸薪懈泄 褕褌芯褉屑 胁褨写褉褨蟹邪胁 芯褋褌褉褨胁 胁褨写 蟹芯胁薪褨褕薪褜芯谐芯 褋胁褨褌褍. 啸褌芯 胁 蟹邪泻褉懈褌褨泄 褋锌褨谢褜薪芯褌褨 屑褨谐 胁褔懈薪懈褌懈 褌邪泻械 蟹胁褨褉褋褌胁芯? 效懈 斜褍写褍褌褜 褖械 卸械褉褌胁懈?

孝褉懈胁芯谐邪 褕懈褉懈褌褜褋褟 褋械褉械写 屑械褕泻邪薪褑褨胁 芯褋褌褉芯胁邪, 薪械薪邪褔械 褌芯泄 胁芯谐芯薪褜, 褨 谢懈褕械 袛械胁褨写 袚邪薪褌械褉 褌邪 胁褨写褋褌邪胁薪懈泄 褨薪褋锌械泻褌芯褉 袘褉芯褍写褨 屑芯卸褍褌褜 锌芯泻谢邪褋褌懈 褑褜芯屑褍 泻褉邪泄, 写芯斜褉邪胁褕懈褋褜 写芯 锌褉邪胁写懈鈥�

384 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

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Simon Beckett

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After an MA in English, Simon Beckett spent several years as a property repairer before a stint teaching in Spain. Back in the UK, he played percussion in several bands. He has been a freelance journalist since 1992, writing for The Times, The Independent on Sunday Review, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer and other major British publications. In 2002, as part of an article on the National Forensic Academy, he visited the Body Farm in Tennessee. This last commission was the inspiration behind the internationally bestselling The Chemistry of Death, which was shortlisted for the CWA's Duncan Lawrie Dagger and has been translated into 21 languages. Simon Beckett is married and lives in Sheffield. The author of six novels, his second David Hunter thriller, Written in Bone, is published as a Bantam paperback in April 2008.

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Profile Image for Sonja Rosa Lisa 鈾�  .
4,462 reviews590 followers
July 24, 2021
Der Rechtsmediziner David Hunter untersucht eine verkohlte Leiche auf der schottischen Insel Runa. War es ein tragischer Unfall oder gar Mord? Der Fall scheint 盲u脽erst mysteri枚s zu sein. Bevor David Hunter sich n盲her mit dem Superintendenten auf dem Festland besprechen kann, wird die kleine Insel durch ein Unwetter von der Au脽enwelt abgeschnitten. Und dann wird der Polizist, der den Fundort der Leiche bewachen sollte, tot aufgefunden鈥� ermordet. Der T盲ter muss auf der Insel sein鈥�
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Ich habe Band 1 dieser Reihe vor ziemlich genau drei Jahren gelesen. Das Buch hatte damals auch f眉nf Sterne von mir bekommen, und ich kann mir gar nicht erkl盲ren, warum ich damals nicht gleich weitergelesen habe!? Nun musste dieser zweite Band gute drei Jahre warten鈥� Ich habe mir fest vorgenommen, Band 3 nun m枚glichst bald zu lesen!
鈥enn ich mag diese Reihe wirklich sehr gerne! Rechtsmedizin finde ich grunds盲tzlich schon sehr spannend, und David Hunter ist ein sympathischer Protagonist.
Der Fall mit der verkohlten Leiche war sehr geheimnisvoll und spannend. Ich habe mitr盲tseln k枚nnen, wurde dann am Ende doch 眉berrascht. Ich liebe 眉berraschende Wendungen in B眉chern, wenn sie schl眉ssig und nachvollziehbar sind. Das war hier f眉r mich der Fall.
Auch das Setting fand ich super! Schottland sowieso, und dann diese kleine Insel, die pl枚tzlich ganz abgeschnitten ist vom Festland鈥� Schon eine gruselige Vorstellung unter diesen Umst盲nden!
F眉r mich hat alles gepasst. Handlung, Charaktere, Setting. Der Spannungsaufbau war da, die Spannung auch immer sehr hoch.
Ich freue mich nun auf den n盲chsten Band!
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61 reviews12 followers
March 8, 2013
After enjoying the hell out of "The Chemistry of Death" I was very eager to start reading the second book about Dr Hunter. And... oh boy. I don't really know where to begin.
The book starts interestingly enough: gruesome murder, interesting location, good ol' Dr Hunter... But then it takes over a hundred pages until something, ANYTHING happens. Some of the characters in the book were so cartoonish I was afraid I might injure my eyes with all the eyerolling. Here's your token single mother with a dark past, there's your incompetent and drunken police officer who is completely oblivious to the most obvious facts, there's your spunky young journalist who "just wants to get to the bottom of things". The only reason we know that the retired detective Brody is "meticulous", is because we are told so about ten times, without actually ever really witnessing it through his actions. Dr Hunter is equally infuriating with his sixth sense telling him multiple times "something doesn't quite add up" but we never really get to find out why until it's too late. Come on, Mr. Beckett, let your readers join in on the fun, let them think a little! And then the plot... oh the plot. Formulaic (albeit entertaining) at first, but then within 50 pages it's plot twist after plot twist after plot twist to the point where it was giving me a major headache. What's even worse, by the time I got to the end of the book I realised I don't even care anymore what happens to Dr. Hunter or, for that matter, who the killer is.
I gave the book 3 stars because it's still a kind of entertaining read. The reason I'm so harsh is because my expectations were high after Beckett's first David Hunter book. Sadly, "Written in Bone" wasn't half as entertaining as I wanted it to be.
Profile Image for Anniebananie.
662 reviews479 followers
April 10, 2020
Mir f盲llt es ehrlich gesagt immer schwer Thriller zu bewerten, da das einfach nicht (mehr) mein Genre ist. Aber trotzdem 眉berkommt mich ab und an mal das Verlangen wieder einen zu lesen. Und SuB sei dank hatte ich noch den zweiten Teil der David Hunter Reihe da (so wie auch noch Band 3...).
Band 1 hatte mir damals gut gefallen, auch Band 2 gl盲nzte mit tollem Schreibstil und einem interessanten Fall. Au脽erdem ist David Hunter einfach ein super spannender Protagonist und ich finde seinen Job auch echt cool. Das Setting fand ich auch gut gew盲hlt mit dieser kleinen einsamen Insel.
Allerdings wurde mir die Handlung gegen Ende etwas zu diffus und wirr. Es wurde irgendwie permanent versucht noch einen drauf zu setzen, obwohl der Fall auch so schon "abgefahren" genug war... Und was war das f眉r ein seltsames Ende mit einem echt 眉bertriebenen Cliffhanger? Also muss ich dann wohl doch mal den dritten Teil lesen, gut dass ich den sowieso schon da hab :D
Profile Image for Metodi Markov.
1,654 reviews409 followers
July 17, 2024
效褍写械褋械薪 胁褌芯褉懈 褌褉懈谢褗褉 芯褌 锌芯褉械写懈褑邪褌邪 蟹邪 写-褉 啸褗薪褌褗褉.

袩褉械胁褗蟹屑芯谐薪邪谢 谢懈褔薪邪褌邪 褋懈 写褉邪屑邪 芯褌 锌褉械写薪邪褌邪 泻薪懈谐邪, 褌芯泄 褋械 蟹邪薪懈屑邪胁邪 芯褌薪芯胁芯 褋褗褋 褋褗写械斜薪邪 邪薪褌褉芯锌芯谢芯谐懈褟. 袧邪 胁褉褗褖邪薪械 芯褌 褋谢褍褔邪泄 胁 楔芯褌谢邪薪写懈褟 械 锌芯胁懈泻邪薪 薪邪 芯褋褌褉芯胁 芯褌 胁褗薪褕薪懈褌械 啸械斜褉懈写懈, 蟹邪 写邪 褉邪蟹褋谢械写胁邪 锌褉械写锌芯谢邪谐邪械屑芯 褋邪屑芯蟹邪锌邪谢胁邪薪械.

袧芯 懈褋褌懈薪邪褌邪 褋械 芯泻邪蟹胁邪 屑薪芯谐芯 锌芯-蟹谢芯胁械褖邪 懈 芯斜褗褉泻胁邪褖邪...

小邪泄屑褗薪 袘械泻械褌 锌芯泻邪褔胁邪 褋褌褉械屑谐谢邪胁芯 蟹邪谢芯蟹懈褌械, 褌邪蟹懈 褔邪褋褌 械 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪芯 锌芯-写芯斜褉邪 芯褌 锌褉械写懈褕薪邪褌邪 懈 蟹邪胁褗褉褕胁邪 褋 芯斜械褖邪薪懈械 蟹邪 薪芯胁懈 屑褉邪褔薪懈 蟹邪谐邪写泻懈!
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179 reviews34 followers
March 30, 2021
En esta segunda entrega el autor nos lleva, al igual que en la primera, a un lugar con una comunidad cerrada y reticente con los extra帽os, creando una atm贸sfera de tensi贸n, donde todo el mundo guarda alg煤n secreto.

Beckett nos aporta detalles forenses muy interesantes pero con un lenguaje sencillo, que hace de este libro una lectura amena y entretenida.

Con un ritmo pausado pero no exento de algunos giros, iremos desgranando los entresijos de esta nueva investigaci贸n, llegando a un final abierto que nos empuja a continuar con la siguiente entrega.
Profile Image for Josiemaus85.
390 reviews
September 25, 2017
Wow, da waren dann doch noch ein paar Wendungen, die ich nicht habe kommen sehen 馃槄 hat mir wieder sehr gut gefallen.
Profile Image for Paul Weiss.
1,425 reviews467 followers
February 6, 2024
"It's the things you never see coming you have to watch out for."

With WRITTEN IN BONE, a solid sequel to his debut novel THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH, Author Simon Beckett continues to effectively cash in on his real life anthropological experience working with Bill Bass of Tennessee's world famous Body Farm. Unlike many of his competitors in the crowded medical thriller genre who have concentrated on thrill and suspense at the expense of science and medicine, Beckett writes a solid forensic procedural with plenty of interesting details on such minutiae as the rate of decay of human bodies under a variety of conditions, the nature of pre- and post-mortem wounds and the tiny differences between slashing and stabbing wounds and their effects on soft tissue and bones that is superbly balanced with the bloody bits and the actual action. Nor has he forgotten about suspense, twists, turns, red herrings and surprise endings!

Forensic anthropologist David Hunter has been dispatched to Runa, a God-forsaken barren spit of land in the remote Outer Hebrides in the frigid Atlantic north of Scotland, to investigate a death so bizarre that the first cause coming to everyone's mind is spontaneous human combustion. When a ferocious Arctic storm eliminates all communication with the mainland and clues finally surface that prove the death was in fact murder, the game, as Sherlock Holmes would have said, was definitely afoot! Hunter, cut off from any possible assistance from his police colleagues in Britain and Scotland, is forced to investigate the murder with the only assistance available on the island - Neil Fraser, an unhappy, angry officer who wants nothing more than to stay under the radar until his retirement quietly drinking his way to oblivion and Andrew Brody, an embittered former investigator who retired to the seclusion of Runa after the mysterious unsolved disappearance of his daughter many years earlier.

WRITTEN IN BONE is most definitely NOT a cozy mystery in the style of Agatha Christie. That said, the resemblance to AND THEN THERE WAS NONE is unmistakable as the body count on the foul weather-locked island mounts and the only possible suspects are the remaining inhabitants who are looking over their shoulders with growing fear and suspicion. But no potential reader should get the mistaken impression that I'm suggesting WRITTEN IN BONE is derivative. Absolutely not! The characterization is superb, the relationships are as edgy, angsty and as dark as any thriller available today, the dialogue is natural and credible, the twists and turns are devious and ... oh my goodness ... that ending out of left field will leave every reader with a smile knowing that entry #3 in the David Hunter series is just around the corner.

Highly recommended.

Paul Weiss
Profile Image for Justina Neliub拧ien臈.
360 reviews57 followers
September 11, 2023
Patinka man 拧i serija ir net labai. 馃槈
"I拧 dalies patologin臈 anatomija, i拧 dalies archeologija - tai, k膮 veikiu, per啪engia abiej懦 ribas. Netgi suirus 啪mogaus k奴nui, net jame plast臈jusiai gyvybei virtus p奴v臈siais, d奴l臈siais ir senais, sausais kaulais, mirusieji vis dar gali liudyti. Jie gali papasakoti savo istorij膮, jei tik gebi j膮 suprasti. "
Profile Image for  Li'l Owl.
398 reviews276 followers
August 6, 2019
Creepy! Like tiny hairs buzzing on the back of your neck, creepy!


"Our lives, and sometimes our deaths, are stories written in bone. It provides a telltale record of injuries, neglect or abuse. But in order to find what was written here, first I had to be able to see it."

When a body, burned beyond recognition, is found in an abandoned hut on the island of Runa, the local authorities call forensic pathologist, Dr. David Hunter for help.
At first, David refuses, wanting to continue his journey home. He wants nothing to do with it. But David's sense of duty to help the deceased find his or her way home is too much to turn his back on. After all, David will only there to assist the local police in setting the perimeters of sex, approximate age, and, with any luck, the cause of death. Then the case will be turned over to them to carry in whatever direction is necessary. It's only supposed to take a couple of days, then he can return home to his wife.
But things don't go that way.
Not by a long shot.


by takes place in the Western Isles, a coastal island chain that's separated from the Scottish mainland. The small, sparcly populated island of Runa is even more isolated which sets the scene perfectly for an eerie, ominous feeling, beginning from the very start and becoming more nightmarish and terrifying as the story goes on. The story has plenty of twists and turns that kept me completely unbalanced throughout, all the way to the startling conclusion.

This is the second book in the David Hunter series and I loved it just as much as the first book, . Both books are chilling, with likable characters, a rapid pace, and lots of authentic forensic evidence. I'm a huge fan of factual forensic science and this series has plenty of it! I devoured the story from beginning to end and the disturbing, macabre factor is off the scales! Perfect!
I am looking forward to the next book in this series!
Profile Image for Matt.
4,501 reviews13k followers
June 16, 2013
Beckett returns with a stellar sequel to his opening book, which captured the hearts of readers. When an apparent spontaneous combustion case pops up on the remote Scottish island of Runa, what looks like an open and shut case soon reeks of murder. Before long, a murder spree commences and the small island population begins to wonder who among its own is wielding the knife and setting fire to the victims. With a collection of new small-town characters, Beckett returns with a great new plot as wonderful narrative to bring the story to life. The reader will surely devour this book as they did the opening in the series and scramble for the latter two as well. Absolutely spectacular last 50 pages has the reader picking their jaw off the floor more than once. Mystery at its best!!!!

Beckett sets himself up to possibly be the UK's Jefferson Bass. While the books do have a great forensic aspect to them, the level of scientific osteo-based learning is less intense. A strong murder theme with wonderful medical references that keeps the reader hooked, I will not deny. I like the idea of using our main character as one who is parachuted into small-town scenarios, as it keeps the story fresh and rids any wonder about Jessica Fletcher syndrome (wherever you go, murder follows or your small town is repeatedly victim to a killer when you are around)!

Kudos Mr. Beckett for a sensational piece of work. Bring on Book #3!
Profile Image for Inna.
777 reviews227 followers
November 1, 2023
袧邪 屑褨泄 褋屑邪泻, 锌械褉褕邪 褔邪褋褌懈薪邪 褋械褉褨褩 斜褍谢邪 褑褨泻邪胁褨褕芯褞.
些械 泄 蟹邪泻褨薪褔械薪薪褟 薪邪褖芯褋褜 褌邪泻械馃檮
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836 reviews98 followers
October 29, 2024
Terminado de leer por primera vez en marzo del 2022. Rele铆do en octubre del 2024.

La primera vez que lo le铆 lo disfrut茅 un porr贸n y creo que esta segunda, me gust贸 todav铆a m谩s.
驴Os cont茅 que encima me encantan los de forenses?. Este adem谩s, al igual que el anterior, se inicia con una estremecedora imagen de la f铆sica de la muerte, terrible pero impresionante.
Muy bien retratado, de nuevo, ese "pueblo peque帽o, infierno grande", ese paisaje verde, aislado y asolado por las tormetas, una peque帽a isla cuya naturaleza se presenta muy hostil todo el tiempo arrasando el caso en oleadas de lluvia, aislada e incomunicada cada poco, con frecuentes cortes el茅ctricos, donde se destilan secretos, que muchas veces llegan a saberse pero se callan.
Un caso lleno de giros que a veces eran mucho girar, pero que disfrut茅 absolutamente... y la inolvidable imagen, para m铆 imborrable, de este protagonista tan serio y hasta algo distante, tras casi quemarse, discutiendo todo digno con el pelo todo churruscado y sin cejas馃ぃ馃ぃ馃ぃ Es que le quita toda la seriedad a la escena, no lo pude evitar馃槀.
En fin que me lo he pasado bomba y por m谩s de un motivo. GL Bis (Negro Bis. David Hunter)
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747 reviews127 followers
March 11, 2023
English version below

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Der vorliegende Roman ist unbestreitbar (vor allem gegen Ende zu) 盲u脽erst spannend. Die medizinischen Erl盲uterungen zum Feuertod der Opfer fand ich sehr interessant und lehrreich. Das Setup der Geschichte auf einer kleinen, abgelegenen Insel nahe Schottland, die dann auch noch durch eine Unwetter von der Au脽enwelt abgeschnitten wird, ist zwar nicht unbekannt (man denke nur an die durch Schneesturm im Scvhloss eingeschlossenen Weihnachtsg盲ste), dennoch aber immer wieder spannend zu lesen.

Zwei Aspekte haben mich aber dennoch gest枚rt:

Zum einen die bis zum Gehtnichtmehr ausgewalzten Stereotypen, z.B. der versoffene und gr枚脽tenteils unf盲hige Dorfpolizist, die 眉beraus neugierige und und unvorsichtige Lokaljournalistin oder die 眉berm盲脽ig verschworene Dorfgemeinschaft, die jeden Au脽enseiter mit Z盲hnen und Klauen abwehrt. Hier w盲re meiner Ansicht nach weniger mehr gewesen.

Enorm gest枚rt hat mich, dass in der zweiten H盲lfte des Buches eine unerwartete Wendung nach der anderen hochpoppt. Und das sind beileibe kleine Kleinigkeiten, die der geneigten Leserin hier um die Ohren gehauen werden, sondern echte H盲mmer. Und dann holt der Autor noch auf der letzten Seite den Schachtelteufel raus und l盲sst uns mit einem brutalen Cliffhanger zur眉ck.

Da das Buch dennoch ein spannender Lesestoff war, auch wenn ich mich 枚fter als ich mir gew眉nscht h盲tte, 盲rgern musste, vergebe ich so gerade noch 3 Sterne.

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The present novel is undeniably (especially towards the end) extremely exciting. I found the medical explanations of the victims' deaths by fire very interesting and instructive. The set-up of the story on a small, remote island near Scotland, which is then cut off from the outside world by a storm, is not unknown (just think of the Christmas guests locked in the castle by a snowstorm), but it is always an exciting read.

However, two things bothered me:

On the one hand, the stereotypes that are rolled out to no end, e.g. the heavily drinking and mostly incompetent village policeman, the extremely curious and careless local journalist or the overly conspired village community, who fends off every outsider with teeth and claws. I think less would have been more here.

What bothered me enormously was that in the second half of the book one unexpected twist after the other popped up. And these are by no means trifles that the willing readers are hit in the face with, but real hammers. And then the author pulls out the jack-in-the-box on the last page and leaves us with a brutal cliffhanger.

Since the book was an exciting read, even if it annoyed me more often than I would have liked, I awarded 3 stars.
Profile Image for 础尘茅濒颈别.
180 reviews43 followers
August 23, 2018
Es gab so viel coole Wendungen in der Geschichte! Hat mir sehr gut gefallen! Ich liebe halt auch einfach David Hunter 馃槱馃槏 der n盲chste Teil der Reihe ist nat眉rlich bereits heruntergeladen 馃槍
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271 reviews22 followers
April 21, 2025
Segundo libro de la serie del antrop贸logo forense David Hunter, una historia que vuelve a desarrollarse en un pueblo peque帽o pero que me ha gustado m谩s que su predecesora.

Pese a que no llega a ser trepidante, la lectura consigue mantener la tensi贸n y el inter茅s, la atenci贸n nunca se despega del caso y eso es algo que agradezco. La resoluci贸n tuvo sus partes predecibles pero me pareci贸 mucho mejor ejecutada que la del libro anterior.

Lo mejor ha sido la ambientaci贸n. Primero, porque se sit煤a en una isla perteneciente a las H茅bridas, un destino que de por s铆 me parece muy atractivo, sobre todo en mis momentos m谩s ermita帽os, a pesar de la dureza de su clima. Luego, justo por eso 煤ltimo. La tormenta que azota contra la isla durante todo el tiempo que duran los sucesos, aunada a lo complicado del terreno, le confieren esa atm贸sfera sombr铆a y refuerza la sensaci贸n de estar atrapados sin remedio y a merced de cualquier peligro. Al autor se le ha dado de maravilla conseguirlo sin necesidad de excederse con las descripciones.

De nuevo he disfrutado con las interesantes explicaciones forenses y David, aunque por momentos me dan ganas de zarandearlo para que reaccione, me cae bien, sobre todo porque no es el t铆pico prota grosero y antip谩tico.
No estoy muy segura de que me guste ese gancho final pero cumpli贸 con su cometido por lo que, seguramente, volver茅 a encontrarme con el buen Hunter.
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August 3, 2021
Das Ende hat mich echt umgehauen! Fesselnd, erbarmungslos und mal wieder ein grandioses Meisterwerk von Simon Beckett.
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August 20, 2020
3 veriyorum ama 5 y谋ld谋zl谋k hikaye gibi geliyordu ba艧ta. Hala emin de臒ilim ama bu kitap beni sinirlendirdi garip bir 艧ekilde. 艦imdi kurgu 艧ahane bence - muhtemelen spoiler ile devam edece臒im onu s枚yleyeyim - adada mahsur kal谋n谋yor, 莽谋k谋艧 yok, bir katil ba艧谋 bo艧 dola艧谋yor felan filan... Tess'in Buz Gibi So臒uk kitab谋yd谋 san谋r谋m, bir de onda b枚yle bir tekinsiz gerilim ya艧am谋艧t谋m; k谋sacas谋 her 艧ey 艧ahane. David bir 艧eyler 莽枚zmeye 莽al谋艧谋yor, zaten adada az谋nl谋k bir say谋dalar, tabi 枚l眉mler art谋yor vs. Yava艧莽a sonuna geliyoruz de臒il mi? 艦imdi 枚nceki kitapta yazar谋n sevdi臒i 艧eyi anlam谋艧t谋m, b枚yle dan diye ters k枚艧e yap谋yor, siz ne oldu臒unu anlamadan beyin ambelesi ya艧谋yorsunuz biraz. Dedim bu da kesin 枚yle, okurken hi莽 olmayaca臒谋n谋 d眉艧眉nd眉臒眉m karakterlerden k谋llan谋yorum felan. Netice olarak 艧枚yle bir son var, duble ters k枚艧e. Yani birinden 艧眉phelendik hep birlikte - tabi ben yemedim biliyorum ki o de臒il - sonra as谋l ki艧iyi 枚臒rendik... Ve dan! Bitmemi艧. Yani sevgili yazar, niye bu kadar zorluyorsun. Ben ters k枚艧eyle biten polisiyelere bay谋lan biriyim, ilk defa - ciddiyim - fazla geldi. Bir de en son sahne var, ka莽 oldu d枚rt ters k枚艧e mi... Ger莽i o k谋s谋mdan i莽ten i莽e 艧眉phelenmi艧tim ama bu kadar da olmaz heralde demi艧tim. Sanki ikinci-眉莽眉nc眉 s谋n谋f bir aksiyon filmi izlemi艧im de o tip bir filmi izlerken s眉rekli g枚z devirdi臒im sahneleri tek tek okumu艧um gibi. 陌nan谋lmaz ak谋c谋yd谋, hakk谋n谋 yiyemem. Ama bir de sinir oldu臒um b眉y眉k bir 艧ey daha var; o da tam biri bir 艧ey s枚yleyecek oluyor, s枚yletmiyor yazar. Yani bir kez olur anlar谋m, her defas谋nda da olmamal谋. Bu kitap beni 莽ok yordu, sinirlendirdi, bence herkes benim gibi d眉艧眉nm眉yor; zaten listemdeki herkes 5 vermi艧... Bir de utanmadan cliffhanger ile bitirmi艧 sanki yeterince 艧ey ya艧amam谋艧谋z.

B枚yle olmamal谋yd谋 k谋sacas谋. Yorumlarda 艧ey g枚rm眉艧t眉m twist over twist diye, aynen 枚yle. Bu kadar zorlamaya gerek yok, ger莽ekten. Bitmi艧 olmas谋 gereken yer iyiydi, b谋rak orada. 陌nsanlar谋 nas谋l daha da 艧a艧谋rtabilirim diye d眉艧眉nmekten g枚z眉ne uyku girmiyor san谋r谋m yazar谋n. Devam kitab谋na da ge莽tim 莽眉nk眉 nas谋l ilerleyece臒ini bilsem de cliffhanger beni 莽ok rahats谋z etti. Sinirimi hala 眉zerimden atamad谋m. 脺艧enmeden pc'yi a莽t谋m ki bu yorumu s谋ca臒谋 s谋ca臒谋na i莽imden atabileyim. Yar谋n kitab谋n puan谋n谋 a艧a臒谋 莽ekebilirim bile emin de臒ilim, duygular谋m da kar谋艧谋k. Kli艧e dolu bir hikaye bir de ayr谋ca, anlat谋m tarz谋 bir 眉莽眉nc眉 tekil 艧ah谋s - sonra David'e ge莽iyoruz hop birinci tekil 艧ah谋s felan... Neyse k谋sacas谋 benim bu siteye yazd谋臒谋m en uzun yorumlardan oldu san谋r谋m. En son bu kadar sinirli hissetti臒im kitap Sar谋 Odan谋n Esrar谋'yd谋 diye d眉艧眉n眉yorum, orada bir 艧eyler eksik gelmi艧ti; burada ise bunlar谋n fazlal谋臒谋 beni yordu. 陌ronik.
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July 29, 2024
袛谢褟 屑械薪械 褑褟 泻薪懈谐邪 褌褉芯褕泻懈 写芯胁褕械 褉芯蟹泻邪褔褍胁邪谢邪褋褟, 薪褨卸 屑懈薪褍谢邪. 袗谢械 褎褨薪邪谢 锌褉芯褋褌芯 锌械褉械胁械褉褕懈胁 胁褋械 褨 蟹邪谢懈褕懈胁 锌褉褟屑 胁邪褍 械屑芯褑褨褩. 袨褋芯斜谢懈胁芯, 泻芯谢懈 薪邪褔械 胁褋械 褍卸械 蟹褉芯蟹褍屑褨谢芯, 邪 褌褍褌 褖械 泄 褎褨薪邪谢褜薪懈泄 邪泻芯褉写, 褟泻懈泄 胁褋械 锌械褉械胁械褉褌邪褦 蟹 薪褨谐 薪邪 谐芯谢芯胁褍.

袛械褟泻褨 屑芯褩 锌褨写芯蟹褉懈 蟹褨谐褉邪谢懈, 邪 写械褖芯 邪胁褌芯褉 蟹邪泻褉褍褌懈胁 褌邪泻, 褖芯 褟 薪邪胁褨褌褜 褨 薪械 锌褉懈锌褍褋泻邪谢邪 褌邪泻芯谐芯. 袉 褑械 锌褉褟屑 胁褉邪卸邪褦.

袦械薪褨 写褍卸械 锌芯写芯斜邪褦褌褜褋褟, 褟泻 邪胁褌芯褉 芯锌懈褋褍褦 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁邪 褨 褌械, 褖芯 胁芯薪懈 写褨泄褋薪芯 薪械褕邪斜谢芯薪薪褨 褌邪 褑褨泻邪胁褨. 袗谢械 锌褨褋谢褟 褑褜芯谐芯 胁 屑芯褦屑褍 袚褍谐谢褨 褦 写芯胁芯谢褨 写懈胁薪褨 锌芯褕褍泻芯胁褨 蟹邪锌懈褌懈, 褟泻褖芯 屑械薪械 蟹邪邪褉械褕褌褍褞褌褜 褨 锌芯写懈胁谢褟褌褜褋褟 褑褨 蟹邪锌懈褌懈, 褌芯 褍 屑械薪械 屑芯卸褍褌褜 胁懈薪懈泻薪褍褌懈 褋械褉泄芯蟹薪褨 锌褉芯斜谢械屑懈.

袙 芯褋薪芯胁褨 褋褞卸械褌褍 鈥� 芯褋褌褉褨胁 袪褍褌邪 褌邪 蟹谐芯褉褨谢懈泄 褌褉褍锌. 袧械胁褨写芯屑芯 褑械 薪械褖邪褋薪懈泄 胁懈锌邪写芯泻 褔懈 胁褋械 卸 褌邪泻懈 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁芯, 袛械胁褨写 袚邪薪褌械褉 屑邪褦 褍 褑褜芯屑褍 褉芯蟹褨斜褉邪褌懈褋褟. 袗谢械, 邪胁卸械卸, 薪邪 芯褋褌褉芯胁褨 泄芯谐芯 褔械泻邪褦 薪械 褌褨谢褜泻懈 褌褉褍锌, 邪 褌邪褦屑薪懈褑褨, 泻芯褌褉褨 屑邪褞褌褜 芯褋褌褉褨胁鈥櫻徯叫�.

袉, 邪胁卸械卸, 薪械 屑芯卸褍 薪械 褋泻邪蟹邪褌懈 褌械, 褖芯 蟹邪泻褨薪褔褍胁邪褌懈 褌邪泻 泻薪懈谐懈 鈥� 褑械 斜褉邪褌懈 谐褉褨褏 薪邪 写褍褕褍. 袧械 屑芯卸薪邪 褌邪泻 褉芯斜懈褌懈 蟹 褔懈褌邪褔邪屑懈, 薪械 屑芯卸薪邪.

小邪泄屑芯薪 袘械泻械褌褌 鈥� 褑械 屑芯褦 胁褨写泻褉懈褌褌褟 胁 卸邪薪褉褨 褌褉懈谢械褉褍 褨 褟 褌邪泻懈 褋褌邪谢邪 泄芯谐芯 褎邪薪邪褌泻芯褞.
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January 19, 2024
袣褨薪褑褨胁泻邪 胁懈褌褟谐薪褍谢邪 屑邪泄卸械 胁褋褞 泻薪懈谐褍, 写芯 褌邪泻芯谐芯 褟 斜褍谢邪 薪械 谐芯褌芯胁邪
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March 8, 2024
5/5 猸愶笍

袉 褌邪泻, 锌芯褔薪械屑芯
袩械褉褕邪 褔邪褋褌懈薪邪 斜褍谢邪 斜褨谢褜褕 写懈薪邪屑褨褔薪芯褞, 褌褍褌 锌械褉褕褨 胁褨写褋芯褌泻褨胁 60% 胁褋械 斜褍谢芯 锌芯胁褨谢褜薪芯, 屑褨褋褑褟屑懈 薪褍写薪芯. 袗谢械 锌芯褌褨屑 胁褋械 薪邪斜褉邪谢芯 芯斜械褉褌褨胁, 褨 胁邪卸泻芯 屑械薪褨 斜褍谢芯 锌芯泻谢邪褋褌懈 泻薪懈谐褍.
孝邪泻, 邪 胁懈 蟹薪邪谢懈 锌褉芯 褌邪泻械 褟胁懈褖械 褟泻 "褋邪屑芯蟹邪泄屑邪薪薪褟 谢褞写懈薪懈"? 携 薪褨, 邪谢械 蟹邪胁写褟泻懈 泻薪懈蟹褨 写褨蟹薪邪谢邪褋褜 褌邪 褌褉芯褕泻懈 锌芯谐褍谐谢懈谢邪. 袙 写褉褍谐芯屑褍 褉芯蟹褋谢褨写褍胁邪薪薪褨 薪械屑邪褦 锌邪褉邪薪芯褉屑邪谢褜薪懈褏 褟胁懈褖, 褟泻褖芯 胁懈 屑芯谐谢懈 褌邪泻 锌芯写褍屑邪褌懈 蟹 胁泻邪蟹邪薪芯谐芯 胁懈褖械 褌械褉屑褨薪褍, 胁褋械 写褍卸械 褉械邪谢褜薪芯 褨 胁褋械 锌芯褟褋薪褞褦褌褜褋褟 薪邪褍泻芯胁懈屑懈 褎邪泻褌邪屑懈. 袙蟹邪谐邪谢褨 锌褉芯 褌械, 褟泻 褌褨谢芯 屑芯卸械 蟹谐芯褉褨褌懈 斜褍谢芯 褑褨泻邪胁械薪褜泻芯 锌芯褔懈褌邪褌懈.

袛褨褟 褍 薪邪褋 胁褨写斜褍胁邪褦褌褜褋褟 薪邪 芯褋褌褉芯胁褨, 薪邪 褟泻懈泄 褔械褉械蟹 褕褌芯褉屑 薪械屑芯卸谢懈胁芯 写褨褋褌邪褌懈褋褟 褌邪 胁懈褩褏邪褌懈 蟹胁褨写褌懈. 携 褋芯斜褨 褍褟胁谢褟谢邪 肖邪褉械褉褋褜泻褨 芯褋褌褉芯胁懈. 袛褟泻褍褞, 袗薪褌芯薪 袩褌褍褕泻褨薪, 蟹邪 胁谢芯谐, 褑械 屑械薪褨 写芯锌芯屑芯谐谢芯 蟹 胁褨蟹褍邪谢褨蟹邪褑褨褦褞 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩. 袗 芯锌懈褋懈 褕褌芯褉屑褍, 褑褜芯谐芯 胁褨褌褉褍 褨 写芯褖褍, 屑械薪褨 褋邪屑褨泄 褋褌邪胁邪谢芯 褏芯谢芯写薪芯 褨薪芯写褨. 袥邪泄泻 :)

些芯写芯 褋邪屑芯谐芯 褉芯蟹褋谢褨写褍胁邪薪薪褟 褌邪 胁斜懈胁褑褨. 携 薪褨褟泻 薪械 屑芯谐谢邪 褋邪屑邪 胁懈蟹薪邪褔懈褌懈 褏褌芯 卸 胁斜锟斤拷胁褑褟, 屑械薪褨 斜邪谐邪褌芯 褏褌芯 斜褍胁 锌褨写芯蟹褉褨谢懈屑, 邪谢械 薪械 写邪褉屑邪, 褌邪屑 斜邪谐邪褌芯 褏褌芯 胁 褔芯屑褍褋褜 褨 蟹邪屑褨褕邪薪懈泄.
校 薪邪褋, 褟泻 褨 胁 锌械褉褕褨泄 褔邪褋褌懈薪褨, 胁懈褟胁谢褟褦褌褜褋褟 薪械芯褔褨泻褍胁邪薪懈泄 锌芯胁芯褉芯褌 锌褨褋谢褟 蟹薪邪褏芯写卸械薪薪褟 胁斜懈胁褑褨.
袗 锌芯褌褨屑 械锌褨谢芯谐 馃槼 (褟 胁 褕芯褑褨).
袗谢械 锌芯胁械褉薪械屑芯褋褟 写芯 胁斜懈胁褑褨, 褟 锌褉芯褋褌芯 邪锌谢芯写褍褞 泄芯屑褍, 褌邪泻 胁褋械 锌芯泻邪蟹褍胁邪褌懈 胁 薪械芯斜褏褨写薪芯屑褍 褋胁褨褌谢褨, 蟹 胁懈谐芯写芯褞 写谢褟 褋械斜械. 携 锌褉芯 薪褜芯谐芯 写褍屑邪谢邪 薪邪泄屑械薪褕械.

孝邪泻 芯褋褜 写芯 褟泻懈褏 2 胁懈褋薪芯胁泻褨胁 褟 写褨泄褕谢邪:
1. 孝褉械斜邪 褕褍泻邪褌懈 2 胁懈薪薪懈褏 锌褨褋谢褟 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 2 褔邪褋褌懈薪 :)
2. 袦械薪褨 蟹写邪褦褌褜褋褟 谐芯谢芯胁薪芯屑褍 谐械褉芯褞 屑芯卸薪邪 芯写褉邪蟹褍 薪邪蟹懈胁邪褌懈 胁斜懈胁褑褞, 斜芯 胁褋褨 蟹 泻懈屑 胁褨薪 蟹斜谢懈卸褍褦褌褜褋褟 褨 褦 薪懈屑.

携 胁械褋褜 褔邪褋 写褍屑邪谢邪 褋褌邪胁懈褌懈 4, 斜芯 屑械薪褨 泻薪懈谐懈 斜褍谢邪 褋谢邪斜泻褨褕芯褞 薪褨卸 锌械褉褕邪. 袗谢械 褉芯蟹胁懈褌芯泻 锌芯写褨泄 锌褨写 泻褨薪械褑褜 蟹邪泻褉懈胁 屑械薪褨 芯褔褨 薪邪 锌械褉褕褍 锌芯谢芯胁懈薪褍 泻薪懈谐懈)
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May 21, 2017
besser als Band 1. Aber umgehauen hat es mich trotzdem nicht.
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112 reviews18 followers
March 3, 2024
袧褍 褖芯褋褜 褌邪泻械 褟 泄 芯褔褨泻褍胁邪谢邪, 邪谢械 斜褍谢芯 写褍卸械 褑褨泻邪胁芯 褨 写懈薪邪屑褨褔薪芯 褔懈褌邪褌懈, 芯褋芯斜谢懈胁芯 写械褋褜 锌褨褋谢褟 锌芯谢芯胁懈薪懈 泻薪懈谐懈.

袨褋薪芯胁薪芯谐芯 蟹谢芯褔懈薪褑褟 褟 锌芯褔邪谢邪 锌褨写芯蟹褉褞胁邪褌懈 褖械 薪邪 锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 泻薪懈谐懈, 邪谢械 胁械褋褜 褔邪褋 薪邪屑 锌褨写泻懈写邪谢懈 薪芯胁褨 褎邪泻褌懈 褨 "芯褔懈褖邪谢懈" 泄芯谐芯.


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1 review
March 23, 2024
100/10馃槏
肖褨薪邪谢 泻薪懈谐懈 胁懈泻谢懈泻邪胁 褋锌械泻褌褉 褍褋褨褏 屑芯卸谢懈胁懈褏 械屑芯褑褨泄. 袙芯薪邪 芯写薪芯蟹薪邪褔薪芯 褋褌邪薪械 芯写薪褨褦褞 蟹 屑芯褩褏 褍谢褞斜谢械薪懈褏
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326 reviews
March 9, 2022
David Hunter va a ayudar a esclarecer unos asesinatos sucedidos en un peque帽a Isla, donde cualquiera puede ser el culpable.
Una trama, una ambientaci贸n y unos personajes bien trabajados con un final inesperado.
Muy recomendable.
Profile Image for Ivy.
1,087 reviews58 followers
March 25, 2018
Von Anfang bis Ende spannend, wobei sich mehrere Interessante Themen verflechten
und die Spannung immer mehr aufbaut.
Alle Charaktere, die Stimmung auf der Insel und die Umgebung
sind so toll beschrieben, dass man praktisch dabei ist.
Das n盲chste Buch in der Reihe wird auf jeden Fall auch bald gelesen!
Profile Image for Anna.
248 reviews36 followers
November 1, 2018
Ein wirklich spannender Krimi, welchen ich sehr genossen habe und welcher am Ende super spannend war und wirklich nicht vorhersehbar.
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920 reviews162 followers
July 21, 2021
As a forensic anthropologist, Dr. David Hunter is reminiscent of Dr. Nikki Alexander of television's "Silent Witness". He frequently gets far too close to suspects and police investigators of the cases he consults on, putting his personal relationships under strain and inevitably leading to dramatic life-or-death confrontations near the conclusion of each book. They are thrillers, after all. is the second solid instalment in the Dr. David Hunter series by Beckett and revolves around the discovery of burned bones in a remote cottage in the Outer Hebrides. Fans of Ann Cleeves' D.I. Perez (Shetland) series will appreciate the bleak and isolated setting. While the actions of the central character defied realism, this was an entertaining and evocative read.
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1,190 reviews120 followers
April 1, 2019
The story moves along at a fairly leisurely pace for most of the book, then suddenly starts taking off near the end like a rocket with action and surprises galore (not to mention gore). Some of the characters I liked didn't fare too well, but I'll get over it, I think.

Much like the first book in the series, it takes place in a small town that makes city living sound ideal. Lots of people either die, come close to dying, or come back to life when seemingly dead. It gets pretty weird towards the end, and ends with an unsatisfying cliffhanger. I think I'll need to read the next one right away to see if it resolves any of the issues.

David Thorpe narrated the audiobook, and in my opinion did an excellent job with the accents. He made it all sound more authentic, but was still easy to understand.
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1,251 reviews47 followers
March 13, 2023
袦褉邪褔械薪 褌褉懈谢褗褉 褋 屑懈褋褌械褉懈芯蟹薪懈 锌械泄蟹邪卸懈, 锌芯褋褌械锌械薪薪芯 薪邪褌褉褍锌胁邪薪械 薪邪 薪邪锌褉械卸械薪懈械褌芯 懈 薪械芯褔邪泻胁邪薪 泻褉邪泄... 薪褟泻芯谢泻芯 锌褗褌懈. 效械褌械 褋械 谢械褋薪芯 懈 斜褗褉蟹芯, 邪胁褌芯褉褗褌 屑薪芯谐芯 写芯斜褉械 械 芯锌懈褋邪谢 褉邪斜芯褌邪褌邪 薪邪 褋褗写械斜薪懈褟 邪薪褌褉芯锌芯谢芯谐 袛械泄胁懈写 啸褗薪褌褗褉, 泻芯泄褌芯 褋械 芯泻邪蟹胁邪 蟹邪褌胁芯褉械薪 薪邪 芯褋褌褉芯胁 袪褍薪邪, 楔芯褌谢邪薪写懈褟. 袘褍褉褟褌邪 褍薪懈褖芯卸邪胁邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈 泻芯屑褍薪懈泻邪褑懈懈, 邪 褍斜懈械褑 褋械 褉邪蟹褏芯卸写邪 胁 屑褉邪泻邪 懈 写褗卸写邪. 袛械泄胁懈写 械 锌褉懈薪褍写械薪 写邪 锌芯谢蟹胁邪 锌芯屑芯褖褌邪 薪邪 屑械褋褌薪邪褌邪 锌芯谢懈褑懈褟, 薪邪 械写懈薪 锌械薪褋懈芯薪懈褉邪薪 写械褌械泻褌懈胁 懈 薪邪 褏芯褉邪褌邪 芯褌 芯褋褌褉芯胁邪, 泻芯懈褌芯 薪械 卸械谢邪褟褌 写邪 屑褍 褋褗写械泄褋褌胁邪褌. 袧邪 薪褟泻芯谢泻芯 锌褗褌懈 褌芯泄 锌芯褔褌懈 褋械 褋斜谢褗褋泻胁邪 褋褗褋 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪 懈 薪邪 泻芯褋褗屑 褍褋锌褟胁邪 写邪 褋械 懈蟹屑褗泻薪械. 袨泻邪蟹胁邪 褋械, 褔械 薪邪 芯褋褌褉芯胁邪 卸懈胁械械 锌褋懈褏芯锌邪褌. 袙褉械屑械褌芯 薪邪锌褉械写胁邪, 蟹邪谐邪写泻邪褌邪 泻芯泄 械 褍斜懈械褑褗褌 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 褋械 褉械褕懈, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 褋邪 蟹邪褋褌褉邪褕械薪懈 屑薪芯谐芯 薪械胁懈薪薪懈 卸懈胁芯褌懈.
袗胁褌芯褉褗褌 褍屑械械 写邪 写褗褉卸懈 胁 薪邪锌褉械卸械薪懈械, 邪 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈械褌芯 薪邪 屑褉邪褔薪懈褟 锌械泄蟹邪卸 锌芯写褋懈谢胁邪 蟹谢芯胁械褖邪褌邪 芯斜褋褌邪薪芯胁泻邪. 袩褉械泻邪谢械薪芯 屑懈 褋械 褋褌芯褉懈 褋邪屑芯, 褔械 邪胁褌芯褉褗褌 薪邪 薪褟泻芯谢泻芯 锌褗褌懈 蟹邪褋褌褉邪褕懈 卸懈胁芯褌邪 薪邪 写芯泻褌芯褉 啸褗薪褌褗褉, 锌芯褋褌邪胁懈 谐芯 胁 屑薪芯谐芯 褌褉褍写薪懈 褋懈褌褍邪褑懈懈 懈 薪械 褋械 褉邪蟹屑懈薪邪 斜械蟹 屑薪芯谐芯斜褉芯泄薪懈 褉邪薪懈. 袛芯褉懈 懈 泻褉邪褟褌 械 褌邪泻褗胁 懈 薪械 褋械 褉邪蟹斜褉邪 卸懈胁 懈谢懈 屑褗褉褌褗胁 械 谐谢邪胁薪懈褟褌 谐械褉芯泄, 泻芯械褌芯 械 锌褉械谢褞写懈褟 泻褗屑 褋谢械写胁邪褖邪褌邪 泻薪懈谐邪 芯褌 锌芯褉械写懈褑邪褌邪.
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