突击点 Shock Point
分類: 图书,进口原版书,小说 Fiction ,
作者: April Henry著
出 版 社: Oversea Publishing House
出版时间: 2006-2-1字数:版次: 1页数: 185印刷时间: 2006/02/01开本: 32开印次: 1纸张: 胶版纸I S B N : 9780399243851包装: 精装编辑推荐
作者介绍April Henry
April Henry is the author of several acclaimed adult mysteries. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Where did April Henry get the idea for Sluwk Poim? "Shock Pinl wasinspired by real events. AI least one overseasboarding school tbr troubled leens has beentbrced to close following allegations of abuse.And several physicians and researchers havelanded in jail atr tbking research dala onnec drugs, Once 1 came up with Cassie, thetwo stories intersected perfectb;
April is the author of five mysteries andthrillers for adults, including Circles qfConJicm and Lear. She wasfirst published at age eleven, after sendingRoald Dahl a story abotl a tog who likedpeamt broiler. He en)oyed the story so much,he helped it be published inaninterna tional children's magazine.
April lives with her family in Portland,Oregon, Before becoming a writer, she workedas a German translator, cook, housekeeper,hospital admitting clerk, and a brief stint asthe girl who jumps out of a cake.
内容简介
Sixteen-year-old Cassie’s stepfather Rick is about to strike it rich with Socom, a new behavioral drug in which Rick is a big investor. But then Cassie discovers that Rick, a teen psychiatrist, has already been prescribing Socom illegally to his patients—and three teens have died.
Before she can report him, Rick has Cassie committed to Peaceful Cove, a sadistic boot camp for troubled teens in Mexico where the only way out is to graduate at age eighteen. Cassie knows she has to get out now, before more teens die from Socom. But no one has ever escaped from Peaceful Cove alive—and even if Cassie gets over the walls and survives the Mexican desert, will anyone believe her story?
A taut, psychological thriller ripped from today’s headlines, Shock Point deftly explores the cutting edge issue of behavioral drugs while taking readers on a roller coaster ride of action and suspense.