盲虎 桑德拉·布朗（Sandra Brown） 《盲虎》讲述了一个发生在第一次世界大战后德克萨斯州的精彩故事。书中情节跌宕起伏，引人入胜，让读者不禁思考“接下来会发生什么？”。故事围绕两位主角展开，情节紧凑，引人入胜。作者延续了她一贯的写作风格，动作场面的描写更增添了故事的感染力。书中融入了鲜为人知的德州历史，为故事增添了恰到好处的真实感。
It is 1920 and Prohibition has recently gone into effect, soon after the World War’s end. Laurel Plummer and her better half Derby, a soldier in Army. They have gathered up all of their things, along with their baby daughter and packed them into their used Model T for a journey to Derby’s dads residence in southwest Texas. Upon their appearance to a house that is little more of a shack, Laurel understands that Irv “Derby’s dad” didn’t 知道 about her and Pearl. That evening, a surprising occasion brought an unexpected change to the family…
Thatcher Hutton is riding a train as a boxcar hobo alongside 三 different people, whom he knows are ready to jump him during the night. Sticking around for his time, with darkness as a cover, he jumps off the train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. After a rest, he begins walking expecting to discover a town close by. Before long he stumbles onto the property where Laurel is remaining, and she gives him some water and directions into town. Thatcher barely settles into town and discovers some work when Doc Driscoll’s pregnant spouse disappears, and Thatcher is blamed for her disappearance.
Laurel rapidly catches on to her father in-law’s home distillery and sales, hidden by his handyman status and chooses to assist him with growing the business. Under the guise of selling hand crafted pies to region families and foundations, Laurel and Irv quickly extend their customer base, likely stirring up a lot of dismay for other bootlegging families around. Before long, the distress pours out over into violence as every family scrambles to destroy the 人 who compromise their prosperity. Also, Laurel should battle her ongoing attraction to Thatcher, a man now on the contrary side of the law…
桑德拉·布朗的笔触充满魔力，她将这种魔力融入到故事的每一页。她塑造了丰富而深刻的人物形象，并以清晰生动的文笔，将一个逝去的时代栩栩如生地呈现在读者面前。我无比期待这部作品能被改编成电影剧本。强烈推荐阅读桑德拉·布朗的《盲虎》，相信你一定不会失望。
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