懸疑 犯罪 劇情 推理 都會城市
2017 實體與數位同步
一樁奇案,一杯調酒。 十宗待解之謎,十種新奇的味蕾預言。 深夜熱鬧的KARMA酒館, 有人醉翁之意不在酒, 而是衝著調酒師漢克的「小伎倆」而來。 原創調酒的美麗水色, 背後隱藏多少費解的奇案與祕密。
A mysterious case, and a delicious cocktail. There are ten mysteries to be solved, and ten all-new concoctions for the taste buds. Tavern KARMA is bustling with customers every night. The people that come here are not always looking to get drunk. Some come for the little trick and flavor surprises that bartender Hank prepares for them. Countless puzzles and mysteries are hidden behind the beautiful coloring, tastes, and presentation of his amazingly original cocktails.
世新大學中文系畢業,國立臺北教育大學語文與創作學所畢業。考取日語檢定二級、飲料調製丙級。著有表演藝術評論散文《票根譚》、歷史小說《深巷春秋》、推理小說《清藏住持時代推理》。 歷史小說《萬國來潮》獲二○一四年全球星雲華文文學獎佳作、《如來擔》獲二○一六年全球星雲華文文學二獎。《黑色折傘》入圍二○一四年臺北市文學年金,〈山婆假燒金〉入圍第十二屆臺灣推理小說獎。
世新大學中文系畢業,國立臺北教育大學語文與創作學所畢業。考取日語檢定二級、飲料調製丙級。著有表演藝術評論散文《票根譚》、歷史小說《深巷春秋》、推理小說《清藏住持時代推理》。 歷史小說《萬國來潮》獲二○一四年全球星雲華文文學獎佳作、《如來擔》獲二○一六年全球星雲華文文學二獎。《黑色折傘》入圍二○一四年臺北市文學年金,〈山婆假燒金〉入圍第十二屆臺灣推理小說獎。
★ 結合調酒的偵探小說,書中述及酒單,為調酒師侯力元原創。 晚上是熱鬧喧騰的小酒館,調酒師漢克,從服裝、談吐、走路姿態、香水等細節,就能輕易推敲出人物的性格與生活樣貌,然而漢克的白天興趣更是遠近馳名,為了敦親睦鄰他發放「委託券」為鄰居尋人尋物,由於破案率驚人,時有熟客、警察推薦案主上酒館請求探案,酒保神探之名不逕而走。 案件五花八門,漢克會從琳琅滿目的酒櫃中,為委託人挑選專屬的客製雞尾酒,這是辦案的基本消費。有老闆離奇死亡僕人攜老闆娘上門求教,一杯「青頸」象徵犧牲救援;為不明原因冷戰者送上「琉璃光」,喻意不攪動即可真誠面對彼此;或有記恨引發殺機,紫色「納迦之毒」隱喻蛇蠍之心;有得道高僧遺失鎮山之寶,「阿摩羅」象徵祕密一開始即被清楚掌握…… 凡所有走進KARMA委託人,飲過「寒林之語」,也因此酒的喻意都能放下執著與不好的記憶,走出這獨棟的解憂小酒館。
Hank is a bartender in a bustling tavern that only opens at night. He is capable of judging people's personality and lifestyle from the way they dress, talk, walk, and from the cologne they wear. In the day time, however, Hank is well-known for another of his interest: he gives out Case Vouchers to his neighbors to help them find lost persons or objects. Hank is often recommended to others, by his regular clients and local police officers because of his high rate of success, solving different types of cases. As clients come to the tavern to query him, he is gradually dubbed the "detective bartender." The cases vary from one to the next, much like the select spirits in Hank's liquor cabinet, which he uses to make customized cocktails for his entrustors. This is the modest price he charges for taking a case. A housewife comes to him find out the truth about her husband's mysterious death. Ke will mixes a cocktail that will tell her what she needs to know. If it is a glass of Nilakantha (Blue Neck) which symbolizes sacrifice and salvation. Partners who no longer talk to each other for no reason are given Vai??rya-prabh? (Light of Glaze) which indicates that only without stirring can they treat each other lovingly. For a murder resulting from hatred, he gives his client Venom of Naga, a metaphor of a mind as evil as a viper. A highly-respected monk who has lost the most precious treasure of his temple is served Amala-vijn?na, which symbolizes that the secret was known from the beginning. Everyone who comes to the tavern, named KARMA, is given a taste of Whisper of ??tavana (the graveyard). As the symbolism of the cocktail suggests, Hank’s clients are able to leave his tavern with the feeling that all of their obsessions, secrets, and sorrowful memories have been left behind.