Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.

And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?

Compulsively readable, The Girl on the Train is an emotionally immersive, Hitchcockian thriller and an electrifying debut.

宝拉•霍金斯 Paula Hawkins

——我对快乐、正常的角色丝毫不感兴趣。

宝拉•霍金斯出生成长于津巴布韦,1989年迁至伦敦。

曾任记者长达15年。定居伦敦后,为了谋生,她曾为人代笔创作都市女性小说。

她每天搭乘伦敦地铁通勤,其他上班族习以为常的经历,却给予她奇妙的灵感,《火车上的女孩》的故事框架由此诞生。

在小说写到一半时,她陷入经济困境,经纪人帮她寄出不到200页的书稿,开始四处寻觅合适的出版社。

出乎意料的是,稿件公开后,引起各国小说编辑的震惊,趋之若鹜,纷纷抛出橄榄枝,砸下重金竞标。

梦工厂更是慧眼识金,在故事还未完结的情况下,就先人一步,果断签下电影改编权。

《火车上的女孩》出版前数月,在英国一年一度的犯罪小说节发送试读本,先期读到的读者,给予了一边倒的如潮好评。

2015年1月,英美同步上市发行,十天内,迅速登上各大排行榜总榜冠军,出版五个月之内,累计销量突破300万,成为2015年现象级畅销书,惊艳全球文坛。

这些意料之外的奇迹,无心插柳的成功,还在不断刷新,继续……