Dole ne mu jira har zuwa ƙarshen lokacin rani don ba da kyakkyawan bita na sabon Stephen King. Ɗaya daga cikin waɗancan labarun da ke ɗaukar tsoffin hanyoyin Sarki na farko tsakanin al'amuran da ba su dace ba da kuma mummuna, ko duka abubuwan biyu sun haɗu daidai a cikin tunanin inda komai yana da wuri zuwa ga mafi girman hauka.
Don bikin, kasuwancin da ba a ƙare ba na makircin ya shafi wani hali wanda ya fara a matsayin sakandare a cikin lissafin Bill Hodges. Holly Gibney wanda daga bayanin farko mai haske yana samun ƙasa kuma yana ba da gudummawar wannan rennet na manyan jarumai a cikin sararin Sarki mara iyaka. Da shi makircin ya miƙe zuwa ga mafi tsananin sanyi wanda tuni ya fashe a fuskokinmu tare da "Maziƙi" da "Dokokin Jini". Don haka, sake, bari mu riƙe hannu da Holly don ketare ƙofofin mugayen nama...
Lokacin da Penny Dahl ta tuntuɓi masu neman masu neman taimako don neman taimakon 'yarta, wani abu a cikin matsananciyar muryar matar ya tilasta Holly Gibney ta ɗauki aikin.
Tazara kadan daga wurin da Bonnie Dahl ya bace, malamai masu rai Rodney da Emily Harris. Su ne ainihin mutuncin bourgeois: sadaukarwar octogenarian aure ma'aurata na malaman jami'a masu ritaya. Ba wanda zai yi tunanin cewa, a cikin ginshikin gidansu mai cike da littafai, suna ɓoye wani sirri kai tsaye da ke da alaƙa da bacewar Bonnie.
Su masu wayo ne, masu haƙuri da rashin tausayi, kuma za su tilastawa Holly yin amfani da ƙwarewarta ga cikakkiyar damar yin haɗari da komai idan tana son rufe mafi duhun ƙarar da ta taɓa fuskanta.
Yanzu zaku iya siyan labari "Holly", ta Stephen King, nan:
