Masu bincike, 'yan sanda, masu bincike da sauran masu fafutukar litattafan laifuka galibi suna fama da wani nau'in ciwon Stockholm tare da kasuwancinsu. Da zarar mugayen lamuran sun bayyana, ana haskaka ruhun ɗan adam, mafi jan hankalin waɗannan haruffa suna jin wanda muke jin daɗinsu sosai a cikin littafin laifi.
María Ruiz, tuni kwararriya ce mai lura da tunanin adabin ƙasar nan, ta ga an cire ta daga Madrid da kuma saurin aiki. An ƙaddara ta ga Soria, inda da alama duk ruhun wannan wurin suna zaune cikin aminci da jituwa, tare da gajiyar ƙwaƙwalwar tsohuwar kisan da ba a warware ba a matsayin matsalar da ke jiran kawai. Kuma wannan ya wuce shekaru 60.
Maria tana buƙatar ƙarin ƙarfafawa don jin tana da rai. Ya koyi sadaukar da rayuwarsa don yin bincike a tsakanin ɓarna ta zamantakewa, inda mafi karkatattun masu ilimin halin ƙwaƙwalwa ke motsawa. Tsarkin duniyar zaman lafiya yana haifar da baƙin ciki mara misaltuwa.
Samun ƙarin lokaci don ciyarwa tare da Tomás, abokin aikinsa, kodayake ya daɗe a cikin suma, baya samar da wani agaji, akasin haka ...
A saboda wannan dalili, lokacin da abokin aikin kwamishina ya nemi taimakon ku a cikin shari'ar da ba ta dace ba, ba za ku iya ƙi ba. María ta yi balaguro zuwa Santander kuma ta koyi abubuwa da yawa game da kisan wata budurwa da aka tsinci gawarta a cikin motar. A cikin motar iri ɗaya akwai alamun da ke yin saƙo don ɗanɗanon mai kisan kai da ke kan aiki, wanda ke da'awar rashin mutuwa na aikinsa, hujjar tashin hankalinsa na ƙarshe.
Santander ya zama birni mai duhu, inda muke bincika yadda binciken ke ci gaba da María a daidai lokacin da muka shiga cikin rayuwar Claire Jones, yarinyar da ta mutu.
Tsakanin duka mata akwai wani irin madubi da ake ƙirƙira tsakanin jiya da yau, tsakanin rayukansu da ke azabtarwa wanda ya dace da wannan sararin sararin samaniya. Marubucin yana motsawa a cikin wannan sarari mai rarrabewa wanda ke haɗa kan wanda aka azabtar da mai kula da shi, tare da labarin da ke murɗaɗa motsin rai, koyaushe yana shiga cikin baƙar fata na wannan aikin.
Babu shakka babban labari don gano kuma cewa, duk da kasancewa cikin saga, yana ba da cikakken karatu mai zaman kansa.
Yanzu zaku iya siyan novel ɗin Hawayen Claire Jones, Sabon littafin Harbor na Berna González, anan: