Wasu wurare suna da kyan gani da fara'a wanda shimfidar yanayin su na iya zama mai ɓarna a hannun edita mai kyau. Wannan shine lamarin a Northtumberland kuma Ann Cleeves ne adam wata. Domin wannan yankin Ingilishi na arewa, mai iyaka da Scotland kuma Tekun Arewa ya shayar da shi yana ba da shimfidar shimfidar alatu na gaske ga kowane mai kallo ko don mai zanen ƙasa. Gandun daji marasa iyaka tare da ido tsirara, ƙauyuka waɗanda ke fitowa suna sanyawa a tsakanin fili da sautin raƙuman ruwa waɗanda ke mutuwa cikin nutsuwa a bakin tekun da yashewar millenary.
Arzikin ɗabi'a da yin shuru mai ƙarfi, shawarwari don kyakkyawan koma baya, amma kuma gayyatar zuwa cikin zurfafa bincike, don nutsewa cikin gindin ruhi da abubuwan tafiyarwa waɗanda, a cikin sharrin ɗan adam, abin mamaki ne.
Don haka a cikin kyakkyawa da yawa, gano yaron da mahaifiyarsa ta kashe ya ƙare buɗe ɓarcin rawanin. Ƙaramin jikin yana kwance a cikin baho, a cikin ɓarna na mutuwa da furanni.
Insifekta Vera Stanhope ce ke kula da shari'ar tare da tsoma baki cikin rayuwar bakin teku na mazauna yankin. Rayukan da ke wucewa suna birgima cikin nutsuwa irin na wannan sarari wanda ke buɗe har abada. Kuma wannan shine yadda muke shiga cikin makomar makomar Julie Armstrong, mahaifiyar yaron da ta mutu, ko ayyukan Peter Calvert, wanda a cikin gidan wanda wanda aka azabtar ya bayyana, wata matashiyar da aka yanke wa hukuncin kisa a cikin irin wannan gabatarwa ga na yaro.
Wasu haruffa da yawa kamar Samuel Parr ko Clive Stringer suna tayar da jijiyoyin ra'ayi, tare da wannan niyyar sihirin gabatar da alamu da tuhuma a cikin mai karatu, a cikin salon Agatha Christie ƙarin wahayi na yau da kullun zuwa nau'in binciken baƙar fata.
Tambayoyi da bincike na Vera da mataimakiyarta Joe sun tsara wani taswirar rayuka, baƙon rubutu inda motsin rai ko babban ilimin da zai iya haifar da hauka mai kisa kamar nishaɗi mai ban mamaki wanda ke ƙara yawan waɗanda abin ya shafa.
Yanzu zaku iya siyan labari A Gaskiya Boyayye, littafin Ann Cleeves, tare da ragi don samun dama daga wannan rukunin yanar gizon, anan: