Ka Mea Kakau ʻAmelika Harlan coben ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea e hōʻuluʻulu maikaʻi loa i ka mākaʻi me ka ʻeleʻele, kānalua me kēlā ʻano hoʻoliʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka mea heluhelu i ka hoʻonā o ka hoʻolālā. No laila ʻo kekahi o kāna mau puke hou e hōʻoia mau i ka huikau i hiki ke hōʻoia i nā ʻano mea heluhelu āpau i ka pae o haʻi moʻolelo kalaima (Koe wale no nā purist o nā mea ʻelua i ʻike liʻiliʻi e pili ana iā ia).
'O kēia manawa ʻO nā hoa o Coben i ka pīhoihoi kūloko kāpena ʻia e ka Kanada Shari lapena. ʻO kēlā kiʻi kiʻi kahi e hana ʻia ai ka ominous mai loko mai me kahi kuleana voyeuristic a morbid pono. No laila hāʻawi ʻia ka cocktail novel a ke kali nei e ʻono ʻia i kāna kiko kikoʻī e nā mea aloha i nā puke āpau.
Ua manaʻo ʻo Simona iā ia iho he kāne hauʻoli a hiki i ka lilo ʻana o kāna kaikamahine hiapo, ʻo Paige, i kaukō lāʻau a haʻalele i kona ʻohana. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole i kūleʻa nā hoʻāʻo ʻana a pau e lawe. Eia nō naʻe, ke hoʻomau nei kona makuakāne i kāna ʻimi a ʻike ʻo ia i kekahi mau lā e hoʻokani pila ʻo ia ma Central Park. Ke hui hou lāua ʻelua ma laila, holo ʻo Paige a ʻo Aaron, ke kanaka ʻōpio i kuleana no ka huki ʻana i ke kaikamahine i lalo i gehena, ua loaʻa koke iā Simona.
I ʻekolu mau mahina ma hope mai, ua pepehi kanaka kekahi iā Aaron lāua ʻo Paige i ka helu ʻole ʻia. ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o nā kumu o ko lākou pakele ma mua o ko Simona mau manaʻo.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke "Ma ka Holo", na Harlan Coben, ma aneʻi: