Al mākaʻi Harry Bosch ua hāʻawi ʻia iā ia kahi hihia ma waena o nā grotesque a me nā mea hoʻomākeʻaka. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi ʻo ia ka mea iā ia mai kinohi mai. Ua make ke kanaka i kahi pōkā he ʻumi mau makahiki ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana he mea like ia me ka make kūlohelohe ma hope, pili ʻole i ka pōpō pepehi kanaka me kahi hana hoʻomanaʻo.
Akā ʻo ka make ʻana o ka mea i hōʻeha ʻia ua hui pū ʻia me kahi kumu pololei o ke kī ʻana i hōʻike ʻia iā ia iho me kēlā mau makahiki he ʻumi, no laila pono e ʻimi i ex officio ʻo ia paha ka mea pepehi kanaka mamao loa.
Me kāna hoa, ka mākaʻikaʻi Lucía Soto, kahi ʻauʻau liʻiliʻi i nā mea pepehi kanaka ma muli o kāna mea hou i kēia hihia, hoʻomaka ʻo Harry e hoʻokolokolo i kahi hihia ʻano ʻē a paʻakikī.
Akāʻo kaʻoiaʻiʻoʻo ia ʻaʻohe poka hele hewa. Pau mau lākou i ka noho ʻana i nā kino māka, nā makemake o nā mea kaua. A hoʻomaka ʻo Harry e ʻike i ka makemake e pepehi i ka mea i hōʻino ʻia, a noʻonoʻo i nā kumu i hoʻopau ʻole ai kēia mea i komo i ka mākaʻi i kēlā manawa.
I kēlā manawa e ala ana ke kaomi o ka mea noiʻi maikaʻi iā Harry Bosch a me ka mea heluhelu, a ʻo ia ka mea like me ke ʻano o ke kahamaha komikina. A ʻoiai, he mea hou aku, ua ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka make maʻamau, mai kahi mea i kiʻi ʻia ai ke kī ʻana o nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala aku nei me he mea lā ʻaʻole i kūpono.
En Betela puke ʻO ka lumi hoʻāhu hōʻike ʻia mākou me kekahi o nā kikoʻī kikoʻī loa, keu, a i ka manawa like he mau hihia hoihoi i ka mōʻaukala o ka puke nūhou. ʻO ka mea āu e hoʻomaka ai e heluhelu ma ke ʻano he moʻolelo hoʻomākeʻaka e pili ana i kahi kope kolohe nāna e hoʻomākeʻaka i ka honua. Pau ia i ka pouli i kahi huna magnet, ka mea e pau i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi wehewehe piha i ka hihia o ke kanaka make he ʻumi mau makahiki ma hope o kona kī ʻia ʻana.
Ke komo ʻoe i ka palaoa me ka heluhelu ʻana i kēia puke, ʻelua mau nīnau e hōʻino iā ʻoe i kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao. Na wai i kī ka mea hōʻino? A no ke aha i haʻi ʻole ʻole ai ka mea i hōʻino ʻia e pili ana i ka mea i hana ʻia? ʻO kahi huna wale nō o nā ana nui i hiki ke hūnā i nā mea āpau. A ʻo ka mea i hoʻopilikia ʻia e like me ka hoihoi a i ʻole ʻoi aku ma mua o kēlā me kēia mea i poina.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke ʻo The Burning Room, ka puke hou na Michael Connelly, ma aneʻi:
Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo 1 ma "The Burning Room, Michael Connelly"