ʻO Mary Higgins Clark ʻano nui ʻo ia. I ka 90 o kona mau makahiki, ua paʻa ʻo ia i kāna peni e hōʻike i nā puke e like me kēia. ʻEleʻele e like me ke kai. ʻO ka manaʻo nui o ka puke, ʻo kāna noi hoʻomaka ka nui o ka hoʻolālā maʻamau i nā kumumanaʻo suspense, kahi ākea, kahi pepehi kanaka, a me nā mea lawehala a me ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ma waena o nā kuhi like ʻole, e like me meanders, alakaʻi i ka mea heluhelu i hiki. nā hāʻina a lākou e hoʻohuli nei a pīhoihoi.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka bet no ka mea heluhelu e liki ke loaʻa ʻo Celia Kilbride ma luna o ka Mō'ī Wahine Charlotte. ʻO kāna hana ma ke ʻano he mea kālailani kaulana e hoʻokokoke aku iā Lady Emily Haywood i kahi pottoate octogenarian, ka mea nona nā mea waiwai nui, me kahi lei āna i manaʻo ai e hāʻawi i kahi hale hōʻikeʻike no ka hanohano o ka hale hōʻikeʻike a no ka pīhoihoi o kāna mau malihini kipa.
ʻO Lady Emily, e like me ka mea e noʻonoʻo ai i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka hana hewa a ka mea kākau, a laila make a make. Akā ʻo kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo ka mea wale nō i wānana ʻia. Mai ia manawa mai, wehe ʻia kahi hoʻolālā hoʻolālā ʻaʻole hiki i ka mea heluhelu ke haʻalele. Ma waena o nā poʻe lehulehu a me nā limahana ponoʻī o ka moku, ua kī ʻia nā kumu no ka hewa a me ka ʻaihue like o ka lei i nā wahi āpau.
ʻO ke Ambition kahi kumu kumu e hana hewa ai i kēia ʻano. Ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana o ka moku i ke awa, pono e pani ʻia ka hihia i ʻole e hoʻopau ʻia ka pono ʻole ke paʻa ka moku me nā loli kūwaho e hiki ai ke kekeke i ka mea i hana ʻia.
ʻOiai, e hoʻopili pololei ʻia ʻo Celia e ka mea. ʻO kāna ʻimi ʻana i ka lawehala e hōʻike iā ia i kahi pilikia kokoke. ʻO ka moku ma ke ʻano he wahi no claustrophobia a me ka suspense. ʻO mimicry piha loa me Celia e noho i kēlā mau hiʻohiʻona huhū e pili ana i ka hoʻonā ʻana i kahi hihia, inā ʻaʻole i elucidated i ka hiki wawe, hiki ke hoʻoweliweli iā Celia iho.
Hiki i ke kai ke ale i ke kino me ka ʻike ʻole o kekahi iā ia. Inā hohonu hohonu ʻo Celia i ka hihia, inā hiki iā ia ke hoʻokokoke loa aku i ka mea pepehi kanaka, e lilo paha ke kai ʻeleʻele i kāna hopena ...
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia puke i kēia manawa ʻEleʻele e like me ke kai, ka puke hou na Mary Higgins Clark, eia: