He ʻano lalani maʻamau nā novel Noir, nā mea hoʻohoihoi, kahi ʻano i haʻi ʻole ʻia no ka moʻolelo e wehe ai me kāna ʻano ʻoi aku ka nui a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi o ka intrigue a hiki i ka wili kokoke ʻana i ka hopena e haʻalele i ka mea heluhelu. I ka hihia o kēia puke Nā hāmau hiki ʻole ke haʻi ʻia, Ua ʻae ʻo Michael Hjorth iā ia iho i ka mea maikaʻi o ka hoʻouka ʻana i kahi kūpilikiʻi ma ke ʻano. ʻAʻole ʻoe e noho i loko o ka moʻolelo ke make koke ka mea kānalua nui i kēia hihia.
ʻO ke kumumanaʻo ua ʻike ʻia kahi ʻohana i pepehi kanaka ʻia i loko o kā lākou, a hiki i ka manawa o ka hewa, kahi home maluhia. E like me kaʻu e ʻōlelo nei, ma hope o ka hopena make, kuhikuhi nā mea āpau i kahi lawehala lawehala nāna i haʻalulu i ka ʻohana me kāna mau manaʻo wānana a me macabre. Akā ke pani ka pōʻai iā ia, ʻike ʻia ka mea pepehi kanaka.
I ka wā e lilo ana kahi moʻolelo i mea disconcerting, ʻo ia ka manawa e kū pono ke ʻano me kāna mau ʻano maikaʻi loa. ʻO Sebastian bergman, pono i kahi mea noiʻi hewa e hele i nā ala pōuliuli o ka psyche kanaka e ʻike i kekahi kukui e hoʻomālamalama i ka hihia. ʻOiai, he mea akamai kona e like me ia, aia nā ʻaoʻao o Sebastian Bergman i kahi kiko o ke ʻano o ke kanaka, me kahi kaumaha koʻikoʻi o kēia psychologist i hoʻopau i ka mea heluhelu no kāna hana akā no kāna ʻike.
I kekahi hihia, ʻaʻole mākaukau paha ʻo Sebastian e ʻimi i ka hopena ma o Nicole lā, kahi kaikamahine, kaikamahine a ka ʻohana i pepehi ʻia. ʻO ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā ʻōpio ʻōpio ʻaʻole ia kāna loea. ʻO ka mea e like me kahi hana liʻiliʻi e lilo i hana paʻakikī. ʻO ka pilikia maʻamau e holo nei i nā noi iki no ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana e wehewehe. E kipaku ʻia ʻo Sebastian e hāʻawi i kāna mea maikaʻi loa i ka maze pouli kahi e hiki ai i kekahi mea ke hana.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia puke i kēia manawa Nā hāmau hiki ʻole ke haʻi ʻia, ka puke hou na Michael Hjorth, eia: