ʻO kahi puke ʻeleʻele ʻē aʻe e like me ka mea ʻāpono. ʻO kahi hewa i hala koke aku nei e hoʻolauna nei iā mākou i ka psyche o ka mākaʻi a me kahi mea kānalua ma ke ʻano he pūnaewele disconcerting e hoʻohui i ke ola o nā mea ʻelua. ʻO ka make ʻana o Adèle, ka wahine o nā hoʻohiki hiki ʻole ke hoʻokō ʻia, ke ʻike ʻia e like me ka mae ʻana o ka ʻaoʻao ma ʻō aku o ka make. No ka mea inā no ka mea ua make lākou, ʻo Manfred iā lākou iho a me Inspector Gorski kekahi, ma mua loa ...
A i kēlā mau hohonu e hele nei mākou me kahi pali me ka ʻole o ka paleki a me ka ʻole o ka makemake e kū kekahi. Ma muli o ka hewa e lawe mai ai i nā hoʻopaʻi a me nā huhū like ʻole. A ʻo ka make paha o Adèle ʻaʻole ia e kuhikuhi nui i ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana i nā intuitions wale nō. Akā nā mea lawehala i nā manawa he nui a mākou e makemake ai iā lākou, e like me kēlā kāne mau i kahi keiki i paʻa i ke kaʻa o Kahawai Miku...
He kāne mehameha a pilikanaka ʻo Manfred Baumann nāna i hoʻolilo i kona mau ʻauinalā e inu ana i ka wā e hānai ana i kāna mea ʻona a wili hoʻi me Adèle Bedeau, kahi wahine lawelawe hoʻopunipuni ma ka drab Restaurant de la Cloche ma Sant-Louis, Alsace. Akā i kona nalo ʻana, ua lilo ʻo Baumann i mea kānalua nui no Inspector Gorski, kahi mākaʻikaʻi i ʻuhane ʻia e ka ʻuhane o kekahi o kāna mau hihia mua, kahi i ʻae ai i kahi kanaka hala ʻole e hoʻohewa ʻia no ka pepehi kanaka o kahi kaikamahine liʻiliʻi.
ʻO ka cop, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ke kaona panalāʻau a me ka male aloha ʻole, kaomi i kahi Manfred i hoʻopuni ʻia e ka pouli a me ka mea pohihihi e kūʻē i nā daimonio kahiko o kāna hana i hala i hala. ʻO ka ʻimi luhi ʻole no ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e lilo i puʻupuʻu o nā pōʻino, no ka mea hahai holoholona a no ka mea hoʻi e manaʻolana pono e ʻimi ʻia.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke "The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau", na Graeme Macrae Burnet, ma aneʻi:
