Olemba odziwika ndi omwe amatha kupereka ziwembu zawo zatsopano zomwe zimatipangitsa kuiwala pamabuku a sitiroko kapena ngakhale mndandanda wam'mbuyomu womwe timayembekezera zopereka zatsopano. Uwu ndiye maziko a udindo wa Jo nesbo pamwamba pamtundu wakuda ndi 3 kapena 4 olemba ena. Harry Hole ndi Olav Johansen adzayenera kudikirira nthawi ina kuti atenge milandu yawo kapena kuti amangenso maiko awo nthawi zonse akuyang'ana kuphompho kosamvetsetseka. Chifukwa ino ndiyo nthawi yoti mutenge ulendo wopita kuufumu.
Ndipo zimachitika kuti ufumuwo ndi nyumba yakale yomwe munthu amabwerera ali munthu wamkulu kale. Zinthu zayenda bwino ndipo mwinanso pomwe kamodzi kokha pakakhala mithunzi yodzidzimutsa ndi nkhawa komanso kudziimba mlandu, kubwezera kumatha kukhazikitsidwa modabwitsa, kuyambira kukongoletsa komanso mphamvu yatsopano. Ndalama zokha sizingagule chilichonse, osati mwachikondi pankhaniyi koma kuchokera kungoganiza kuti palibe kukonzanso kwa miyoyo yotayika.
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Pamwamba pa phiri, m'mapiri a Norway, pali nyumba yakale yokhalamo munthu wosungulumwa. Dzina lake ndi Roy, ndiwodziwa mbalame, amayendetsa malo ogulitsira mafuta mtawuni ndipo mphekesera zimayendayenda m'nyumba iliyonse za iye. Moyo wake wakuda umatsegulidwanso ndikubwerera kwa Carl, mchimwene wake. Sanawonane kuyambira pomwe adapita kukaphunzira ku United States zaka khumi ndi zisanu zapitazo, atamwalira momvetsa chisoni makolo ake pangozi yagalimoto.
Mwana wolowerera amabweretsa mkazi wake watsopano, Shannon, womanga nyumba zaluso: apanga lingaliro lakumanga hotelo yayikulu pabanja lakale ndipo akhoza kulemera, osati iwo okha komanso oyandikana nawo malowa.
Komabe, zamatsenga nawonso zimafika posachedwa. Chifukwa ndizovuta kudzilimbitsa m'dera laling'ono momwe aliyense amadziwana, ndipo zidzakhala zovuta kuti anthu am'deralo kuiwala magawo ena akale. Koposa zonse, a Constable Olsen, mwana wa wakale bailiff, yemwe adamwalira kalekale modabwitsa. Ufumuwo ndiwosangalatsa kwambiri, wokonda kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo komanso wovuta kwambiri kuwonetsa zokonda za anthu ngati palibe buku la Nesbø, ndipo adawunikidwa nthawi yomweyo ndi otsutsa kuti ndi mbambande.
Mukutha tsopano kugula buku "The Kingdom", lolembedwa ndi Jo Nesbo, apa:
