Al wapolisi Harry Bosch akuimbidwa mlandu pakati pa zoopsa ndi zopanda pake. Ndi momwe zimawonekera kwa iye kuyambira pachiyambi. Zoti munthu wamwalira ndi chipolopolo zaka khumi atalandira zikuwoneka ngati imfa yachilengedwe, yosagwirizana ndi chipolopolo chakupha chomwe chimakumbukira.
Koma imfa ya wovutikayo imalumikizidwa ndi chifukwa chowombera chomwe chadziwika ndi zaka khumi zakusiyanako, chifukwa chake ndikofunikira kuti mufufuze ex officio yemwe angakhale wakupha wakutali.
Pamodzi ndi mnzake, wapolisi wofufuza Lucía Soto, osasamba pang'ono pankhani zodzipha chifukwa cha omwe abwera kumene pankhaniyi, Harry akuyamba kufufuza mlandu wodabwitsa chifukwa ndi wovuta.
Koma zoona ndizo zipolopolo zosokera kulibe. Nthawi zonse amakhala atakhala m'matupi owonongekera, zilakolako za zida. Ndipo Harry ayamba kuwona kuti anali wofunitsitsa kupha wozunzidwayo, ndikuganizira zifukwa zomwe wovutikirayu sanatenge nawo gawo pantchito yapolisiyo panthawiyo.
Pakadali pano kudina kwa wofufuza wabwino kumadzutsa Harry Bosch komanso owerenga, omwe mpaka pano adagawana modabwitsa. Ndipo zowonadi, pali zina zambiri, kuposa imfa wamba, yomwe kuwombera zaka khumi zapitazo kumawoneka ngati kuchotsedwa mwangozi popanda kufunika.
Mu bukhu Chipinda choyaka moto timaperekedwa ndi imodzi mwazinthu zodziwika bwino kwambiri, zopitilira muyeso komanso nthawi yomweyo zochititsa chidwi m'mbiri yazofufuza. Zomwe mumayamba kuwerenga ngati nkhani yoseketsa yokhudza wapolisi wonyansa yemwe akuwoneka kuti akunyoza dziko. zimatha kukhala mdima kulowera kuchinsinsi cha maginito, chomwe chidzatsirize kufotokoza kwathunthu za zomwe munthu wakufa uja adachita patatha zaka khumi atawomberedwa.
Mukangolowa ufa ndikuwerenga bukuli, mafunso awiri amakutsutsani tsamba ndi tsamba. Ndani adawombera wovulalayo? Ndipo chifukwa chiyani wozunzidwayo sananene chilichonse pazomwe zidachitika? Chinsinsi chokha chamitundu yayikulu chimatha kubisa chilichonse. Ndipo wozunzidwayo anali wokondweretsedwa kapena wopitilira muyeso wokumbukiridwayo ...
Tsopano mutha kugula buku la Burning Room, buku laposachedwa kwambiri la Michael Connelly, apa:
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