Pomwe Shari Lapena adasokoneza msika, zaka zingapo zapitazo, tidadziwitsidwa wolemba ndi chidindo chake cha zokondweretsa zapakhomo, pakati pa kanema wa zenera lakumbuyo kwa Alfred HitchcockNdi kukhudza kuti kuwerenga mavuto a mabuku kwambiri ngati Kuipa ndi yowala, ya Stephen King.
Ndizokhuza kufunafuna kusalinganika m'dera lotonthoza, kukonzanso zochitika zomwe zili ngati nyumba ndi chitetezo, kuti titsegule pazolingalira zomwe zimagwedeza maziko azidziwitso zathu. Chifukwa ngati tikudziwika, ngati anthu ochokera mkati mwathu akudziwonetsera ngati alendo omwe sitikudziwa zonse, kukayikakayika kumatsimikizika.
Nzosadabwitsa kuti bukuli Banja loyandikana nalo, yomwe Lapena adayenda kuchokera ku Canada kupita kudziko lonse lapansi, adafika pamndandanda wachisangalalo chapakhomo pomwe mithunzi yokayikirana idayandikira dziko lomwe lamangidwa chifukwa chodzipereka kwa omwe akutsutsana nawo. Makhalidwe omwe amafunika kuthawa machitidwe awo azikhalidwe kuti athe kuyang'ana chowonadi chopanda pake chomwe chasokoneza chilichonse.
Ndinawerenga posachedwa zakumanga kwa nyumba, za zomwe aliyense wa ife amawona kuti nyumba yathu ndi, kuyambira kugonjetsedwa kophiphiritsa kwa mswachi mchimbudzi mpaka kasinthidwe ka nyumba yozungulira banja.
Pali omwe amapanga hotelo iliyonse kukhala nyumba yawo, pazofunikira pantchito kapena munthawi zina. Kungoti ku hotelo kumakhala anthu osawadziwa omwe amakhala nawo limodzi panjira kapena podyera kadzutsa.
Hotelo ya Mitchell's Inn ndi malo abwino kwambiri kutali ndi gulu la anthu okwiya pomwe mlendo aliyense watsopano amabwera kudzachiritsa mabala kapena kulipiritsa mabatire, kuti adzipeze kapena munthu yemwe sayenera kukhala mmoyo wake wovomerezeka. Nyumba yosakhalitsa ya chikumbumtima chosakhazikika ...
Kunena zakukayikira komwe kuli mu hoteloyo kumadzutsa Agatha Christie. Ndipo bukuli limapereka malo omwe amalumikizana ndi wolemba wamkulu ameneyo.
Kenako funso likubwera ngati Lapena adzagwira ntchitoyi ... Mphepo yamkuntho imafika pamalopo ndi chiphokoso chazomwezo komanso zinthu zomwe zadzutsa kale chidwi chathu chofuna kudziwa zambiri. Hoteloyo imasowa magetsi ndipo mdima umakhala woyanjana nawo mbali yakuda ya alendo ena omwe, pobwera kumeneko kudzachotsa machimo, kuti apumule kapena kuti achite zachinyengo zina m'banja, atha kudzipezera okha chizolowezi chake chamdima kapena pezani malo abwino obwezera.
Nkhani yomwe, ngakhale ili gawo la mkangano womwe udafunsidwa kale, imatha kutipangitsa kumangirizidwa ku chiwembucho.
Mukutha tsopano kugula buku la Mlendo Osayembekezereka, buku latsopano la Shari Lapena, apa: