Malo ena ali ndi zokongola komanso zokongola zomwe zokongola zawo zitha kukhala zoyipa kwambiri m'manja mwa mkonzi wabwino. Izi ndizochitika ku Northtumberland ndi Ann Cleeves. Chifukwa dera lakumpoto la Chingerezi, lomwe limalire malire ndi Scotland ndikuthiriridwa ndi North Sea limapatsa malo owonera aliyense wowonera kapena wowjambula malo. Madambo osatha ndi diso lamphamvu, nyumba zachifumu zomwe zimatuluka pakati pa chigwa ndi phokoso la mafunde omwe amafera mwakachetechete pagombe lomwe limakokoloka ndi kusefukira kwazaka.
Chuma chachilengedwe ndikutontholetsa kwambiri, malingaliro abwerere bwino, komanso kuyitanidwa kukadziyesa, kulowa m'malekezero a moyo ndi zoyendetsa zomwe, zikavuta anthu, ndizodabwitsa.
Chifukwa cha kukongola kwakukulu, kupezeka kwa mwana wophedwa ndi amayi ake kumathera potipatsa mbama yaiwisi. Thupi laling'ono limagona m'bafa, momwemo imfa ndi maluwa.
Inspector Vera Stanhope amatsogolera nkhaniyi ndikulowerera m'mphepete mwa nyanja zam'deralo. Miyoyo yomwe idadutsa mukugwedezeka kwamalingaliro a danga lotseguka kwamuyaya. Ndipo umu ndi momwe timafufuzira zamtsogolo za tsogolo la a Julie Armstrong, amayi a mnyamatayo, kapena ntchito za a Peter Calvert, yemwe nyumba yotsatira imapezeka, mtsikana woweruzidwa kuti aphedwe mofananamo ndi a mwana.
Olemba ena ambiri monga a Samuel Parr kapena a Clive Stringer amadzutsa malingaliro otsutsana, ndi cholinga chamatsenga chofotokozera zakukayikira komanso zowakayikira owerenga, monga Agatha Christie kudzoza kwatsopano kwa mtundu wa ofufuza wakuda.
Mafunso ndi kafukufuku wa Vera ndi womuthandizira wake Joe amapanga mapu achilendo a mizimu, cholembedwa pomwe kutengeka kapena malingaliro oyambilira omwe atha kupangitsa misala yakupha ngati chiwonetsero chachilendo chomwe chimazunza anthu ambiri.
Mukutha tsopano kugula buku la Chobisika Choonadi, buku lolembedwa ndi Ann Cleeves, ndikuchotsera mwayi wopeza kuchokera kubulogu, apa: