Zvese zvinoita sekunge zvakanyatsodzidziswa naJörg Bong. Kubva pseudonym inoshandiswa, Jean Luc Bannalec, kune chimiro chemuratidziri Dupin achipfuura zvinyorwa uye achiva chinhu chinodzokororwa icho chinorwisa fungidziro yezhizha neinonakidza cadence. Nekuti kubva kuFrance Brittany yakarwiswa nemahombekombe ayo ese uye nemavhenekero ayo akajeka nemisiyano yakaipa yematsotsi, Dupin asvika zhizha roga roga kwemakore kuzoburitsa hurongwa hwakaipa hwevanyengeri mukutsvaga mbiri, kutsiva kana simba.
Mhosva dzakakwana umo kubvisirwa kunounzwa kwatiri sedenho yekudzosera iwo chaiwo mapurisa chikamu chemanovhero ekutanga emhando iyi. Mubvunzo ndewekuti uve neecccentric protagonist saDupin kuitira kuti labyrinthine modus operandis yenguva iyi iite senge inoshamisa, yakagadziriswa hafu yekufungidzira hafu yekuongorora.
Commissioner Dupin anofanirwa kuenda kumusangano kuSaint-Malo Police College inotarisira kusimudzira kushanda pamwe pakati pemadhipatimendi mana eBrittany. Iyo tarisiro haigone kufadza Dupin zvishoma, akatongerwa kupedza mazuva mana nemutungamiriri. Saka nemusi weMuvhuro, achitora mukana wezororo rekudya kwemasikati, Commissioner anoenda kumusika weSaint-Servan kuti anozvivhiringidza nekutenga chizi. Asi ipapo ipapo mukadzi anoonekwa nebanga rakanamatira pamoyo pake. Uyu ndiBlanche Trouin, mubiki anobudirira kubva mudunhu aneresitorendi ine nyeredzi yeMichelin.
Vapupuri vanonongedzera hanzvadzi yake Lucille, zvakare ane mukurumbira wekubika, nekuti sezviri pachena paive nekukwikwidzana kukuru pakati pavo. Lucille aive akatsunga kukunda kubudirira kwehanzvadzi yake uye akamupomera mhosva yekushandisa bhuku reresipi kubva kuna baba vake raakange asina kuwana. Dupin, uyo pakutanga anofunga kuti pamwe achakwanisa kushandisa nyaya iyi kusvetuka seminari, anotofanira kubatana nevamwe vatungamiriri kuti vazvigadzirise.
En Mhosva dzeSaint-Malo Commissioner Dupin vachadya mabiko eCancale apo paanonzwa nyaya dzevamwe, mafirati uye pfuma inokosha uye achiedza kugadzirisa nyaya yake yazvino.
Iwe unogona ikozvino kutenga inoverengeka "Mhosva dzaSaint-Malo", naJean-Luc Bannalec, apa:
