Verenga kusvika Karin Fossum kutera ku zvisingatarisirwi nhema nhema zvirongwa. Coincidences seyokutangira yekushandura chero munhu kwete chete kune akabatwa asiwo kuva mhondi yakaipa. Hazvirevi kuti muverengi haazive kuti angave ani "akaipa murume" munyaya. Pane kudaro, ndiri kutaura nezvekuti Karin anotivimbisa sei kuti tiite mukadzi akapfava wemba, positimendi ane hushamwari, kana wako weinishuwarenzi mumiriri munhu akasuwa uyo zano rake rezvakaipa rinoguma richitonga mweya wake nechido chake.
Panyaya yebhuku iri, Usatarise Kudzoka, kushamisika kunouya kunyangwe kubva pakutanga. Kana Ragnhild mudiki anyangarika, munhu wese anotanga kumutsvaga. Musikana anodzoka netsoka dzake, akachengeteka uye anonzwika maawa gare gare. Iye anga achingova kumba kwaRaymond kwechinguva, iro rave riri benzi reguta, asi aine poindi yakasviba, zvingaite sei neimwe nzira munganonyorwa yerudzi urwu.
Runyararo rwakapararira runonyaradza mweya yemunharaunda, iro diki dhorobha reNorway kunoitika nyaya. Kusvikira Ragnhild ataura pane yakajeka ruzivo. Pakarepo anoti anoona mukadzi asina kupfeka padyo negungwa. Chaakaona chaicho chitunha icho mapurisa achawana munguva pfupi inotevera.
Inspector ane mukurumbira Konrad Sejer, wandatove ndazvipa kwaari mu novel Chiedza chaDhiyabhorosi, tanga kuongorora vashandi. Vagari veguta vanopa humbowo hwavo, alibis uye dzimwe nharo mukutarisana nerufu rwusinganzwisisike rwechidiki Annie Holland.
Dambudziko nderekuti Sejer inosangana neakawanda ezvakaitika. Vazhinji vavakidzani vangadai vakauraya mukadzi wechidiki uyu. Dutu rinopfuura risingaratidzi zvakanaka mune dzimwe nguva kana kukanganisa maitiro mune vamwe. Konrad anofambisa kushamisika achienda mukugadziriswa kwenyaya iyi apo achiratidza zviri mukati mevanhu vazhinji izvo, mukuwedzera kwavo kwakashata, tinogona kuziva sevavakidzani vedu.
Iwe unogona ikozvino kutenga iro bhuku Usatarise Kudzoka, nemunyori mukuru weNorway Karin Fossum, pano: