Iyo nhema nhema inoshamisira sezvazvinoratidza. Imhosva ichangoburwa iyo zvishoma nezvishoma iri kutipinza muchimiro chemapurisa uye fungidziro senzira yekuvhiringidza iyo inobatanidza kuvepo kwevaviri. Rufu rwaAdèle, mukadzi wechivimbiso chisingawanikwe, chinoratidzika senge icho chakawoma kumusoro kwekufa chaiko. Nekuti kana zviri izvo nekuti ivo vakafa, Manfred ivo pachavo uye Inspector Gorski zvakare, kare kare ...
Uye takananga kwakadzika uko isu tiri kunanga nemukwidza usina mabhureki uye pasina kuda kumira kana. Nekuti mhosva inounza zvirango zvakasiyana uye ruvengo. Uye pamwe kufa kwaAdèle hakuratidze zvakanyanya kuferefetwa kwekungofungidzira. Asi vanokanganisa vane nguva zhinji vatinoda kuti vave, semurume iyeye anogara ari mwana akasungwa mumota ye Mystic River...
Manfred Baumann murume akasurukirwa uye ane hushamwari munzanga anoshandisa masikati ake achinwa achipa chikafu chake chine chepfu uye chakamonyana naAdèle Bedeau, mushandi anokwezva paDrab Restaurant de la Cloche muSant-Louis, Alsace. Asi kana achinge anyangarika, Baumann anozove mukuru wevanofungidzirwa naInspector Gorski, mutikitivha uyo anotambudzwa nemweya weimwe yematambudziko ake ekutanga, maakabvumira murume asina mhosva kutongerwa mhosva yekuponda kwemusikana mudiki.
Mupurisa, akavharirwa mutaundi reruwa uye imba ine hukasha, anomanikidza Manfred akakomberedzwa nerima uye zvakavanzika kuti atarisane nemadhimoni ekare ekare akatambudzwa. Kutsvaga kusinganeti kwechokwadi kunoshanduka kuita murwi wakawandisa wenjodzi, zvese kune muvhimi uye kune uyo anotarisira kunyatsovhimwa.
Iwe unogona ikozvino kutenga inoverengeka "The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau", naGraeme Macrae Burnet, pano:
