Ukufika kwale noveli yokuqala kwisaga eyothusayo enje ngothotho olujikeleze umlinganiswa ophambili uRuth Galloway ziindaba ezimnandi ukuba igqiba ukuthwala isiqhamo kuthotho lwayo lwendalo oluthe lwafika eSpain.
Ngenxa yokuba Ii-griffiths zika-Elly Kufike umbhali othile isini esimnyama Ngosiba lokushicilela olwaziyo ukuhambisa iyelenqe ukusuka kwinkalo echazayo yesinye, ukuya kuseto njengenxalenye yokurhanela, kwempixano.
Indima ekhethwe nguRuth Galloway, i-archaeologist eqala iinkonzo zakhe emapoliseni ngamaxesha athile, inceda kakhulu kolu hlobo lokuntywiliselwa phakathi kweploti kunye nokumisela. Ukusebenza kwakhe, umsebenzi wakhe wenkathalo kunye nobuchule bakhe bokuluka okwangoku kunye neentsalela zezona zikude kakhulu izolo zisebenza loo nto iguqulayo ngeendawo ezinkulu ezivulekileyo, phakathi kwenkungu ye-atavistic yeziqithi ...
Akukho nto ingcono kunendawo efana ne-Nortfolk, enye yeengingqi ezisempuma ze-British Isles, ukuqala olu hambo phakathi kwamapolisa, i-telluric, kunye ne-archaeological.
URuth ngumfazi olilolo, kunye neekati zakhe kunye nokutyelela komhlobo ngamaxesha athile ukuze babelane naye ixesha elimnandi kunye nezo mbono zephakade.
Kodwa uxolo lukaRuth lwaphela xa uHarry Nelson, umhloli wamapolisa, ebonakala ebomini bakhe owathi, esazi ngomsebenzi wakhe, eze kuye ukuze amcele uncedo ngokuphathelele amathambo amadala awafumeneyo. Ngaphambi kokungazi kakuhle kukaHarry, uRuth umenza aqonde ukuba ezi ntsalela zamathambo azikho uLucy Downey, intombazana eyanyamalala kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, kodwa kunokuba ibe yeyokuqala.
Kwaye intsebenziswano ayipheleli apho. Kuba ekusebenzeni kwentsimi ejikeleze amathambo, uRuth ugqiba ekufumaneni izingqinisiso zemibingelelo yabantu evusa ubuqili bukaHarry kwaye banokunxibelelana nesipho esimnyama.
Xa intombazana yesibini inyamalala, kubonakala ngathi yonke into iyatshata. Ukufunyanwa kukaRuth ngokungangqinelaniyo, uphando ngentsingiselo yemiyalezo efunyenwe ngokuhambelana namathambo ... Kwaye kulapho ezo zikrokro zisondela kufutshane nokusingqongileyo kukaRute, oogxa bakhe kunye nabanye abaphengululi abanjengaye baqala ukuluka kunye ...
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli ethi Echoes of the Swamp, inoveli yokuqala kaElly Griffiths, apha: