Amaxesha ngamaxesha akukubi konke ukungena kwinoveli yomcuphi, uhlobo olwenza ukuba ucinge ngecala njengelebhu, nalapho ukukhanya komphandi osemsebenzini kukhanya kuwe ngokungathi yinto engekhoyo.
Iinoveli ezinkulu zomcuphi kufuneka ziyivuthele ingqondo yakho, zikumangalise kuzo zonke izinto ezigwenxa, kwaye olu hlobo alulinywanga ngokubanzi ngaloo mihla ingqongqo. Iya kuba ngumcimbi weemfuno zohlelo, okanye olona phawu lubalaseleyo lwenoveli yolwaphulo-mthetho, apho amaxesha amaninzi ukuzonwabisa ngokufa kunye nobundlobongela kugqitha ngaphezulu kophando lwetyala ngokwalo.
Andithethi ngale nto ukuba kule ncwadi Ityala lokugqibela likaPhilip Trent yiya ukufumana iPoirot entsha, iNkosi uPeter Wimsey okanye uSherlock Holmes. Ngokuchasene noko. Le ncwadi inendawo yokuphula kunye nohlobo. Nangona kuphela kwinxalenye echaphazela umlinganiswa ophambili, umphandi. Nangona u-EC Bentley evakalise ukudinwa koncwadi lweenoveli zikaConnan Doyle, inyani yeyokuba, ekugqibeleni, wagqibela ekuphindaphinda olo hlobo lokubandakanyeka komfundi kwipuzzle yetyala.
Umahluko omkhulu, ke, ngubani ophethe ityala. Kule meko sigxila kuFilipu Trent, opeyintayo ngomsebenzi wobugcisa kunye nophandayo (uhlobo lwequixote yexesha). Ngale ndlela, uhlala ezonwabisa ngamatyala okubulala, ade agqibe ukuphuhlisa isipho esikhulu seenkcukacha kunye nokuncitshiswa.
Xa uSigsbee Manderson, igorha laseMelika, efunyenwe egwintwa kwifama yakhe, uPhilip uqala ukufumana izinto amapolisa azityesheleyo kodwa ezo zityhila ubukhulu becala into enokwenzeka.
Kwaye le Quixote encinci yophando isungula ukucacisa ityala. Umendo wakhe awuyi kuba lula, akukho mntu uya kumphulaphula. Kodwa uFilipu ubona ngokucacileyo ukuba akazukuncama. Ngaphandle kwayo yonke imiqobo, izakuphela ibonisa umhlaba ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kanye kulowo ungasekhoyo.
Ungayithenga incwadi Ityala lokugqibela likaPhilip Trent, inoveli enkulu ka-EC Bentley, apha: