Yonke into ibonakala ifundwe ngokufanelekileyo nguJörg Bong. Ukusuka kwi-pseudonym ezakusetyenziswa, UJean-Luc Bannalec, Kumzobo we curator uDupin ogqitha kwimibhalo kwaye waba yinto ephindaphindayo ehlasela umbono wehlobo elinomdla. Kungenxa yokuba isuka eFrance iBrittany ehlaselwe lulo lonke unxweme kunye neendawo zayo eziqaqambileyo ngenxa yolwaphulo-mthetho olubi, uDupin ufikile rhoqo ehlotyeni iminyaka ukuza kutyhila izicwangciso ezikhohlakeleyo zababulali abakhohlisayo befuna uzuko, impindezelo okanye amandla.
Izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho ezigqibeleleyo apho kuncitshiswa khona kuboniswa kuthi njengomceli mngeni wokubuyisa imeko yamapolisa yakudala yenoveli zokuqala zolu hlobo. Umbuzo kukuba ne-eccentric protagonist efana ne-Dupin ukuze i-labyrinthine modus operandis yomzuzu ibonakale imangalisa, isombulule isiqingatha sohlalutyo lwesiqingatha.
UMkomishinala uDupin kufuneka aye kwisemina kwiKholeji yamaPolisa yaseSaint-Malo ejolise ekukhuthazeni ukusebenzisana phakathi kwamasebe amane aseBrittany. Ithemba alinakumkholisa uDupin kancinci, ligwetywe ukuchitha iintsuku ezine nomphathi. Ke ngoMvulo, esebenzisa ikhefu lasemini, ikhomishina iya kwimarike yaseSaint-Servan ukuze iziphazamise kwaye ithenge itshizi. Kodwa kanye apho kukho umfazi ovela ephethe imela entliziyweni yakhe. Lo nguBlanche Trouin, umpheki ophumeleleyo ovela kwingingqi apho ivenkile yakhe ineenkwenkwezi zeMichelin.
Amangqina alatha udadewabo uLucille, naye owayengumpheki owaziwayo, kuba kubonakala ngathi kukho ukhuphiswano olukhulu phakathi kwabo. U-Lucille wayezimisele ukoyisa impumelelo kadadewabo kwaye wamtyhola ngokusebenzisa incwadi yeeresiphi evela kutata wakhe awayengenakho ukufikelela kuyo. UDupin, oqale acinge ukuba mhlawumbi uza kubanakho ukusebenzisa eli tyala ukweqa isemina, endaweni yoko kuya kufuneka asebenzisane nabanye abakhomishina ukusombulula.
En Ulwaphulo-mthetho lwaseSaint-Malo UMkomishinala uDupin uza kuzonwabisa ngeembatyisi zikaCancale njengoko esiva amabali wabucala, iifriji kunye nobutyebi obuxabisekileyo kwaye azama ukusombulula imeko yakhe yamva nje.
Ungayithenga inoveli "Ulwaphulo-mthetho lwaseSaint-Malo", nguJean-Luc Bannalec, apha:
