Ummeli obalaseleyo we uhlobo lwe-nordic noirI-insular version, ibuya nesinye seziganeko zayo zokuphazamiseka kwengqondo ngokubhekisele kwinto evuyisayo edibanisa noloyiko oluzalwa yi-telluric, ithatha ithuba lokuba yedwa i-Iceland ibuyele ekhaya kungekuphela kombhali ngokwakhe kodwa nayo useto kunye nabalinganiswa bakhe abaphazamisayo.
Ngenxa yokuba icelandic I-Arnaldur Indridason uzibandakanya kwingxelo enzulu ngaphakathi kweli cala lolwaphulo-mthetho ebelinikela kakhulu kuncwadi lwehlabathi kumashumi eminyaka akutshanje. Kwaye ube ngumsasazi omkhulu we-Iceland, akukho mntu unjengaye uthatha ithuba lokuma komhlaba omkhenkce, amathafa abanzi apho kungekho ndawo yokufihla ngaphaya kobumnyama obuhluzwe iinyanga neenyanga ...
Kule nto yokuba msulwa kubiwe kuthi umbhali asinikeze kwesi sihlandlo, sidibana nabalinganiswa ababini abasandula ukuphuma kwindawo leyo nomvuni omdaka ebakhupha ngogonyamelo. Ukufa kubathathe njengenxalenye yesicwangciso esibi sokutyhilwa kokugqibela, umhloli olungileyo u-Erlendur kuya kufuneka atsale umkhondo ekuphela kwawo: ubudlelwane obudlulileyo phakathi kwaba babini njengootitshala kunye nomfundi.
Ukususela ngezo ntsuku zokufunda kunye nokufunda kudlule ixesha elide. Utitshala uqhubeke nokuziqhelanisa enjalo ngelixa umfundi egqibile ukutshona ekuguleni ngengqondo ngenxa yesazi sikaThixo ukuba zeziphi izihogo awayezityelele.
Kodwa ngoku ukufa kwabo bobabini kuvula indlela ebumnyameni yimpambano noloyiko. Indlela ebonakala ikhokelela emlilweni wezo zihogo ezigqityiweyo zazitshisa zombini. Kungenxa yokuba ukuzibulala kuka-schizophrenic omncinci kunye notitshala wakhe wangaphambili batshata enye into, ngemfihlo engathethekiyo, phambi kovakalelo olulula lokukwazi ukufunyanwa, bobabini bakhetha ukufa.
Ungayithenga ngoku incwadi ethi Stolen Innocence, inoveli entsha ka-Arnaldur Indridason: