Emva kokuphumelela kwakhe kunye ne-opera prima «Yonke inyani«,, UKaren Cleveland ubuya kunye ne-thriller elandelwe kwimigca efanayo nexesha lokuqala. Ukuba ifomula iyasebenza, kwaye ukuba iyakwazi ukubaninzi kuxinzelelo lwengqondo olujikeleze imincili yasekhaya eyothusayo ekuqaleni. Kutheni ungazami okwesibini njengephazili elitsha?
Into kukuba iyasebenza. Kwaye kwakhona ikhaya le-protagonist, ngoku uStepahnie Maddox, iarhente ye-FBI ukuba ichaneke, kwaye kwinoveli yangaphambili uVivian Miller ongumqeshwa we-CIA, baphela beyimeko phakathi kweenqobo ezisesikweni zobugcisa kunye neemvakalelo ezinamandla zokukhusela usapho kwaye olo thando luye lwangcangcazela.
UStephanie uya kuzifumanisa ekwintambo yokurhangqa, kulungelelwaniso olungenakwenzeka apho uxolelwaniso lobugcisa kunye nenqanaba lobuqu liya kudlula kude kuncitshiswe iiyure zokusebenza. Ngenxa yokuba unyana wakhe oneminyaka eli-17 ubudala uZachary, isiphumo sobudlelwane obunyanzelekileyo uStephanie ahlala egcina imfihlo, uqala ngokuziphatha ngokumangalisa ngakumbi kunesimo sengqondo solutsha. Ukurhanela ukuba kukho into enzulu efihliweyo kunyana wakhe kuyaqinisekiswa xa efumanisa ukuba uZach unxibelelana neeseli zabanqolobi.
Inoveli iyonke ijikeleza kwaba bantu bantsundu kunokwenzeka ukuba unyana wakhe uyakhanyela kuba, ewe, uStephanie unamashishini amaninzi angagqitywanga kunye nexesha lakhe elidlulileyo. Kuqala noSenator Halliday, owamdlwengula xa wayeneminyaka eyi-1 kuphela. Uluvo olukude lokuba usizi kungenzeka ukuba wafumanisa ukuba unguyise kwaye wayesenza ngandlela thile ukuphazamisa ubudlelwane bakhe noZach kumbeka kwialam epheleleyo.
Kodwa kusenokwenzeka ukuba amanye ama-mafiya awakhululayo axhonywe kubomi bakhe ukuze awutshabalalise. Okanye ukuba elinye iqabane ebenengxaki enkulu licwangcise okona kubi kokuziphindezela.
Ngonxunguphalo oluqhubekayo kunye nesiphelo esivulekileyo esishiya imibuzo emininzi kwaye enokunika imvakalelo yomsebenzi ongagqitywanga (mhlawumbi kwinxalenye yesibini?), Le noveli inikezela ngesiqwenga sokukrokra apho olona xinzelelo lukhulu luzalwa kwiforum yangaphakathi kaStephanie, ifihliwe ngumfundi phakathi kweemvakalelo ezinamandla zothando olungenamiqathango kunye neparanoia.
Ungayithenga le ncwadi Amanga amakhulu, incwadi entsha karen Cleveland, apha: