Kutshanje ndiye ndayijonga le noveli yombhali Igumbi elitshayo. Kwaye inyani kukuba yayikukufumanisa kum. Ngeli xesha yayisisenzo sophuliso ngokubhekisa kwelona bali lomcuphi lokwenyani. Ukuhlaselwa kwamapolisa luhlobo olumnyama kubonakala kungabuyi mva. Kodwa amaxesha ngamaxesha abafana UMichael Connelly Ukuphela kokufumana ubungangamsha bamapolisa njengophando olusulungekileyo nolunzima malunga nokusonjululwa kwetyala (kunye noburharha obuthile kwimeko yalo msebenzi ungaphambili)
Kwimeko incwadi Icala elimnyama lokuvalelisa, umbhali ongumcuphi othengisa kakhulu uthatha into yakhe engenakuhluthwa uHarry Bosch ukuthatha izintso zophando olukhethekileyo. Kule meko intsha akukho kubhubha (ubuncinci ekuqaleni). Endaweni yoko, imalunga nokufumana umntwana ongekho mthethweni katata onamandla owathi ngelo xesha, emncinci kakhulu, wasinda kwisivumo sokukhulelwa esiqhutywa zizizathu ezibalulekileyo ezazibonakala ngathi zithatha inxaxheba kwiindaba.
UHarry Bosch akavumi. Ayikuko ukuba ngumbuzo wokukhangela kwimijelo yamanzi amdaka, okanye ukuhamba ngentambo kwindawo engaphantsi kwelabafileyo. Kodwa ... yintoni le isihogo, lo ngumthengi olungileyo osisityebi ohlawula kakuhle kwaye agqibe ukuzinikezela kwisizathu sokuba ngumzali ongaziphathanga kakuhle.
Ekuqaleni uHarry unokucinga ukuba iMexico, ilizwe lokuzalwa kukamama onokubakho, inokuba yindawo ezele ziintshatsheli ezinomdla wokuhlengahlengisa ubomi bazo kwimbali efanelekileyo ukuze inxibelelane notata osisityebi. (Ayisiyiyo ngenxa yokuba iMexico ithambekele kubastast, kodwa ngenxa yokuba umhlaba ngokubanzi ujonge ukwenza isini ngokungxama)
Kodwa uHarry Bosch ulungile kwaye kungekudala ufumana imitya yokutsala. Kwaye kuyamangalisa ukuba eminye yale micu ithetha ukuyidibanisa nelo bali lendoda elahla umfazi xa inembewu yayo ...
Inyaniso iya kukukhulula, izivakalisi zebinzana leBhayibhile. Kodwa mhlawumbi hayi uHarry. Mhlawumbi uHarry ujongene nenkululeko yokufunda iinyani kunye neziganeko ezigqithileyo ngaphaya koyise osisityebi olibeleyo kwaye abambelele kwisiphelo sakhe ...
Ungayithenga inoveli ngoku Icala elimnyama lokuvalelisaIncwadi entsha kaMichael Connelly, nantsi: