Umbhali waseMelika UMary Higgins Clark wayenobuntu obuhle bokungagcini nje ukugcina olo hlobo lohlobo lwamapolisa olujikeleze imfihlelo yolwaphulo-mthetho, kodwa ngokuhamba kwexesha wazidlulisela iingxoxo zakhe kumhla wangoku apho afaka khona loo ngongoma yeklasikhi ebonakala ngathi isizisela iindlela Agatha Christie okanye del Beka amapolisa amaninzi kwihlabathi lethu namhlanje.
Ewe kunjalo, ukufezekisa ukudityaniswa phakathi kwezolo kwanamhlanje zohlobo oluthile oluxhatshazelwe kwinkoliso yeempembelelo ezintsha, ngumbhali kuphela olifumene ngokuthe ngqo ixesha lobungangamsha bokuqala bemfihlakalo yolwaphulo-mthetho onokulufikelela. Kwaye oko kwahlala kungoku kwaye kwahlaziywa kunye neendlela ezintsha zoyilo zale ntsimi yencwadi de kwasekufeni kwakhe ngo-2020.
Ayimangalisi eyakho inoveli Umdaniso wokugqibela shiya enye yezi zangqa zivaliweyo zabantu abakrokrelwa ngokubulala zidluliselwe kwitheko laseMelika kwikhaya labazali bakaKerry Dowling omncinci, ikwanguloo mntu emva kwesibetho esibonakala ngathi urhaxiwe echibini lakhe, okanye ubuncinci waphoswa kuwo emva kokubhubha kwakhe.
Ukwakhiwa kwakhona kweziganeko kuba sisabelo sobugqi boonobumba ababhalwa ngumbhali ngokwesiqhelo, bebhalelana ukuze sizame ukwenza iphazili yokukrokrela, ubungqina kunye nezinye iziqwenga ...
Uphando kubungqina kumzimba wexhoba luqhubeka ngendlela enesidima kunye neeproses zabo bantu banokuba nesizathu esithile sokubulala uKerry egxile kwimeko esondeleyo yesiqhelo.
Intombazana eyaziwayo njengoKerry yayinabahlobo abaninzi abalungileyo njengabanye abahlobo abahamba phambili, umntu oqhelene naye, kunye nesoka elinomona nelikrokrisayo. Amapolisa kubonakala ngathi alahlekile kancinci, ngokuka-Aline, udade womfi. Kwaye isidingo sokusonjululwa nokuziphindezela senza igazi libilise loo dade mdala uziva ngathi uyasilela kwintombazana awayehlala enayo kulondolozo lobuzibulo.
Ke u-Aline ucwangcise ukuba abhale owakhe umfanekiso wabarhanelwa kunye neemeko ezinokuthi zikhokelele kwisehlo esibulalayo. Ekuqaleni, akakhathali ngomngcipheko wokuya kumbulali, umbono wokuphindezela uKerry umenza azive ukuba womelele, uyakwazi ukujongana naye nabani na ngokufumanisa inyani. Kodwa mhlawumbi akomelelanga kangako kwaye iimvakalelo zakhe zinokumkhokelela kwiingozi ekunzima ukuzoyisa.
Ungayithenga ngoku inoveli Umdaniso wokugqibela, nguMary Higgins Clark, apha: