Okokuqala kufuneka nditsho ukuba le ncwadi ibalaseleyo ndiyicaphula apha namhlanje yenza iperi emnandi ngayo Iinkwenkwezi ezidubulayo ziyawa, kunye nesimo esifanayo kwi-19th yenkulungwane yaseMadrid, kuphela kwimeko yesibini kunye nokuchukumisa ingcamango enkulu malunga nemfihlakalo.
Kwaye ugxininise Ibhokisi yesinemfu, ndiyakholelwa ukuba kuncwadi lwethu bekusoloko kukho ukunqongophala kweSherlock Holmes kwaye ngenxa yoko UConan Doyle. Akukaze kube mva kakhulu ukuyifumana phantsi kombhali ofanelekileyo, okaJavier Alonso García-Pozuelo. Umlingiswa wakhe, iqhawe lethu elitsha lamapolisa elizwe, libizwa ngokuba ngu-Inspector Benítez, ipolisa eliza kushiya oko kuzinikezela okumkhokelele amashumi eminyaka kwizitrato zenkulungwane yeshumi elinesithoba eMadrid, enezibane zayo kunye nezithunzi.
Nangona ngokwenene uBenítez olungileyo wayesazi ngakumbi malunga nezithunzi zaseMadrid, ngokukodwa ezo zengingqi yaseLatina, apho into eyayishiywe yayininzi kakhulu kunokuba ilindeleke, ngolo hlobo lwe-decadence phakathi kwethemba eliqaqambileyo lokutshintsha kwexesha.
Ke, emva kwexesha elingaka phakathi kokungcola kwezo zitrato zichasene nomthetho, uBenítez usenokungabi nakho konke okusemandleni akhe ukubonisa iitalente zakhe. Kodwa akukho nto inokuyenza ngaphandle kokuthatha ityala lomkhonzazana waseRibalter.
Ihlwempu lijike lifile. Kwaye i-Ribalters ehluphekileyo ngokuqinisekileyo iya kufuneka iqeshe enye isicakakazi ukuba igcwalise isithuba sabo, kodwa kungekhona ngaphandle kokucatshukiswa okwaneleyo kombutho ukucela imbuyekezo yomonakalo owenziwe kukubulawa kwebhinqa eliselula.
Into awayeyazi kakuhle uBenítez emva kweminyaka emininzi yokuzinikela yayikukuba akukho nto ilula ekubulaweni ngobuqhophololo njengaleyo. Umbulali ongenamntu unokubulala emini eqhutywa ngumsindo. Umbulali ozimela yedwa akaze ashiye umkhondo olula.
Ke imiqondiso yokuphanga njengenjongo yokugqibela ayimqinisekisi uBenitez okanye ke, nomncedisi wakhe othembekileyo u-Ortega.
Kwaye ukusukela ngalo mzuzu siyonwabele eyona iphazili yeHolmesian. Umdla, imali, ukukhutshwa kweminqweno, ukukhungatheka, iintsizi ezifihliweyo ... I-classic maremagnun apho kungekho nto ibonakala kwaye ibonakala ingekho ekugqibeleni.
Ubungqina obukhokelela kumbulali ngokuqhelekileyo busoloko buziinkcukacha ezincinane, kangangokuba bunokufihlwa njengomsonto wecuba kwibhokisi yesnuff.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli ethi Ibhokisi yeSnuff, incwadi entsha kaJavier Alonso García-Pozuelo, Apha: