Ukusukela umbhali waseMelika UMichael Connelly Waqhuma kwindawo yokubhala yaseSpain, emva ngo-2004, ukukhukula kwemisebenzi yakhe akuyekanga. Iimpawu ezingumfuziselo ezinje ngoHarry Bosch oye wakwazi ukuzuza indawo kwiitafile zabafundi abaninzi ngenxa yomxube ophakathi kwamapolisa nabamnyama.
Ngeli xesha lithuba likaMickey Haller, umzali kaHarry Bosch kunye neenkwenkwezi zezinye izavenge zangaphambili, ufefa phakathi kwemveliso ebanzi yeConnelly.
U-Haller ligqwetha, kwityala lakhe amatyala aliqela anomdla apho ahlala ebaleka kwicala elimnyama labaphantsi, ngamanye amaxesha ethembela kumzalwana wakhe wesibini ukuba acacise ezona nkalo zintsonkothileyo kuphando lwakhe oluyimfuneko kukhuseleko okanye ulawulo umba.
Oothixo abanetyala bavusa ityala elikhulu eliye latsala uHaller ukusukela oko wazama ukuphumelela emsebenzini wobutshutshisi kwaye oko kwaphetha kuthwala ityala elingathanga ngqo lokugwetyelwa umbulali ongaguqukiyo.
IHolest ayihambi elona xesha lakhe lihle. Kodwa ityala elitsha le-posh libonakala njengelithuba elitsha lokuqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe kunye nokwakha kwakhona ubomi bakhe obunikezelwe etywaleni. Kufuneka ukhusele umfana otyholwa ngokubulala i-cache hooker.
Ukanti igama lomfazi limbuyisela emva kwinkxwaleko. UnguGloria Dayton, uConelly okhumbula ngaye ukuba wakwazi njani ukumsusa kwiziyobisi ...
Kodwa emazantsi entliziyo, uGloria wayesoloko esengozini. Wayengumntu onokuthenjwa ukuba akwazi ukumisa umrhwebi omkhulu. Kwaye mhlawumbi kolo daka ...
Ngaba kungenzeka ukuba uGloria wayesazi kakhulu? Ubandakanyeka kangakanani umthengi wakho?
Ukuba ityala liyatshiza kuye ngqo libeka umthwalo omkhulu kuMickey. Ukuzikhusela kwabaxhasi bakho kunokuba sisigwebo kuwe, kwixesha lakho elidlulileyo.
Ekugqibeleni, ijaji iya kuthatha isigqibo malunga nenyaniso yento. Kwaye ukusuka kwimbono ye-hypersubjective uMickey Haller aza kujongana nayo, kunokwenzeka ukuba ukubulawa kukaGloria akunanto yakwenza noko kubonakala ngathi kuqala.
Ngesaphulelo esincinci ngale bhlog (ihlala ixabiswa), ngoku ungathenga inoveli Oothixo abanetyala, incwadi entsha nguMichael Connelly, apha: