Wayesele eza kuyifumana. Sue Grafton uzibekele umceli mngeni wokuqukumbela oonobumba bolwaphulo-mthetho. Kwaye wayenama-Z kuphela ukuba ayifumane.
Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-30, lo mbhali uhlala ethembekile kukuzibophelela kwakhe de wafikelela kwesi siqendu senkolelo, nangona kungekho nto sinokuyenza ngaphandle kokucinga ukuba ngumsebenzi wokugqibela. Kulusizi ukuba uSue ebengenalo ixesha lokwakha inoveli yokugqibela apho umlinganiswa ngamnye enze ukuphuma kwiforum, okanye apho, mhlawumbi, besizakufumana ii-winks kunye ne-cameos ezivela kwabanye abalinganiswa ...
Nangona kunjalo, u-Y Izolo inoveli emnandi yokuvala oonobumba abakhohlakeleyo ebantwini.
Yonke indawo yonyaka we-1979 kwisixeko saseSanta Teresa. Abanye abafana abaphambeneyo baphela sele bengababulali benye intombazana. Ababini kwabaphuli-mthetho abathathu bagqibela ngokugwetywa nangona benikezwe ubuncinci, baphinda bayifumana inkululeko yabo emva kweminyaka eli-10.
Kulapho xa uKinsey Millhone ongunaphakade evela kwindawo yesehlo, eqeshwe lusapho lukaFritz McCabe, inkwenkwe esandula ukukhutshwa. Kungenxa yokuba nje ukuba anyathele esitratweni, uFritz oselula uqala ukuhlukunyezwa ngumntu ozimisele ukuphazamisa nasiphi na isicwangciso sobomi.
Phakathi kwezalamane ezinokubakho zexhoba kunye nomhlobo wakudala weqela lemigulukudu elaphela lisaba xa kwasweleka le ntombazana, inyani eyoyikisayo ijinga ngaphezulu kukaFritz. Kungenxa yokuba ukongeza ngaphezulu kweakhawunti kulindelwe ngohlobo lweemfihlo kunye ne-blackmail. Abazali bakaFritz bafuna ukumkhusela nakuphi na ukwenzakala okuncinci, ngethemba lokuba iminyaka elishumi elahlekileyo inokujika ibe nekamva eliqaqambileyo.
Inoveli igqityiwe lisebe elifanayo elinxibelelana nesiqu esiphambili njengomdiliya oxineneyo. Kwaye kukho iimeko ezininzi uKinsey Millhone aziphethe ngasemva, amatyala amaninzi kakhulu kunye nabona bantu babalaseleyo ababemi kwizitolimende zangaphambili.
Ukuza kuthi ga kwixesha elidlulileyo likaFritz kunye noKinsey babelana ngomculo ongemva wobomi babo ophelela ekuvuseleleni izoyikiso zoloyolo.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli Y de Izolo, incwadi kaSue Grafton yamva nje, ngezaphulelo zokufikelela kule bhlog, apha: