Italente entsha eyimfihlakalo efana naleyo hybrid phakathi kwamapolisa kunye uhlobo lokuzonwabisa. Kuphela kukuba ngamanye amaxesha i-adventure yokufunda uJanice Hallett ngumceli mngeni wokufunda. I-alchemy ehlala inqweneleka phakathi kokufunda kunye nesenzo njengento eye yadlula ngaphaya kolu luhlu lwamashumi asibhozo "Khetha olwakho uhambo".
Umbhali ofana noHallett ukubo, abahlasela iimarike ezintsha ukusuka apha naphaya ukusuka kuloo buchule bugxile kwingxelo njengenye into. Iintsomi ezinencasa yakudala kodwa kwangaxeshanye zijolise kwi-avant-garde ekufuneka ikhombe kuhlobo oluthile lokusebenzisana.
Imfihlakalo okanye ukukrokra ngokwasengqondweni kuqondwe kwimeko yayo yokugqibela. Uxinzelelo oluphunyelelweyo ngokubandakanyeka ekufundeni. Awuzange ube naso isimemo sokufunda esiye sahamba kakhulu sisuka kwesona sisesikweni singqongqo ukuya kwesona simemo siyinyaniso sokonwabela i-adventure, ingeniso yokulahleka phakathi kwamaphepha ayo ukukhangela imixholo eyenza uhlobo lolwaphulo-mthetho lube ngumdlalo onomdla.
IiNoveli ezi-3 ezicetyiswayo zikaJanice Hallett
Isibheno
Umntu unokuba nesiyezi ngenxa yeenguqu ezininzi kangangokuba ulwaphulo-mthetho lunikwe kuncwadi nakwi-cinema. Ulwaphulo-mthetho apho inkitha yabalinganiswa ijikeleza kunye neenjongo zabo zokubulala. Umbuzo kukwazi indlela yokwenza, ukuhambisa loo mvakalelo iphazamisayo yenyaniso ehamba njengetapile eshushu phakathi kwabalinganiswa, kule noveli, abakwaziyo ukudlala impazamo ngokugqibeleleyo.
Ukubulala. Abarhanelwa abalishumi elinesihlanu. Ngaba unokuyifumana inyaniso? Kwidolophu yaseNgilani yaseLockwood, kukho imfihlakalo ekufuneka isonjululwe. Yonke le nto iqala ngokubuya kwabantu ababini basezidolophini emva kohambo olude kwaye iphele ngokufa kabuhlungu. Nangona umtyholwa ethunyelwe entolongweni, igqwetha uRoderick Tanner ukrokrela ukuba umsulwa kwaye uyalele abafundi bakhe abafunda umsebenzi, uCharlotte noFemi, ukuba bahlole bonke ubungqina kweli tyala.
Phakathi kwenkampani yethiyetha eyingozi yedolophu kunye nephulo lokunyusa imali yonyango lwentombazana encinci yasedolophini, umbulali uzifihle emehlweni. Ubungqina bukhona, bulindele ukuba umntu abufumane.
Kodwa ngaba uCharlotte noFemi baya kukwazi ukulicombulula eli tyala? Unako ukuyisombulula, mfundi? UJanice Hallett, ochazwe yiTimes njenge Agatha Christie yenkulungwane yama-XNUMX, idale kunye neSibheno inoveli eyimfihlakalo engaqhelekanga, enamagingxigingxi amaninzi angalindelekanga kwaye ibandakanya umfundi kwisisombululo setyala ngokungathi ngomnye umphandi. Ngaba uyafuna ukungena kwiimfihlo zikaLockwood? NgeCawe Times Mystery of the Year
IKhowudi yaseTwyford
Ulwaphulo-mthetho olugqibeleleyo lunokuba lulo oluvezwayo UPatricia Highsmith kubantu ongabaziyo kuloliwe. Umbuzo lutshintsho lwengqwalasela. Abaphandi babengazi kangako njengawe mfundi malunga nesicwangciso phakathi kwabantu abangabaziyo kuloliwe. Kodwa kule meko wonke umntu uba yimfama kwaye iwotshi iyahamba, ngokuqinisekileyo inika umbulali osindileyo ithuba.
U-Edith Twyford wayengumbhali weencwadi zabantwana odumileyo kwihlabathi, kodwa ngoku ekuphela kwelifa lakhe bubukho bamarhe ekhowudi yaseTwyford: uthotho lwemikhondo efihlwe kwiincwadi zakhe ezikhokelela… entwenini? Akukho mntu waziyo, kodwa ayisosizathu sokuba intelekelelo iphelile.
USteve Smith unokudibanisa phantse lonke ilishwa ebomini bakhe ku-Edith Twyford. Njengomntwana, wafumana enye yeenoveli zakhe ezigcwele iisimboli ezingaqhelekanga eziphawulwe kumda. Wayibonisa umfundisi-ntsapho wakhe, uNkosazana Bush, owacinga ngoko nangoko ukuba iqulethe isitshixo sekhowudi. Kwiiveki ezimbalwa kamva, u-Miss Bush wanyamalala, kwaye uSteve akazi ukuba ufile okanye uyaphila ... okanye ukuba ufumene imfihlelo yekhowudi okanye hayi. Ngoku uSteve uzimisele ukufumanisa.
Kodwa ikhowudi ye-Twyford ifihla iimfihlo kwaye abanye banokwenza nantoni na ukuze babenayo, kwaye uSteve ayinguye yedwa oshushu kwindlela yakhe. Ugqatso lokusombulula imfihlakalo yenkulungwane sele luqalile. Ungafika apho kuqala?
