Olo hlobo lwe-macabre epithet esebenza njengesihloko sale ncwadi sele ikunika ukuphola ngaphambi kokuba uhlale phantsi ufunde. Ngaphantsi kobandayo obungaqhelekanga obukhathaza i-Edinburgh ebusika ekwenzeka khona iyelenqe, sifumana imiba engathandekiyo yenoveli yolwaphulo-mthetho lokwenyani.
Ngenxa yokuba UJohn Rebus, umcuphi owenziwe ngulo mbhali kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo, igcina iimeko ezilindileyo ngaphandle kweleyisi okanye ukuvalwa okunokwenzeka. Abanye babo, njengalowo ubhubhileyo eMaría, bayazi ukuba bajongana nobunzima obunzulu kunye neengozi, ezo zixhaswe ligunya elonakeleyo lezopolitiko, ezihendwayo okanye zoyikiswa ziifiyaas kunye nezangqa ezivaleleke kwi-mobster endala uBill Ger Cafferty.
Kodwa akukho mntu waziyo yile umhloli uRebus akayithandi imicimbi engagqitywanga, nokuba indala kangakanani kwaye yomelele kangakanani na. Umbulali okanye ababulali bakaMaria banokuzibona bengaphandle kweJustice. Kungenzeka nokuba ubulungisa ngokwabo bunzima xa ujongene nokutshutshiswa kwabaphuli-mthetho abathile.
Imiqobo emikhulu ityhola nawuphi na umzamo wokusombulula lo mbandela ulindileyo. Kodwa uJohn Rebus ucacile malunga nayo, inyani kufuneka ivele ewe okanye ewe. Kwaye apho ubulungisa bungafikeleli, kunokuhlala kufunyanwa ezinye iindlela ezinetyala lokuthatha isigwebo sabo.
Sele kungumfuziselo weempawu zoncwadi, ezinje ngoMhloli uRebus, owavela emva phaya ngonyaka ka-1987, wadibanisa iintlobo zoncwadi ezinje, oluhlobo olumnyama olusulungekileyo. Kwimeko yomkhenkce, kunqongophele kokukhanya okuqhelekileyo kwikomkhulu laseScotland, yonke into yenzeka isongelwe yimvakalelo yobumnyama, enomoya okhokelayo. NguRebus kuphela onokuthi azise ukukhanya, nokuba kungumfuziselo, ukuze inyani inyibilike njengombane osikelelweyo wokukhanya. Emva kweminyaka emininzi esemsebenzini, wajika wangumntu otshayayo kwiminyaka yakhe yamashumi amathandathu, uRebus akaze anikezele.
Ungayithenga incwadi Ukufa okubandayoInoveli yamva nje ka-Ian Rankin, nantsi: