Ukuba kukho iqhawe lenoveli yolwaphulo-mthetho ebalasele ngovelwano oluthile lwe-eccentric, nguHarry Bosch UMichael Connelly. Kungenxa yokuba sizifumana siphambi komcuphi omdala kunye nomthwalo omkhulu weencwadana zakhe ezingamashumi amabini emva kwakhe. Kwaye ukuba umlinganiswa ophambili uyakwazi ukusinda ekuvezeni okuninzi kungenxa yokuba inamandla kakhulu.
Mhlawumbi kule noveli uhlobo isiqabu sele ebonakalayo. Ngenxa yokuba umcuphi uRenée Ballard akasekho ngengozi emva kokubonakala esenza imali kwinoveli yakhe yangaphambili Iseshoni yasebusuku. Kwaye eli polisa likhomba iindlela kwiHollywood egcwele izinto ezichaseneyo zokwenyani, apho uhlala ufumana ijusi emnyama yazo zonke iintlobo zamabali amabi.
Ukudibana okubonakalayo phakathi kukaBosch noBallard kuza nobundlobongela obungonwabisiyo kutyelelo lwasemva kweeyure nguHarry kwisikhululo samapolisa saseHollywood. Ngokwendalo akapendi kwanto apho. Isenokungaziwa nakubani na kwisikhululo samapolisa saseSan Fernando.
Umdala uHarry mdala uza kudutyulwa. Kodwa okokugqibela izinto ziyabuyelana njengoko zinako ukufikelela kude kugxothwe ngaphandle kwempindezelo enkulu.
Kodwa ndicinga ukuba uHarry wayeyazi kakuhle into amakayenze xa eshiya ifayile yakudala yokubulawa kukaDaisy Clayton etafileni. Amatyala amadala asoloko ekhathaza amapolisa xa eshiyeka engagqitywanga.
U-Ballard uphonononge amaxwebhu malunga noku kwaye, kungenokwenzeka njani ukuba kungenjalo, unomdla kugqithiso lwento ecekisekayo ejikeleze ukusweleka kwentombazana eneminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu kuphela.
Kungekudala emva kotyelelo lwakhe olungalindelekanga kwisikhululo samapolisa, uHarry uya kufumanisa ukuba isithiyelo sakhe besinefuthe elichanekileyo. Kunye noBallar, besebenzisa ithuba lobutsha bakhe, amandla akhe kunye nethuku lakhe, baya kukhangela ubungqina obutsha obunokuwuvala lo mbandela kube kanye.
Ungayithenga inoveli iNoche sagrada, incwadi entsha kaMichael Connelly, apha: