Iindawo ezithile zinobuhle nomtsalane apho ukubonwa kwawo kunokuba yingozi kakhulu ezandleni zomhleli olungileyo. Injalo imeko eNorthtumberland kwaye UAnn Cleeves. Kungenxa yokuba lo mmandla umantla esiNgesi, onqamleze iScotland kwaye unkcenkceshelwa luLwandle lwaseMantla ubonelela ngemihlaba yobunewunewu bokwenyani kubo bonke ababukeli okanye umzobi womhlaba. Amadlelo angenasiphelo ngeliso lenyama, iinqaba ezivelayo phakathi kwethafa kunye nesandi samaza afe ngokuthe cwaka kunxweme enxitywe kukhukuliseko lweminyaka.
Ubutyebi bendalo kunye nokuthula okungathethekiyo, iingcebiso malunga nokubuyela umva okuhle, kodwa kunye nesimemo sokungena ngaphakathi, ungene ngaphakathi elwandle kunye nokuqhuba okuthi, kwimeko yobubi bomntu, kuyothusa.
Ke phakathi kobuhle obuninzi, ukufunyanwa komntwana obulewe ngunina kuphelisa ukukhulula loo mpama yokuluka. Umzimba omncinci ulele ebhafini, ekwakhiweni okumnandi kokufa kunye neentyatyambo.
Umhloli uVera Stanhope uphethe eli tyala kwaye uyangenelela kubomi bonxweme babahlali. Ubomi obudlulayo buthe ngxi koxolo lweemimetic lwendawo evulekileyo ngonaphakade. Kwaye yile ndlela esijonga ngayo kwikamva likaJulie Armstrong, umama wenkwenkwe efileyo, okanye imisebenzi kaPeter Calvert, ekukho endlwini yakhe ixhoba elilandelayo, ibhinqa eliselula eligwetyelwe ukufa kwintetho efanayo naleyo umntwana.
Abanye abalinganiswa abanjengoSamuel Parr okanye uClive Stringer bavusa iimvakalelo eziphikisanayo, benenjongo yomlingo yokubonisa imiqondiso kunye nokusola kumfundi, ngendlela Agatha Christie ukukhuthazwa okungaphezulu kuhlobo lomcuphi omnyama.
Imibuzo kunye neproses kaVera kunye nomncedisi wakhe uJoe babhala imephu engaqhelekanga yemiphefumlo, iskripthi apho imvakalelo okanye imeko yokugqibela enokuthi ikhokelele ekubuyeni kweempambano njengesilayidi esingaqhelekanga esenza amaxhoba amaninzi.
Ungayithenga inoveli iNyaniso efihliweyo, incwadi ka-Ann Cleeves, ngesaphulelo sokufikelela kule bhlog, apha: