Uma kukhona umbhali ozinikele kakhulu kumanoveli azungeze izimfihlakalo, ama-enigmas, ubugebengu nezinye izimpikiswano ezizungeze lowo othengisa kakhulu, lowo ngu-Anne Perry. Lapha ngikushiya uhlu oluhle lwemfihlakalo, ngokuvumelana nalo mbhali ongashi.
Amanoveli angaphezu kuka-60 alo mbhali waseNew Zealand, onke aphakathi kwemfihlakalo nohlobo lwasemnva, avusa ukuphindukuzalwa Agatha Christie. Kepha into efuna ukwazi kakhulu ukuthi, ngale komsebenzi wezincwadi uqobo, i- U-Anne perry Ubehlala eyakhe indaba emnyama, leyo emxhumanise necala njengombhali-mbhali noma kunalokho umsizi, lapho eneminyaka eyi-15 kuphela.
Efuna i-sublimation, noma mhlawumbe ezama ukukhipha amadimoni akhe, u-Anne wazicwilisa emkhakheni wokubhala, ngaleyo ndlela wasebenzisa ngokugcwele ukuzinikezela kwakhe okungakhathali kubuciko bokuxoxa izindaba. Futhi ngamandla amakhulu, U-Anne Perry ubelokhu elandisa ama-sagas, uchungechunge, amanoveli azimele…, Njalo ngomkhathi wokusola, wemfihlakalo enkulu ezayo phakathi kwamakhasi ayo.
Amanoveli aphezulu we-Anne Perry aphezulu ama-3
amagagasi egazi
Okunye ukuvalelisa akuvalelisi neze. Kusukela kumabhendi enganekwane ahlangana ngemva kweminyaka kuya kubalingiswa bezindaba abahlaliswa ezindaweni ezingalindelekile. KuWilliam Monk, nezigigaba zakhe ezingenakubalwa ezacatshangwa nguPerry, kuvele ukuthi akekho ofuna ukumthatha kalula. Kodwa uma sekufike isaziso sokuvalwa kwesaga sakhe, akukho okunye ngaphandle kokuthi kuqalwe ekugcineni. Izigigaba ezinamandla ezizayo.
Unkosikazi kaHarry Exeter, umakhi onamandla nocebile e-Victorian London, uthunjiwe futhi abathumbi bakhe bafuna ukuba lowo othunjiwe anikezwe ukuze kukhishwe isihlengo kwenye yezindawo ezimbi kakhulu nezimnyama kakhulu osebeni loMfula iThames. Ukuze kuvikelwe bobabili u-Exeter nomkakhe, u-Commander Monk unikezwe umsebenzi wokwengamela umsebenzi. Nokho, lapho efika endaweni yomhlangano, yena nabangane bakhe bayacasha.
Kuzocaca maduze nje ukuthi wukukhashelwa ngomunye wamadoda akhe futhi ukuze kutholakale ukuthi ubani owayenecala, kumele aphenye okwedlule kubo bonke. Ngale ndlela uzothola ukuthi ubani ofihla imfihlo embi futhi abathi uthembekile kuye ngempela. Ngabe uMonk uzobeka impilo yakhe emgqeni ukuze axazulule leli cala?
Ulwandle olumnyama
Ngokuthanda kombhali kwekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye eBritish Isles okuvusa inkungu kanye nababulali bezinganekwane, le noveli isidlulisela ezimfihlakalweni ezimnyama.
Ngoba esakhiweni amadili okuqala anomthunzi aqala ukusebenza, isandulela sokushushumbisa izidakamizwa samanje sidlule kokucatshangwayo Sherlock Holmes. U-Anne Perry kuphela onentshisekelo enkulu kunazo zonke ezingeni lezepolitiki. Ngoba ngalezo zinsuku, futhi, inkohlakalo yayingadaya ukuvela kwansuku zonke komphakathi omnyama omnyama.
I-Opium, umuthi wokuqala omkhulu nemakethe yawo echumayo. I-monk esendleleni yokufa exhumanisa ngokumangazayo nalelo bhizinisi elinomthunzi. Owesifazane osikiwe futhi waphonswa emfuleni iThames okuvela ukuthi iNdela lakhe lizoxhumanisa neqiniso elifanayo lokuthi kuhloswe ngalo ukungcwaba.
Kuze kube yilapho efika usokhemisi uLambourn, ozimisele ngokulawula ukuthuthwa kwento engaba yingozi kakhulu futhi lapho kugcwala khona amaphakethe abonakele nabashushumbisi ngokuhamba kwayo. Naye washona, omunye walabo mathuba okuzibulala. Ukuthula kuvame ukufika nokufa, kuphela ukuthi iMonk izimisele ukwenza noma yini ukuze iveze iqiniso elibuhlungu elithinta kusukela kongcolile kuya “kokukhazimula” kakhulu komphakathi.
Ukubulala eKensington Gardens
Uchungechunge lwe-Inspector Thomas Pitt lunalelo lungelo elihle lokwakhiwa ngokufundwa okungahle kuzimele. Ukulethwa ngakunye kunekesi elisha elihlukile. Ezimweni lapho kudingekile ukuxhumanisa nemisebenzi yangaphambilini, umbhali usevele enakekela ukusisusa sonke, abafundi bokuqala noma abathuthukile besaga sakhe.
Ngakho-ke ukufunda le noveli, engaba ngama-25 noma ama-30, akusho ukuthi kufanele wazi okungenhla. Iphuzu ukuthi lijatshulelwa ngokushesha. Okufanele ukuthi uThomas Pitt usishaya kusuka ezigcawini zokuqala. Ngoba lapho umlingiswa ethembekile, uphatha nayo yonke leyo mithwalo yangaphambilini yamanoveli noma izimpilo ezingakaze zitshelwe kuzinhlelo zangaphambilini.
Ngalesi sikhathi siphila ngonyaka we-1899, futhi eLondon. Kuzoba yiNdlovukazi uVictoria uqobo lwayo, ngesifiso sayo somuntu omkhulu ozophuma endaweni yesehlakalo, efuna abangani bayo abaseduze babuze ngempilo yendlalifa yesihlalo sobukhosi, iNkosana yaseWales. Konke konakala lapho umphenyi oqokwe yindlovukazi, ngokombono wakhe, ebulawa ngendlela ecashile. Futhi lapho nguThomas Pitt kuphela ongahamba njengomunye umuntu ukuthola ukuthi kwenzekeni. Isebenza njalo, ngezinyawo zokuhola. Ngalesi sikhathi kuphela isitha esingaba namandla amakhulu.
Ezinye izincwadi ezinconyiwe zika-Anne Perry…
Izidumbu zaseCallander Square
Ukufakwa kwesibili kukaMhloli uThomas Pitt kwaba namandla angajwayelekile okuba ukuqhubeka, ngesithunzi esibi esandulela imizamo yesibili. Kepha njengoba ngisho, lokhu kuhluka okukhazimulayo kuvusa okuhle kakhulu Poe, ngephuzu layo elibi nelama-gothic.
Ngoba ukufa, okwake kwangena phakathi kwezingqimba zomphakathi lapho impilo igeleza kahle khona, kuhlala kuvusa lelo phuzu lokungaqiniseki okusabisayo. Ukufika ezingeni lokuthi izakhamizi eziningi zendawo enhle lapho kutholakala khona inqubo enqala yokulwa nezinsana ezinamahora ambalwa ubudala, abafuni ukuthi uThomas Pitt abuze ngalolu daba. Ukuziphatha kwehlula iqiniso.
UThomas Pitt umelene nombulali ophethe ukuqeda izingane ezisanda kuzalwa, kepha futhi nomhlaba wokubukeka okhetha ukuthulisa amazwi amnyama kanembeza wabo esikhundleni sokubhekana nobunzima eminyango yabo ehloniphekile. UPitt uzonikeza ubufakazi kuCharlotte ukuze yena, ngokunganakwa kakhulu, azame ukuthola ukuthi ifihlelani leyo miphefumulo emnyama yozalo noludala.
Amazwana angu-1 "kuzincwadi ezi-3 ezihamba phambili zika-Anne Perry"