Asikho isilungiselelo esingcono kunesikhathi se-interwar ukuthola i-saga yohlobo lwe-noir oluqine kakhulu. Izikhathi ezinzima lapho amagqubu ayengamalahle alinde ithuba elingcono kakhulu lokuvuselela. U-Jacqueline Winspear usihambisa nochungechunge lwakhe olwaziwayo kakhulu ekuqaleni kwawo-30, okunombono omnyama lokhu kuhlanganisa iminyaka embalwa ukusuka kanye Nokwehla Kwezomnotho Okukhulu okuzungeza ingxenye yomhlaba.
Kulapho umphenyi uMaisie Dobbs enyakaza njengenhlanzi emanzini ukuze embule noma iyiphi imfihlakalo ecelwe amakhasimende akhe. Izinkanuko ezingcwatshwe, ukukhashelwa okuseduze kanye nezikweletu zeqiniso ekugcineni ziqoqwe egazini. Ukuvusa ku Agatha Christie ngesikhathi nangezindlela. Ubumnandi obuqinisekisiwe
Ingxube ephelele phakathi kwendawo yomlando yenkathi eyodwa yokuzola, kanye nemiqumbe yezimbali ezimnyama zenzondo ezingangena zibe ukukhaphela okuncane noma izimpi ezinkulu. Ingxenye ehlazisa kakhulu yesimo somuntu ihlale isekela i-noir enamandla kakhulu, izincwadi lapho kuchazwa ingqondo yabalingiswa ababi futhi kudonswe imali ebanjwayo kanye nomlingiswa oyinhloko wochungechunge.
Amanoveli aphezulu anconyiwe angu-3 ka-Jacqueline Winspear
UMaisie Dobbs: Umseshi onombono
Ukwethulwa okudingekayo komlingiswa odlula umsebenzi. Ngoba uMaisie Dobbs akuyona inketho engahleliwe noma engabalulekile. Owesifazane eba umcwaningi ngeminyaka yawo-30 udinga ulwazi olujulile lokuthi kanjani futhi ngani. Lena yindlela lesi sitolimende sokuqala esiba ngayo esiyisisekelo naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi amanye amacala alandelayo angase abe nengqikithi enkulu.
Ungalahlekelwa umkhondo wakhe. Awukaze uhlangane nomuntu ofana naye. London, 1929. UMaisie Dobbs uvula ihhovisi njengomseshi ozimele omusha maphakathi neLondon futhi uba ngomunye wabaseshi besifazane bokuqala bangaleso sikhathi. Icala lakhe lokuqala, uphenyo lwezinsolo zokungathembeki konkosikazi wendoda esezingeni eliphezulu, limyisa endaweni eyaziwa ngokuthi i-El Retiro, indawo yokukhosela kusukela eMpini Yezwe Yokuqala.
Izimpaphe ezintathu ezimhlophe
Ukungabaza phakathi kokuthi kungenzeka ukubaleka ngokuzithandela noma ukuthumba. Ukunyamalala komuntu othandekayo kuhlale kuphakamisa imibuzo ephazamisayo. Ngisho nangokwengeziwe lapho uyise wengane engesona nje isakhamuzi.
Inkinga ukuthi ukufuna indodakazi kungabeka engcupheni isimo somuntu olungile, ubaba oyisibonelo, usomabhizinisi onezinhloso ezinhle. Ukusesha kungase kuholele ekutholweni okungafiseleka kakhulu kuqala.
London, 1930. Kusukela kwavula i-ejensi yophenyo yangasese eLondon, kube nezinguquko eziningi empilweni kaMaisie Dobbs: unehhovisi lakhe eFitzroy Square, uBilly Beale usephenduke umsizi wakhe, futhi ushayela imoto ebomvu. Uzibonakalise njengomseshi, futhi useze wahlonitshwa ngu-Inspector Stratton waseScotland Yard, okuyimpumelelo enkulu kowesifazane owasuka ekubeni yincekukazi waya kubaseshi.
Entwasahlobo ka-1930, uMaisie uthunywe uJoseph Waite, indoda ecebile eyazakhela, ukuba athole indodakazi yakhe, uCharlotte, inkosikazi ebalekile. Okubonakala kuyicala elilula kuba nzima kakhulu lapho bethola isidumbu somngane kaCharlotte owashona ngaphansi kwezimo ezingajwayelekile. UMaisie kuzodingeka asebenzise intuition yakhe futhi ukuze athole ukungena nokuphuma kwaleli cala.
amaqiniso angakhululekile
Amanga ahlala emnandi. Ikakhulukazi uma sizitshela ngokwethu. Iqiniso alikhululekile njengoba likwazi ukuguqula iqiniso elakhiwe ngokwezifiso. Kwenzeka okufanayo ngophenyo. Into ekhululekile kakhulu ukunikeza okuvelayo kokuqala ukuvala noma yiliphi icala. Kodwa uMaisie akakuvumeli kalula lokho kubukeka okunethezekile kobuqiniso. Futhi lokho kuhlale kuwubuhle obudingekayo...
London, 1931. Umdwebi ongundabamlonyeni u-Nick Bassington-Hope ufa ngokuzumayo ngobusuku bangaphambi kokuvulwa kombukiso womsebenzi wakhe endaweni yegalari edumile yaseMayfair. Amaphoyisa athi lokhu kuyingozi, kodwa iwele likaNick uGeorgina, intatheli yezempi, akaqiniseki. Lapho iziphathimandla zenqaba ukucabangela umbono wakhe wokuthi uNick uyisisulu sokubulala, ufuna usizo lomfundi afunda naye eGirton College, uMaisie Dobbs.
Ophenyweni olumyisa emabhishi angenalutho e-Dungeness, Kent, kanye nomhlaba wobuciko onempikiswano, uMaisie uphinde athole ifa leMpi Enkulu emphakathini odonsa kanzima ukuhlala endleleni.
Ezinye izincwadi ezinconyiwe nguJacqueline Winspear
Ukuziphindiselela Okungaphelele: Uphenyo lukaMaisie Dobbs
Isitolimende sesihlanu. UMaisie Dobbs usephenduke umlingiswa lapho kuhlala khona izigigaba nezigigaba kulelo zwe elikude, kodwa eliseduze, lekhulu lama-20. Sekuvele kubekwe eLondon kaMaisie, okubonakala kuzuzwe kuSherlock Holmes ngokwakhe, sibhekene nelinye lalawo macala cishe akekho ofuna ukwazi iqiniso... nganoma yisiphi isizathu.
Icala elisha likaMaisie Dobbs, umphenyi wenkanyezi wemfihlakalo yamazwe omhlaba epholile. Awukaze uhlangane nomuntu ofana naye.Iyini imvelaphi yochungechunge lwezigameko ezixakile ezenzeka emphakathini omncane wasemaphandleni? UMaisie Dobbs kumele asebenzise wonke amakhono akhe ukuze athole.U-Heronsdene, County Kent, 1931.
Njengoba izwe licwile ezinkingeni zezomnotho, uMaisie uyakhululeka lapho ethola isabelo esibonakala silula; Umngane oseduze udinga usizo lwakho ukuze aphenye izindaba ezithile ezihlobene nokuthengwa komhlaba. Uphenyo lwakhe lumholela edolobheni elihle e-Kent.
Ngaphansi kokubukeka kwakhe ezolile, uMaisie usheshe abone ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle ngenxa yemililo engaqondakali eyenzeka ngezikhathi ezishaqisayo, ubandlululo lwezakhamizi ngabasebenzi abeza ukuzovuna amahops, uchungechunge lobugebengu obuncane obungayeki ukwenzeka kanye nobugebengu. ukuthula okujwayelekile mayelana nokuhlasela kwe-zeppelin ngesikhathi sempi. Le ntokazi isola ukuthi kunemfihlo engaqondakali ezungeze umuzi.
