Nakhona siyahlangana UJohn verdon.
Amanoveli amnyama noma ama-thriller okwamanje abashicileli abathengisa kakhulu. Konke lokhu kunesikweletu sencwadi lapho uVerdon ehlonipha khona kuwo wonke amanoveli akhe, indlalifa ethembekile UHammett o Chandler.
U-Angus Russell, isicebi esinamandla, utholakale eshonile endlini yakhe yaseHarrow Hill umphimbo wakhe usikiwe ngapha nangapha. Izigxivizo zeminwe ne-DNA ezitholwe endaweni yesehlakalo zikhomba kuBilly Tate, okuyidolobha elixakile elihlobene nokuthakatha kanye negqubu elaziwayo elibhekiswe kulowo ohlukunyeziwe, njengecala. Kepha kunenkinga. Ngemuva kokuwa ophahleni, uTate kwathiwa ufile ngosuku olwandulela ukubulawa kukaRussell.
Lapho amaphoyisa ehlola indawo okugcinwa kuyo izidumbu lapho isidumbu sikaTate singaphakathi ebhokisini lomngcwabo elivaliwe, athola ukuthi, ngaphezu kweqiniso lokuthi isidumbu sesinyamalele, ibhokisi lomngcwabo alizange liphulwe ngaphakathi, kodwa ngaphandle.
Ngokushesha kuqhamuka isekisi labezindaba, kuphuma izihloko ezisematheni: kuhamba umuntu ofile, umbulali wasesihogweni, ukubulawa kwamaZombi.
Lonke uvalo lwedolobhana: zonke izinhlobo zemibono yozungu ziqala ukusebenza, kuqala ukuzingelwa kwabathakathi futhi, ukufaka uphethiloli emlilweni, umshumayeli othanda izibhamu ukhuthaza abalandeli bakhe ukuba balwe noSathane.
Njengoba uDave Gurney engena ngokoqobo kweHarrow Hill, abantu abafayo bayanda ngokushesha. UGurney uthola iwebhu yobudlelwano obungenampilo, intukuthelo ebabayo, nemizabalazo yamandla ebabayo. Uhlaka ngalunye lwenkohliso alutholayo luholela kolunye. Kepha ekugcineni uGurney uzokwembula iqiniso elingajwayelekile enhliziyweni yalokhu kubulala, iqiniso elithusayo njengezihloko ezisematheni azithela phezu kwalo ekuqaleni kophenyo.
UJohn Verdon, umbhali we okuhamba phambili umhlaba Ngiyazi ukuthi ucabangani Ngecala elisha lapho owayengumseshi uDave Gurney ezobeka ngisho impilo yakhe engcupheni yokuqeda izifiso ezinkulu zokubulala umuntu oyingozi angakaze abhekane nakho phambilini.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi "The Black Angel", kaJohn Verdon, lapha: