Kuhlobo oluthile lokulandisa kwe-hybrid phakathi kwezinye izinkomba ezinhle zohlobo olumnyama lwase-Italiya njenge I-Camilleri o ULuca D'Andrea, ukuqamba izingongolo zokuphumelela, UDonato Carrisi ikwazi ukuhlanganisa i-noir enesihluku kakhulu nezimfihlakalo eziphazamisa kakhulu ezizungeze izingqondo eziqinisekisiwe ukuthi isipho sokufa yisiphetho sabo kulo mhlaba. I-psychopathy eqondise futhi iqondise labo babulali ababulalayo abesabekayo ihlale ixhunyaniswa ne-ego, enobuhlakani obunesiphiwo kepha obungenagxathu, iphambukiselwe ebubini ngokuhlukumezeka kosuku noma ngaleyo nzondo egcina ishwabadela labo abenza ukuphela kwayo kubaluleke kakhulu.
Futhi kulezo uCarrisi kusiholela enoveli yakhe entsha, ngemuva kweThe Girl in the Fog. Ngokuguquka okukhulu ekuthuthukiseni umlando wakhe omusha omnyama, uDonato usethula ku isazi sobugebengu uGoran Gavila nethimba elizimisele ukunganikeli ngxabano kumbulali okhethekile ekuqedeni izingalo zezisulu zakhe. Ngaphandle kokuthi isimilo sakhe se-macabre sithola incazelo eqala ukweqa ukuhlaziywa kwalabo abalandela uphawu lwakhe.
Ngoba phakathi kwezisulu ezinhlanu izingalo zazo zihlukaniswe nemizimba yazo, akekho noyedwa onelungu lesithupha. Isisulu sesithupha siba yitshe legumbi lokuqaqa leli cala, ngoba amanye amacala amahlanu abonakala ebaholela ekujuleni kokungabaza, ngaphandle kwemikhondo, ngaphandle kokuncanyana.
Ngaphandle kokungabaza kungumdlalo, esinye salezoziphakamiso eziphazamisayo okuthi, engqondweni yombulali, kumane nje kuyindlela eya enkazimulweni yokudalwa kwayo (noma kunalokho ukubhujiswa kwayo).
UMila Vasquez angaba yitshe lokuthinta eliphelele lokuqhubekisela phambili okuthile ekuvinjelweni okujwayelekile ngenkathi, ingxenye yethu, ukudonswa kwemali kube yisona sizathu sokufunda. uma ukwazi ukweluka imicu evulekile, ungaba yilowo mfundi owazi konke obona ngaphezu kwalokhu abalingiswa abangakwazi.
Ngaphandle kwalokho, uma amakamelo akho ehambela phakathi kokucatshangelwa okungakhanyisi, kuzofanela ulinde kuze kube sekupheleni ukuze unqotshwe lapho abalingisi ababhekene nakho behlupheka khona, noma mhlawumbe kungenjalo ngokukhazimula okuphazamisayo kwendaba okuthi ekuthuthukisweni kwayo ikhombe ku-epilogue of izindiza ezinkulu.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi The Whisperer, incwadi entsha kaDonato Carrisi, lapha: