CJ Tudor Usanda kufika ukulengisa i-vitola yombhali wama-thrillers axhumeke ngokusobala nohlobo oluhlanzekile kakhulu. Okungenani lokho kwesaba okuxhuma nokwesaba kobuntwana, lokho okusenza siqhubeke sibheke ngaphansi kombhede noma masinyane sifune isibani sokukhanya.
Kubonakaliswe kanjalo ku Indoda yeshoko futhi ulandela leyo ndlela kule noveli entsha okuthi, yize iphindaphindeka, ikwazi ukumangaza nokuphazamisa futhi.
Izwi elibonakala lizolile, elikaJoe Thorne, lisidlulisela lisuka kude ngokuphepha, indaba yokunyamalala kukadadewabo u-Annie. Izolo nanamuhla buyela ebhandeni lenjoloba esikhathini esibonakala sixhunyaniswe nomuzwa omubi wokuthi ububi bulawula yonke into, eyedlule, yamanje neyesikhathi esizayo, ngaphandle kokuthi intambo igqashuke ekugcineni.
Ukhiye, indawo lapho kunganqunywa khona ifindo lokwesaba eliminyene kuse-Arnhill. Kuphela ukuthi i-Arnhill ibe yindawo embozwe uthuli lwayizolo, njengezinkumbulo ezimbi kakhulu ezimpilweni zethu, njengezikhathi ezinzima kakhulu zosizi.
UJoe uyanqikaza. Akazi noma uqinisile yini ukubuya futhi ukusicacisela. Okuthile ngaphakathi kuye kumshukumisela ukuba abaleke futhi, njengalapho eneminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu futhi udadewabo omncane ebuya ekujuleni lapho umphefumulo wakhe ububhajwe khona ezinsukwini ezimbili ezingekho lapho ahlala elahlekile khona.
Kepha noma ngubani ophethe izithunzi, ukwesaba nobuhlanya uyazi ukuthi kuthatha kuphela ukudonsa okuncane entanjeni ukuze uJoe abhekane naye futhi emzabalazweni ongenabulungiswa kakhulu. Ngoba ekuvinjelweni okuzelwe ngokwesaba ngeke kube nomphikisi, kuphela ukuphatha umphefumulo njengokufeza kokugcina komsebenzi wokuhlanya.
Kepha akukho okungcono ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uJoe uzobuyela e-Arnhill kunokusebenzisa inkumbulo yecala. Ngoba ubehlale azi ukuthi ukube akayivakashelanga imayini endala ngabe akukho okwenzekile. U-Annie wayengeke abe kuleso simo sokushaqeka okwesabekayo futhi wayengeke abeke izinsuku zakhe ebambeni ebumnyameni ngaphansi kombhede wakhe.
Indaba, kunjalo, isuka kokuningi kuye ekunciphiseni ngamandla. Kepha futhi kuyiqiniso ukuthi ukubonakala kweposi okucaphuna ngokungaqondile uJoe ngesikhathi sakhe esedlule kungumbono onamandla kangangokuba sekuvele kuyilogo eyanele ukuqhubeka nokushwabadela amakhasi ngenkathi singena emagalari alowo mayini, isingathekiso esiphelele sendlela ebheke ekuhlolweni yokwesaba okukhulu okuvimbe uJoe.
Okungaphezu kwamandla emvelo kugcina ngokushibilika kancane kancane, ngaphandle kokuthakazelisa kwalokho okubizwa ngokuthi yimisebenzi yokwethuka okulula. Izincazelo ezungeze i-Arnhill zanele ukuthinta leyo fiber yomsakazo osanganisa kakhulu, okukuvimbela ekuyekeni ukufunda.
Futhi kuyenzeka futhi ... Leyo ngxenye yesibili ye-imeyili yiyo eletha ukungezwani okuhlanganisa yonke into. UJoe futhi ingane ikhathazekile ngodadewabo, namanje akazi ukuthi yini emlindele, udadewabo, bonke abangane bakhe bakudala nanoma ngubani omunye kulelo dolobha useqalekisiwe ngenxa yomoya wokuzijabulisa wezingane ezithile ezihluphekayo.
Manje usungathenga inoveli Ukunyamalala kuka-Annie Thorne, incwadi entsha kaCJ Tudor, lapha: