Ngemuva kokuphumelela kwakhe nge-opera prima «Lonke iqiniso«, UKaren Cleveland ubuya nenjabulo elandelwe emigqeni efanayo neyokuqala. Uma ifomula isebenza, futhi uma ikwazi ukugcwala ekuxakaneni kwengqondo okuzungeze isiphihli sasekhaya esimangaza ekuqaleni. Kungani ungazami okwesibili njengephazili entsha?
Iphuzu ukuthi, liyasebenza. Futhi futhi ikhaya le-protagonist, manje uStepahnie Maddox, i-ejenti ye-FBI ukuthi ibe yiqiniso, futhi kule noveli yangaphambilini uVivian Miller isisebenzi se-CIA, bagcina beba yicala phakathi kokuziphatha okuhle kanye nemizwa enamandla kakhulu yokuvikela umndeni futhi lolo thando olukhashelwe lwaphenduka intukuthelo ekhubazayo.
UStephanie uzozithola esentambo, kulelo bhalansi elingenakwenzeka lapho ukubuyisana kwezobuchwepheshe nomkhakha womuntu siqu kuzodlula kakhulu ukwehliswa kwamahora okusebenza. Ngoba indodana yakhe eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala uZachary, umphumela wobudlelwano obuphoqelelwe uStephanie abehlala eyimfihlo, uqala ukuziphatha ngendlela exakile kakhulu kunesimo sengqondo sentsha. Izinsolo zokuthi kunokuthile okubucayi okufihlekile indodana yakhe ziyaqinisekiswa lapho ethola ukuthi uZach kungenzeka ukuthi uthinta amaseli amaphekula.
Yonke inoveli igxile kulaba bantu abamnyama okungenzeka ukuthi indodana yabo ibaphika ngokuphelele ngoba, vele, uStephanie uqobo unamabhizinisi amaningi angaqediwe nangesikhathi sakhe esedlule. Okokuqala noSenator Halliday, owamdlwengula eneminyaka engu-1 kuphela. Umbono okude wokuthi usizi kungenzeka ukuthi uthole ukuthi ungubaba wakhe futhi wenza okuthile ngandlela thile ukuphazamisa ubudlelwane bakhe noZach umbeka ethubeni eliphelele.
Kepha futhi kungenzeka ukuthi amanye ama-mafia awakhiphile alengise impilo yakhe ukuyicekela phansi. Noma ukuthi omunye umlingani obenezinkinga ezinkulu uhlele indlela embi kakhulu yokuziphindiselela.
Ngokushubazeka okungapheli nokuphela okuvulekile okushiya imibuzo eminingi futhi okunganikeza umuzwa womsebenzi ongaqediwe (mhlawumbe ngengxenye yesibili?), Le noveli iveza iqhinga elisolisayo lapho ukukhathazeka okukhulu kuzalwa khona ngaphakathi kukaStephanie, kufihlwe umfundi phakathi kwemizwa enamandla yothando olungenamibandela ngisho ne-paranoia.
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