Umsebenzi omude kaFiona Barton njengentatheli yobugebengu wawucaba indlela yokubonakala kwakhe njengombhali wezindaba ezimnandi. Futhi akukho lutho olungcono ukuqala ngalo kunokucasha ngemuva kwe-alter ego efana no-Kate Waters ukubhekana nenoveli yakhe yokuqala. Umfelokazi nalena yesibili ebuyayo izothatha izindlela zobuntatheli njengesixhumanisi naleso sici esimnyama semibhalo, nalokho okungabaliwe, neqiniso elingaphezu kwemikhawulo ethile yezinhlamvu ebekwe ngumhleli wanoma yiliphi iphephandaba.
Ngokuqondile ngenxa yalesi sizathu, ngokubuyekezwa okufushane komcimbi owesabekayo lapho kuhlobene khona nokutholakala kwezinsalela zosana olusanda kuzalwa, umbhali uziphindiselela eminyakeni eminingi kangaka enqunyelwe isikhala futhi esingenisa endaweni yangaphakathi, kuphenyo olumangazayo ekufuneni iqiniso elichazwe ngokulambisa ngomlando omnyama owehlisiwe, elahlekile phakathi kweminye imicimbi eminingi kakhulu esitha impilo yansuku zonke yedolobha elikhulu njengeLondon.
I-London ngokunembile, ngokususwa kwayo okungafanele kweSherlock Holmes noma uJack the Ripper. Isilungiselelo futhi sibalulekile uma kukhulunywa ngokuchaza izilungiselelo ezihambisana kakhulu nesakhiwo ...
Futhi lapho, eLondon, iqiniso lezehlakalo lihlukaniswe laba yimibono ekhomba iqiniso elidumazayo neliyingozi. Abesifazane abathathu abahlobene nalokhu kutholakala okungathandeki okubonisa ukuthi umuntu omubi kakhulu uphila ngamandla amakhulu uma kungenzeka isikweletu sabo esidala nesedlule. I-Kate Waters kuphela, ukugxila kwethu kwesithathu emaqinisweni, okuzohlinzeka ngesingeniso se-aseptic esikhathini esidlule eqinisweni eliphuma ekujuleni kobukhona bemiphefumulo eminingi efukamele izimfihlo ezingakhulumeki.
NguKate Waters kuphela ozophinde azibeke engcupheni yokufuna ukwenza ubulungiswa lapho ubulungiswa bese buyekile ukufuna izimpendulo. Imfihlo enkulu, isiqiniseko sokuthi othile uzungeza amaqiniso azungeze lawo mathambo engane elahliwe, izocindezela ukuzivikela okuphelele ukugcina yonke into ingaphansi komhlaba, ngisho nokuholela uKate wamabomu emngcwabeni ofanayo ngaphambi kwesikhathi.
Manje usungathenga incwadi ethi Umama, incwadi entsha ka-Fiona Barton, lapha: