Konke kubukeka kufundwa ngokufanele nguJörg Bong. Kusuka kumbumbumbumbulu ongayisebenzisa, UJean-Luc Bannalec, kwisibalo somgcini uDupin owedlula lo mbhalo futhi waba yinto ephindaphindayo ehlasela umcabango wasehlobo nge-cadence ekhangayo. Ngoba evela eFrance Brittany ehlaselwe yilo lonke ugu lwayo nezindawo zayo ezikhanyayo ngokuqhathaniswa kobugebengu okuyingozi, uDupin ufike njalo ehlobo iminyaka ezokwethula izinhlelo ezinonya zababulali abakhohlisayo befuna udumo, impindiselo noma amandla.
Ubugebengu obuphelele lapho kudonswa khona imali yethu kuyinselelo yokuthola leyo nto yamaphoyisa yakudala yamanoveli okuqala alolu hlobo. Umbuzo ukuthi ube ne-protagonist eccentric efana ne-Dupin ukuze i-labyrinthine modus operandis okwamanje ivele isimanga, ixazululwe ukuhlaziywa kwesigamu semvelo.
UKhomishani Dupin kumele aye engqungqutheleni e-Saint-Malo Police College ehlose ukukhuthaza ukusebenzisana phakathi kweminyango emine yaseBrittany. Ithemba alikwazanga ukujabulisa uDupin kancane, ligwetshwe ukuchitha izinsuku ezine nomphathi. Ngakho-ke ngoMsombuluko, esebenzisa ikhefu lasemini, ukhomishani uya emakethe yaseSaint-Servan ukuze aziphazamise futhi athenge ushizi. Kodwa khona lapho kuqhamuka owesifazane efake ummese enhliziyweni yakhe. Lo nguBlanche Trouin, umpheki ophumelelayo ovela esifundeni lapho indawo yakhe yokudlela inenkanyezi yeMichelin.
Ofakazi bakhomba udadewabo uLucille, naye ongumpheki owaziwayo, ngoba kusobala ukuthi kwaba nombango omkhulu phakathi kwabo. ULucille wayezimisele ukunqoba impumelelo kadadewabo futhi wamsola ngokusebenzisa incwadi yokupheka evela kuyise ayengenayo ukufinyelela kuyo. UDupin, oqale acabange ukuthi mhlawumbe uzokwazi ukusebenzisa leli cala ukweqa ingqungquthela, kunalokho kuzofanele abambisane nabanye okhomishani ukuze bayixazulule.
En Amacala aseSaint-Malo UKhomishani Dupin uzodla ama-oyster kaCancale njengoba ezwa izindaba zabantu abazimele, ama-frigge kanye namagugu abalulekile futhi azama ukuxazulula udaba lwakhe lwakamuva.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi "The crime of Saint-Malo", kaJean-Luc Bannalec, lapha:
