Ukufika kwale noveli yokuqala ngesaga esimangalisayo njengochungechunge oluzungeze umlingiswa oyinhloko u-Ruth Galloway kuyizindaba ezinhle uma igcina ngokuthela izithelo ochungechungeni lwayo lwemvelo lwama-sequel agcine efikile eSpain.
Ngoba U-Elly griffiths ngumbhali othile ofike kuye ubulili obumnyama ngepeni le-impressionist elikwaziyo ukusisusa isakhiwo sisuka kokunye okuchazayo, siye kulungiselelo njengengxenye yokusola, yengxabano.
Iqhaza elikhethelwe u-Ruth Galloway, umvubukuli oqala izinkonzo zakhe emaphoyiseni ngezikhathi ezithile, usiza kakhulu kulolu hlobo lokucwiliswa phakathi kwesakhiwo nokubeka. Ukusebenza kwakhe, umsebenzi wakhe wokuzikhandla kanye nekhono lakhe lokweluka imanje nezinsalela zezindawo ezikude kakhulu izolo kusiza leso sizathu esiguqulayo ezindaweni ezinkulu ezivulekile, phakathi kwezinkungu ze-atavistic eziqhingini ...
Akukho lutho olungcono kunendawo efana ne-Nortfolk, enye yezifunda ezisempumalanga ye-British Isles, ukuqala lolu hambo phakathi kwamaphoyisa, i-telluric, kanye ne-archaeological.
URuth ungowesifazane onesizungu, ekanye namakati akhe kanye nokuvakasha ngezikhathi ezithile komngane ongahlanganyela naye isikhathi esimnandi ngaleyo mibono yengunaphakade.
Kodwa ukuthula kukaRuth kuphelile lapho uHarry Nelson, umhloli wamaphoyisa, evela ekuphileni kwakhe okuthi, azi ngokusebenza kwakhe, eze kuye ezocela usizo lwakhe mayelana namathambo amadala atholakele. Ngaphambi kokungazi okuphelele kukaHarry, uRuth umenza aqonde ukuthi lezi zinsalela zamathambo akuzona uLucy Downey, intombazane eyanyamalala eminyakeni edlule, kodwa kunalokho ukuthi ingeyesikhathi sangaphambilini.
Futhi nokho ukusebenzisana akupheli lapho. Ngoba ekusebenzeni kwensimu okuzungeze amathambo, uRuth ugcina ngokuthola izinkomba zemihlatshelo yabantu evusa ubuqili bukaHarry nokuthi zingaxhumana nesipho esimnyama.
Lapho intombazane yesibili inyamalala, kubonakala sengathi konke kuyashada. Ukuthola kukaRuth ngengozi, uphenyo lwencazelo yemiyalezo etholakala ngokufana namathambo ... Futhi kulapho lezo zinsolo ezisondela khona nakanjani nemvelo kaRuth, ozakwabo kanye nezinye izifundiswa ezinjengaye zaqala ukuhlangana ...
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi Echoes of the Swamp, inoveli yokuqala ka-Elly Griffiths, lapha: