Uma kune-noir ongagcwalisa ngayo amabhishi namachibi okubhukuda, i-MC Beaton. Ngenkathi izinkumbi zabaculi abadumile zizabalaza ukuqhamuka nengoma yasehlobo minyaka yonke, u-MC Beaton ongakhulumeki wasungula lokhu. ubulili obumnyama ehlobo emashumini eminyaka amahle adlule. Akukho okunye futhi akukho okuncane kusukela ngeminyaka yama-80s lapho leli gama mbumbulu laphila khona.
Ngokungangabazeki, uMarion Gibbons waxhumanisa igama lakhe nezimangaliso eziyinkulungwane ngezincwadi ezenziwe ukuba zifundwe kalula kodwa ngobuhlakani obukhulu, amahlaya, ukuzethemba okulandisayo kanye nehuku ukuze afunde ukulethwa kwakhe ngakunye. Njengezingoma zasehlobo, amanoveli ambozwe ilebula ye-MC Beaton ahambisana nokucula kwekhorasi ekhangayo. Isikhungo esihehayo sokuqamba izindaba ezingaguquki ngomqondo nangesimo, ezikhishiwe amathuluzi esakhiwo futhi zinhle kakhulu ngobulula bazo.
Iqiniso elilula "lokunqamula" igama-mbumbulu lombhali walo wokugcina kulokhu kufakwa likhomba ukuguquguquka okuthi esimweni se-Gibbons kufinyelela incazelo ephelele. Ake sithole u-Beaton kanye nomunye wabalingisi bakhe abayizifanekiselo kakhulu ochungechungeni lwakhe olubanzi: Agatha Raisin.
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U-Agatha Raisin kanye ne-quiche ebulalayo
Ukuqondana okugcina kuveze isithombe seqhawe noma iqhawekazi. U-Agatha Raisin waba nalokho kuzalwa kokungabaza mayelana nobugebengu kusukela ethubeni elingalindelekile kakhulu. Ukuhlonishwa okungaphezu kokusobala Agatha Christie kanye noMiss Marple wakhe. Yilokho kuphela, njengomfundi ovelele, sithola ezethulweni zika-Beaton umcwaningi onephrofayili eyengeziwe. Iphoyisa eliqeqeshwayo lisekelwa ukweqisa okudingekayo okufana namahlaya ahambisana ne-parody, lapho engabhubhi ekhomba imininingwane yasemakhaya e-England, kanye nokuthinta kabi kakhulu indlela yobugebengu obuzotholwa.
U-Agatha Raisin ugoqa ikhanda lakhe engubeni yakhe futhi unquma ukuhamba eLondon ukuze ayojabulela injabulo yokuthatha umhlalaphansi ngaphambi kwesikhathi edolobhaneni elinobuthongo lase-Cotswolds, lapho asheshe anesithukuthezi njenge-oyster. Ukuveza ithalente lakhe le-haute cuisine emqhudelwaneni we-gastronomic wepherishi kuzomele kumenze usaziwayo. Kodwa-ke, ekulumeni kokuqala kwe-quiche yakhe enhle, ijaji lomncintiswano liyawa futhi u-Agatha uphoqeleka ukuthi avume iqiniso elibabayo: ithengiwe i-quiche ebulalayo. Sinye kuphela isixazululo sokuthi axolelwe: azibandakanye kufulawa futhi ambule umbulali ngokwakhe.
U-Agatha Raisin kanye nohambo lokufa
Isitolimende sesine sochungechunge. Inoveli lapho esesimazi kahle u-Agatha Raisin nalapho uzibuthe wakhe ukungena khona ngqo embuthanweni omncane wobugebengu kusiholela ekucabangeni mayelana nokuthi abantu ababi bayamfuna yini njengenselele yezenzo zabo ezingalungile... https://amzn.to /3zeLgoL
Ngemuva kokuhlala isikhathi eside eLondon, u-Agatha Raisin ubuyela edolobheni lakhe alithandayo iCarsely kanye nakuJames Lacey alifisayo, uColonel omuhle osewathatha umhlalaphansi ongabonakali ukuthi ujabulile ngempela ngokubuya komakhelwane wakhe. Kodwa-ke, u-Agatha akanaso isikhathi sokuqhamuka namasu amasha okunqoba lapho kwenzeka ukubulawa okunyantisayo. Isisulu nguJessica Tartinck osemncane futhi onomdlandla, ongumholi ophikisanayo weqembu labaqwali ababhekene nabanikazi bezindawo ezingcolile bebanga ilungelo lokuhamba kumalungu kasoseshini ngokusebenzisa umhlaba wabo.
Bezenza umyeni nenkosikazi, uJames no-Agatha bangena ngesinyenyela eqenjini likaJessica futhi, njengoba uhlelo lwabo lugcwala abasolwa, bathola ukuthi iningi labangane besisulu libonakala likwazi ukubulala. Kodwa injabulo ka-Agatha ingeyesikhashana, futhi umshado wakhe wamanga noJames awukona neze lokho ayekulindele.
U-Agatha Raisin kanye nodokotela wezilwane ononya
Kukhona iphuzu elixakile emfanekisweni ka-Agatha Raisin. Izigigaba zakhe nezigemegeme zinalelo phuzu elikude lothando/elingenakwenzeka lothando olungase lube khona phakathi kwenganekwane neqiniso. Okucacayo wukuthi ngendlela yakhe yokulungisa amaphutha nobugebengu obuhlukahlukene, sithokozela ngokushuba kukho konke okuhlala kumbeka esweni lesiphepho sezinkanuko ezishubile.
Ngemva kokudalula umbulali we-quiche ebulalayo, ingcebo ibonakala imamatheka ku-Agatha Raisin. Emukelwa umphakathi omuhle waseCarsely, futhi ephelezelwa ngenjabulo amakati akhe amabili, impilo yakhe idlula ngaphandle komgomo othile ngaphandle kokwephula ukunganaki kukaJames Lacey, indoda yezempi eselathatha umhlalaphansi u-Agatha azizwa ezinikele ngayo kweqiniso.
Intshisekelo ebonakala ishabalala lapho u-Paul Bladen evela endaweni yesigameko, udokotela wezilwane omusha wasendaweni, ongazinaki izintelezi zakhe. Nokho, lo mlisa unqotshwa umjovo ohloselwe ihhashi lomjaho, futhi nakuba yonke into ikhomba ingozi, u-Agatha ukholelwa ukuthi kuyicala. Okumangazayo abantu bendawo, uColonel Lacey ukwabelana, kanye, umbono kamakhelwane wakhe oqinile, aze afike ezingeni lokuthi aqale uphenyo oluyingozi kakhulu kunalokho abebekucabanga bobabili.
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U-Agatha Raisin kanye nentwasahlobo yokufa
Isitolimende sesikhombisa esigcina ubusha namandla okumangala afafazwe ngamahlaya kanye nombulali wezikhathi ezithile onekhono eliningi noma elincane kanye nokukhohlisa okungaphezulu noma okuncane... Sihleka ubugebengu kuyilapho sizivumela ukuqondiswa uphenyo olunoju. Konke kokukodwa.
U-Agatha Raisin ubuyela endlini yakhe encane yaseCotswolds edangele futhi engenandaba. Ukuze anqobe ukukhungatheka kwakhe, uzama ukuzithikameza ku-Carsely Ladies' Association, lapho ethola khona inkulumo-mpikiswano eshubile mayelana nesiphakamiso i-Anscombe Water Company esanda kusungulwa esenze eMkhandlwini wePherishi wedolobha ukuze ibhodle futhi imake amanzi esiphethu sendawo.
Kodwa-ke, isinqumo siba nzima lapho u-Agatha ethola isidumbu sikamongameli wenkampani ngaphansi komthombo. Futhi ngenkathi kukhishwa zonke izinhlobo zokuqagela, i-Agatha engashi yamukela isikhundla sobudlelwano bomphakathi senkampani ngenhloso yokunikeza isithombe esakhayo senkampani futhi, kule nqubo, icacise ukufa okungaqondakali kukaMnu. Struthers.
