Ummeleli omuhle kakhulu we uhlobo lwe-nordic noir, inguqulo ebuyayo, ibuya nesinye sezakhiwo zayo zokungezwani okuphelele ngokwengqondo kuleso sithokozi esiphelele esixhuma nokwesaba okuzalwa yi-telluric, sisebenzisa ithuba lokuba sodwa kwe-Iceland okwenze ekhaya hhayi nje kuphela kumbhali uqobo kodwa futhi nangokwesabeka kwakhe izilungiselelo nezinhlamvu zakhe eziphazamisayo.
Ngoba icelandic I-Arnaldur Indridason uzibandakanya ekulandiseni okujulile ngaphakathi kwalesi sici sesigebengu ebesinikela kakhulu ezincwadini zomhlaba emashumini eminyaka amuva nje. Futhi ube ngumkhiphi omkhulu we-Iceland, akekho onjengaye osizakala ngamathafa abandayo, ama-steppes abanzi lapho kungekho ndawo yokucasha okungaphaya kobumnyama obuhlungwe izinyanga nezinyanga ...
Kulobu bumsulwa obuntshontshiwe umbhali asethulela bona kulo mcimbi, sihlangana nabalingiswa ababili abasanda kusuka endaweni yomvuni omubi ebakhipha ngodlame. Ukufa kubathathe njengengxenye yohlelo oluyingozi lokudalulwa kokugcina, umhloli omuhle wakudala u-Erlendur kuzodingeka athole umkhondo okuwukuphela kwawo: ubuhlobo obudlule phakathi kwabo njengothisha nomfundi.
Kusukela ngalezo zinsuku zokufunda nokufunda sekudlule isikhathi eside. Uthisha uqhubeke nokuzijwayeza ukwenza kanjalo ngenkathi umfundi esegcine ngokungena ekuguleni kwengqondo ngenxa yokuthi uNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi yiziphi izihogo azivakashele.
Kepha manje ukufa kwabo bobabili kuvula indlela eyenziwe mnyama nokusangana. Indlela ebukeka iholela emlilweni walezo zihogo ezigcine zibashise bobabili. Ngoba ukuzibulala kukaschizophrenic osemncane kanye nothisha wakhe wangaphambili bashada ngokunye, ngemfihlo engachazeki, okuzwa kalula ukutholakala kwakhe, bobabili bakhetha ukufa.
Manje usungathenga incwadi ethi Stolen Innocence, inoveli entsha ka-Arnaldur Indridason: