Irin wannan furucin macabre wanda ke matsayin taken wannan littafin tuni ya sa ku girgiza kafin ku zauna don karantawa. A ƙarƙashin sanyi mai ban mamaki da ke addabar Edinburgh a cikin hunturu inda makircin ya faru, muna samun fannoni masu ban tsoro na littafin labari na gaskiya.
Saboda John Rebus, jami'in binciken da wannan marubucin ya kirkira shekaru da yawa da suka gabata, yana riƙe shari'o'in da ke jiran ba tare da yadin da aka saka ko ƙulli ba. Wasu daga cikinsu, kamar wanda ke cikin mutuwar María, sun san cewa suna fuskantar ƙetare da hatsarori masu zurfi, waɗanda wani gurbataccen iko na siyasa ke ɗaukar nauyin su, waɗanda mafiyawa da da'irori da ke kusa da tsohon dan zanga -zanga Bill Ger Cafferty.
Amma abin da babu wanda ya sani shi ne sufeto Rebus ba ya son kasuwancin da ba a gama ba, komai tsufa da gindin zama. Yana iya zama cewa mai kisan kai ko masu kisan María sun ɗauki kansu a waje da Adalci. Mai yiyuwa ne ma shi kansa Adalci ya gagara a gaban gurfanar da wasu masu laifi.
Manyan cikas sun toshe duk wani yunƙuri na warware wannan matsalar da ke jiran ta. Amma John Rebus a bayyane yake game da hakan, dole ne gaskiya ta fito eh ko a'a. Kuma inda adalci bai kai ba, a koyaushe za a iya samun madadin masu laifi don ɗaukar hukuncin su.
Tuni adadi na adabi, kamar Sufeto Rebus, wanda ya bayyana a 1987, ya haɗa nau'ikan adabi irin wannan, mafi kyawun nau'in baƙar fata. A cikin wuri mai kankara, tare da ƙarancin haske irin na babban birnin Scotland, komai yana faruwa kewaye da jin duhu, tare da yanayin jagoranci. Rebus ne kaɗai zai iya kawo haske, ko da a cikin alama, don gaskiya ta tace kamar hasken haske mai albarka. Bayan shekaru da yawa a kan aikin, ya zama tsohon mai shan sigari a cikin shekarunsa sittin, Rebus ba ya daina.
Kuna iya siyan littafin Daskararre Mutuwa, sabon labari na Ian Rankin, anan: