Agatha Christie wayengekazalwa nini James Redding Ware Ndandisele ndiyipapashile le noveli enendima ebalulekileyo yowesifazane okhokela uphando. Kwakungonyaka we-1864. Ngoko ke, kungakhathaliseki ukuba umsebenzi unokuba ngowokuqala okanye uphazamiseke kangakanani na, kukho umzekelo osoloko uvela. Ukuba kwanokufunyanwa kweMelika kunokunxulunyaniswa nabaqhubi beenqanawa zeViking encinci enikwe kwiingxelo zohambo lwabo ...
Ingongoma kukuba phantsi kwegama-pseudonym ka-Andrew Forrester sinandipha uluhlu lwamabali malunga no-Miss Gladden kunye ne-adventures yakhe yokuqala yokunciphisa ukukhangela isisombululo solwaphulo-mthetho kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho lomyalelo wokuqala.
Kuwo onke amabali asixhenxe alo mqulu, siya kudibana no-Miss Gladden onomdla nozimiseleyo, inkosikazi eyomeleleyo, engaqondakaliyo (iimeko zakhe zobuqu kunye negama lakhe lokwenyani alizange lityhilwe) kunye nezakhono zokuqiqa kunye nokunciphisa ukuba balindele ezo zikaSherlock Holmes. ngokwakhe, awabelana naye ngokudelela amapolisa aqhelekileyo kunye neendlela zawo. Nokuba usombulula amatyala okubulala, ukuphanga, okanye ubuqhophololo, ukhangela imikhondo ngenkuthalo, echwechwela kwiindawo zolwaphulo-mthetho, aze alandele umkhondo wabarhanelwa ngelixa ezigquma umkhondo wakhe kwaye ezichaza ukuba ungumcuphi yedwa.
U-Andrew Forrester wavula indlela eyimfuneko neneziqhamo ngokunika udumo kumsebenzi wakhe kumcuphi wokuqala oyingcali kwimbali yoncwadi. Yaye kanye njengokuba ulwaphulo-mthetho nobuqhetseba ziye zanda ukususela ngoko, akuzange kube njalo nangengqiqo nobuchule esibunikwa ngala maphepha ngendlela eyolisayo.
Ngoku ungathenga incwadi ethi “The First Detective”, nguAndrew Forrester, apha:
