Al iphoyisa uHarry Bosch ubhekene necala eliphakathi kokumangalisa nokuhlekisayo. Okungenani yindlela abukeka ngayo kuye kwasekuqaleni. Ukuthi umfana ubulawa yinhlamvu eminyakeni eyishumi ngemuva kokuyithola kubonakala kufana nokufa kwemvelo kamuva, okungahlobene nenhlamvu yokubulala enomsebenzi wokukhumbula.
Kepha ukufa kwesisulu kugcina kuhlotshaniswa nembangela eqondile yokudubula ebonakale naleyo minyaka eyishumi yokwehluka, ngakho-ke kuyadingeka ukuthi kuphenywe i-ex officio okungenzeka ukuthi ingumbulali okude.
Ngokubambisana nomlingani wakhe, umphenyi uLucía Soto, eshaweni elincane ezindabeni zokubulala ngenxa yezifiki zakhe kulolu daba, uHarry uqala ukuphenya icala elingajwayelekile njengoba liyinkimbinkimbi.
Kodwa iqiniso yilokho izinhlamvu ezilahlekile azikho. Bahlala njalo behlala ezinhlakeni eziqondiwe, izifiso zezikhali. Futhi uHarry uqala ukuzwa ukuzimisela ukubulala isisulu, bese ebheka nezizathu zokuthi kungani lesi sisulu singagcinanga ngokuhlanganyela emaphoyiseni kulolu daba ngaleso sikhathi.
Ngaleso sikhathi ukuchofoza komcwaningi omuhle kuvuka kuHarry Bosch nakumfundi, okwathi kuze kube manje wabelana ngomqondo othile wokumangala kwamahlaya. Futhi impela, kunokunye, okungaphezulu kakhulu kokufa okungajwayelekile, okulandelwa kwakhe ukuthi ukudutshulwa eminyakeni eyishumi eyedlule kubonakala kususwe njengengozi nje ngaphandle kokuhambisana.
Ku incwadi Igumbi lokusha sinikezwa elinye lamacala akhethekile kakhulu, abizayo futhi ngasikhathi sinye emlandweni wenoveli yabaseshi. Lokho oqala ukukufunda njengendaba ecishe ihlekise ngephoyisa elinengekayo elibonakala lihlekisa ngomhlaba. kugcina kumnyama kubheke emfihlakalweni kazibuthe, leyo ezogcina inikeze incazelo ephelele ngecala lomuntu oshonile ngemuva kweminyaka eyishumi adutshulwa.
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