"W" is for wasted

"W" Is for Wasted shine littafi na ashirin da uku a cikin jerin litattafan asiri na Sue Grafton. Ya ƙunshi Kinsey Millhone, mai bincike mai zaman kansa wanda ke zaune a Santa Teresa, California, wani labari ne na Santa Barbara, California.

Littafin ya sami Kinsey yana binciken mutuwar wani mai bincike mai zaman kansa na gida da kuma wani mutumin da ba a san shi ba. G.P. Putnam's Sons ne ya buga littafin a watan Satumbar 2013.

 Takaitaccen Bayani 
Abokin aikin Kinsey Millhone Aaron Blumberg ya sanar da ita cewa an sami wani mutum marar gida ya mutu a bakin rairayin bakin teku tare da bayanan tuntuɓar ta a cikin aljihunsa. Kinsey ya gano abokan mutumin da ya mutu, wasu mutane uku marasa gida masu suna Felix, Dandy, da Pearl. Tare da wasu matsaloli, Kinsey ya shawo kansu su gaya mata sunan mutumin: R. T. Dace . A bankin, ta sami akwatin ajiya mai aminci a cikin sunan Dace wanda ke dauke da $ 600,000 da kuma wasiyya da ke barin shi duka a gare ta.

Kinsey, wanda bai taba sanin Dace ba a rayuwa, ya yi tafiya zuwa Bakersfield don sanar da dangin Dace da suka tsira: ɗansa Ethan da 'ya'yansa mata Ellen da Anna. Dukansu uku sun rabu da mahaifinsu shekaru da yawa kuma ba su damu da labarin mutuwarsa ba, har ma da haka lokacin da suka gano cewa an hana su gado don goyon bayan baƙo. Da ya dawo gida, Kinsey ya yi tafiya zuwa sansanin marasa gida inda Dace ke zaune don ya kwashe wasu daga cikin abubuwan da yake da su. Kamar yadda ya bayyana, abin da ya bar a baya ya ba da alamomi masu mahimmanci game da kisan Dace ba kawai ba, har ma da mutuwar wani mai bincike mai zaman kansa wasu watanni da suka gabata.

 Halin da ake kira 

 Kinsey Millhone: Mai bincike mai zaman kansa

 Taken 
Daga cikin magoya bayan 5,700 da suka halarci gasar "tsinkaya da taken" a shafin yanar gizon Grafton, kasa da 50 sun yi hasashen cewa "W" yana tsaye ne don "Wasted" don kashi na 23 a cikin jerin "Alphabet". An bayyana taken a ranar 1 ga Mayu, 2013, a cikin wata hira da Amurka A Yau. Grafton ya bayyana cewa ma'anoni da yawa na "Wasted" sun shafi littafin, gami da "daga ciki a kan kwayoyi" da kuma "ra'ayin duk sharar da ke cikin aikata laifuka".

 Karɓar baƙi 
"W" ne don Wasted an sake dubawa ta Booklist,  Kirkus Reviews,  Library Journal,  da Publishers Weekly  .

Publishers Weekly kuma ta sake nazarin littafin da Judy Kaye ta ba da labari.

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