Sue Grafton ta ɗauki haruffa na ƙarshe tare da ita.
Sue Grafton ta ji kamar ta kashe tsohon mijinta lokacin da suka fuskanci juna a kotu don kula da ɗansu kuma, wannan da ke ƙunshe da tashin hankali ya zama littafin tarihinta na farko, A don Zina (A daga Alibi a asali).
"Maimakon in kashe rayuwata a kurkuku, sai na yi tunanin wani abin da ya fi kyau: in kashe shi a cikin littafi sannan kuma in karɓi kuɗi don shi ..."
Grafton ba wai kawai yana haifar da mummunan motsin zuciyar da kisan nata ya haifar ta hanyar rubuta kyakkyawan labari ba, amma ba tare da saninta ta kirkiro jami'in farko don ya karya lagon matan da ake amfani da su akai-akai har zuwa wannan ranar.
Kinsey mihone Juyin juya hali ne a cikin salo: Mace ta farko, bayan Agatha Christie ta Miss Marple, wacce ta dauki matakin farko da kuma tuhumar nau'ikan nau'in noir, "jami'in bincike" kamar yadda Grafton ya fi so ya kira shi. Kinsey ba budurwar jami'in bincike bane, ba wanda ake zalunta bane, kuma ba mataimakiya bane, ita ce wacce ke fuskantar miyagun mutane kuma take magance mafi rikitarwa.
Ba nufin Sue Grafton ba ne cewa ba ta taɓa son saka duk wani da'awar zamantakewa a cikin litattafanta ba kuma hakan ya sa Kinsey ta zama mafi ban mamaki. Halitta ce, tabbatacciya ce kuma kamar kowane kyakkyawan halayen kirki yana faruwa kamar mutane na gaske: wasu suna son shi wasu kuma basa son shi.
Kinsey ta rayu cikin mummunan hali, rashin kulawa da yarinta saboda mutuwar iyayenta lokacin da take 'yar shekara biyar kawai. Goggon nasa ta samar masa da duk abin da yake buƙata don haɓaka ba iota na ƙauna ba. A shekara 32, lokacin da jerin Haruffa na LaifukaIta mai bincike ce mai zaman kanta, ɗayan ɗayan masu binciken da ke kula da shari'oi marasa daɗi, har sai shari'ar ta kasance mai rikitarwa fiye da yadda aka saba kuma saga zai fara. Tana zaune ne a cikin California, a Santa Teresa (wanda ya yi kama da Santa Bárbara, wurin zaman Sue Grafton, kamar yadda Vetusta ta tuna da Oviedo a cikin Regenta de Clarín), tana da hazaka da aiki tuƙuru, ɗan wasa ne kuma masanin tsaro na sirri. Tsakanin A de Alibi da Y de Jiya shekaru 25 sun shude, amma Kinsey Milhone da kyar ya tsufa kuma ya ci gaba da labari bayan littafin ya zama mai taurin kai, mai naci, mai taurin kai kamar yadda yake a shari'arsa ta farko. A cikin rayuwar Kinsey babu wani abokin tarayya mai karko, amma ba ita kaɗai ba: Yayin tsalle-tsalle ashirin da biyar a cikin haruffanta na musamman tana tare da Rosie, ƙawarta kuma maigidan gidan abincin, godiya ga abin da Kinsey ke cin wani abu ban da azumi abinci, tare da gilashinsa na Chardonnay da Henry, tsoho mai kyawawan gida inda yake haya.
A don Zina ba kawai ya taimaki Sue Grafton ya shawo kan munanan halayenta ba, amma kuma ya fara sassauci mai fa'ida wanda ya ci gaba tare da B don Dabbobi (B don Bulglar a asali) har zuwa Kuma daga Jiya, wanda aka buga a cikin 2017 kuma wanda ba'a fassara shi zuwa Spanish ba.
"Wani marubucin Californian wanda aikinsa ya zarce matsayin ingantaccen adabi." Ross McDonald Kyautar Adabi
A don Zina: farkon Alphabet na Laifuka
Yana da kyau a sake karanta wannan kyakkyawan Alphabet wanda ya ɓace harafinsa na ƙarshe sannan a gama shi da littafin labarai Kinsey da ni, inda marubuciyar ta sami ƙarfin gwiwa don gano rayuwarta a gaban masu karatun ta kuma gaya mana yadda yawancin Kinsey ya kasance madubin Sue, wanda aka tashi a cikin gida tare da iyayen sa masu shan giya.
Kinsey ba zai taba zuwa babban allo ba. Mawallafinta, wanda ya fara aikinta a matsayin marubucin allo, yana aiki, da sauransu, kan daidaitawar littattafan Agatha Christie, Sparkling Cyanide da Mystery a cikin Caribbean, koyaushe sun ƙi Kinsey ta yi aiki a Hollywood. Ya yi la'akari da cewa idan ya bar shi a hannun marubutan rubutun saboda jinƙan darajar ribar da manyan 'yan kasuwar fim ke samu, zai daina kasancewa ko shi wanene, za su lalata shi, har ma ya ji tsoron ci gabanta:' yar fim wakilta ta shiga kanta a lokacin rubutawa. Wannan haramcin ya zama wani yanki na gado ga 'ya'yansa kuma' yarsa ta tuna da shi bayan mutuwarsa.
Sue Grafton, Ba’amurkiya, an haife ta a Kentucky a 1940, tare da digiri a cikin Adabin Ingilishi kuma ta ci kyaututtuka da dama masu mahimmanci, ta yi ban kwana da mu a cikin Disamba 2017 bayan da aka sanya 25 sau tara, ba tare da na ƙarshe da ta shirya ba don bugawa a cikin 2019. Sue take da Z a gare ta kuma duk da cewa, za mu yi kewar ta, koyaushe za ta sami matsayi na daraja a cikin shagunan littattafanmu da cikin zukatanmu.