A rope mark on the wrist. A belt tied across the chest. A blood-stained Swiss knife left in the grass—but no other visible injuries.
Detective Zheng Yi-Cheng, usually laid-back and indifferent toward his cases, finds himself unusually invested in this murder investigation. But as the evidence mounts, he becomes the prime suspect in the very case he is trying to solve. Meanwhile, his former lover, prosecutor Jiang Yi-Hua, joins the investigation and gradually uncovers a tangled web connecting past and present.
Blending social realism with elements of detective fiction, this book draws inspiration from the famous Dr. Chen Wen-Chen case in Taiwan. The result is a gripping, suspense-filled thriller, and it won the Shoei Potential Original IP Award at the 2024 Taiwan Creative Content Fest.