Fatal Gambit: The Locked-Room Murder Game

Two “accidental” falls from high places ten years ago planted the seeds of a bloody reckoning. Three unsolvable locked-room murders followed. The Black King, White Elephant, and White Rook were sacrificed one after another; chess pieces were clutched in the victims' hands, and symbols of death littered each scene. Brilliant forensic pathologist Su Qingyuan believes her trail leads straight to the unhinged tycoon Gu Yanchen, until she discovers a shocking twist among her mother's belongings: her own mother was a key member of an international smuggling syndicate, and Gu Yanchen was nothing more than a disposable pawn on the board! The White King piece reappears, and the smuggling network bares its fangs. Every locked room hides a double trap, and every memory could be a deadly lie. As truth and guilt intertwine, Su Qingyuan must unravel the “Night Owl” syndicate's twenty-year smuggling secrets while confronting her mother's dark past. In this life-or-death game of chess, who is the real player? Will she be the next piece to be sacrificed?