A psychological suspense work that examines human nature
He is a talented detective, but he has a secret that cannot be told——
There are two people living in his body.
One is silent, calm and restrained, solving crimes like a god, but is repeatedly tormented by a blank childhood memory.
One is "faceless", elegant and cold, and has insight into human nature. He is the other self that he desperately suppresses.
A bizarre serial murder case broke all this. The murderer "painter" is a terminally ill performance artist. He uses death as a medium to crazily imitate the "artistic signature" that was ignored at the scene of the unsolved case many years ago - that signature comes from the "no form" in the silent body.
For the "painter", silence is not a pursuer, but the only "mentor" he wants to see.
When the pursuit of the murderer in the real world and the war in the inner world are staged simultaneously, Silence is forced to move towards the deepest labyrinth of the soul. He discovered that the so-called human nature is just two shadows under the bodhi tree - one side is rational justice, and the other side is compassionate madness.
The real redemption is not to kill another self, but to accept the complete me.
Chasing the devil, and ultimately discovering that the devil lives in his heart.
Reader comments
This novel is wonderfully written and has an immersive feeling.
This novel is wonderfully written and has an immersive feeling.