The Dead Speak: Cases from Harbor City

Name: The Dead Speak: Cases from Harbor City
Author: Hairpin Edge

尸语追凶：港城谜案录

by Hairpin Edge (簪锋)

Status: Completed
Length: 528k Words
Genre: Mystery
Subgenre: Female-Channel Mystery
Updated: 3mo ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

In a prosperous harbor city where neon lights blot out the sky, crime never sleeps in the shadows.

A red-clad corpse found floating in Victoria Harbour shocks the entire city and sets off a string of murders. It also forces three people who can barely stand one another to form an unlikely crime-solving trio.

He is Lu Chen, a senior inspector in the Major Crimes Unit: domineering and hot-tempered, he trusts experience and speed. Beneath his machismo, he is protective and soft-hearted, but he can’t stand the aloof forensic scientist who insists on following procedure.

She is Su Wanqing, a senior forensic analyst: cool-headed and exacting, she trusts only physical evidence. Under her fingertips, every speck of dust and fiber can speak. She has little patience for Lu Tingxiao’s impulsiveness, and the two repeatedly clash at crime scenes, each refusing to back down.

He is Chen Zhiming, a forensic pathologist: gentle, steady, and able to read the language of the dead. With his scalpel as his pen, he deciphers the codes of death. He is the designated peacemaker between the other two, keeping the team in balance.

From refusing to yield and arguing at every turn to facing life and death together and growing ever more in sync,

they lead their respective teams, following the dead’s testimony and wielding hard evidence as their weapon,

solving ritualistic murders, investigating locked-room mysteries, and catching twisted killers.

Amid suspicion and growing pains, they hold fast to the law,

letting every silent corpse tell the truth

and leaving nowhere for hidden crimes to remain concealed.

The trio is together, the dead speak, and the evidence stands firm. They will never stop hunting killers, and justice will never be absent.

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