Lin Wan is an antiques restorer with a habit she's never told anyone about: whenever she repairs something, her fingertips can touch fragments of memories that don't belong to her.
A Republic-era vanity mirror lets her "see" a woman's final night.
An old abacus reveals a secret buried for thirty years as its beads slide beneath her fingers.
A pair of tiger-head shoes hides a taboo from a remote mountain village in its stitches.
Other people restore objects. She restores the untold stories behind them.
Then she receives a mirror salvaged from a demolished shantytown. Its previous owner died under mysterious circumstances, and the police have yet to close the case.
The last place her mother, missing for eight years, was seen was the very village where the mirror came from.
The village has a rule passed down through generations: every twenty years, thirteen women go missing. No one asks where they went, and no one dares bring it up.
Lin Wan thinks she's investigating the origins of a mirror. But the deeper she digs, the more she uncovers a nationwide web.
Thirteen forgotten places, thirteen sealed memories, and an organization hidden in the shadows, keeping it all in place.
"I've spent six years restoring antiques. For the first time, I want to restore a secret until it's completely out in the open."
Folk horror and mystery | Antique-based mysteries | Female protagonist | Professional focus | No romance-obsessed heroine
The heroine is so beautiful!